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SEK (Sidirodromoi Ellinikou Kratous, Hellenic State Railways) Class Λβ (or Class Lb; Lambda-beta) is a class of 16 2-10-0 steam locomotives, ex-WD Austerity 2-10-0s purchased after the Second World War.  All of them were previously stabled in Egypt and were transported to Greece, as part of the UNRRA mission in Greece (arrived at Thessaloniki port on 16 January 1946). They were given the class letters "Λβ" and numbers 951–966.

They were mainly allocated to the Salonika division, but hauled both freight and passenger trains (including Athens to Istanbul Expresses) all across Greece, until they were slowly replaced by diesel locomotives until the mid-1970s, being one of the last classes of steam locomotives of SEK to be withdrawn from regular service.

Preservation

A total of eight Greek Austerity 2-10-0s survived the 1984-1985 steam locomotive scrappings, two of which were repatriated to Great Britain. Two continued to work tourist specials out of Drama until the mid-00s whilst the remaining four were left in open storage. Two are thought to have been scrapped in recent times, leaving just four survivors in Greece and the two repatriated examples.

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Why are so many Indian scientists being targeted by the internet?
By the time the first news reports started to trickle in, the country had been shaken by a series of high-profile cyberattacks.
As India's cyberwarriors went to work, India's military, intelligence and police agencies were all on high alert.
The security agencies were already well-aware of the threat, having already issued warnings to thousands of their personnel in the months preceding the attacks.
They were now facing a much bigger challenge.
As they grappled with the threat in earnest, they also had to grapple with the fact that India's social media had taken on an entirely different form from its traditional media.
Facebook was no longer just a place for Facebook users to post pictures of themselves and their friends.
It became a place where citizens could post comments and videos.
It had become a platform for social commentary and debate, where the voices of everyday Indians were heard and their opinions were seen by a wider audience.
On the surface, this was a welcome development.
But as Indian society grew more aware of social media, it was becoming increasingly clear that the country's cyber capabilities had been significantly weakened.
"The internet was a platform that had been used by citizens to express themselves.
That was all well and good, but what was missing was the capacity of the government to respond effectively to these expressions of opinion," said Anil Sharma, a professor of political science at Delhi University.
To some extent, the government had indeed responded to the cyberattacks by creating a new digital network called Facebook, which it set up in late 2016.
But the internet service provider that runs Facebook has since been accused of blocking access to India's largest online platform, and the Indian government has also come under fire for its failure to respond to the protests over the arrest of the journalist Akshay Kumar.
Instead, India had created a new online platform in a very different format from the one it had used before.
Over the past few months, a series
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a rocket? Yes it is a rocket!
An online photographer friend told me about a rocket launch that would happen about 220-250 miles from where I live. I just had to face the west and see it and we had roughly about 20 minutes to get ready for it.
I thought I won't be able to see a thing. I thought it would be maybe a boring distant star.. Boy was I wrong!
1 - Notice the bright spot and the dark trail. That's the rocket going early.
6 - The outcome of the trail of the base rocket, the 2nd rocket smoke is no longer visible.
I used my 50-200mm Zuiko lens with the 1.4x TC teleconverter (100-400mm 35mm equiv times 1.4) for the first four shots.. I regret in a way I didn't switch to wide angle sooner I suppose. The last two shots were made with my 14-54mm (28mm-108mm 35mm equiv) Zuiko lens.. switched in a hurry.
All photos taken from my tripod, from the balcony of my house.
As usual, comments & critique welcome. I didn't realize this town - Vandenberg has a schedule for these launches, which you can check here.
UPDATE: Corrected a bunch of mispelling errors. Funny I can see them once I have written everything but not while writting my text. Even some grammar.
UPDATE2: Even more spelling errors. I know they are there, so why I write them in the first place? Don't write on a laptop keyboard tired?
TBH, #3 and #4 don't do much for me, but the rest of the photos look really great. #6 in particular is pretty wild.
I think it's kind of natural some are so so since they are just going by chronological order. If I used wide angle while it was going up it would have been more interesting though.
Also I think I got problems with focus. I better figure out how to get my camera into hyperfocal-to infinite correctly because this is going to bite me again in the future in shots like these.
I was simply stunned this would be as interesting as I saw it was.
Thanks man. I need to make sure I learn to focus better to infinity in the future for this kind of shots.


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[Opinion] Marketing for the Peace Builder III
By Administrator | Jesan Sorrells Blog, Marketing for Peace Builders, Old Posts
There are three ways to connect with clients, customers, fans and audiences.
And in the world of digital communication, there is one basic principle that underlies all of these connections that the peacebuilder must keep in mind.
Original content creation starts with the blogging, but then moves to image creation (uploads to Slideshare), video (both live streaming and staged), audio (podcasts), webinars and more. Original content creation requires consistency, sweat equity and massive amounts of focus to get right.
Content curation starts with looking at what the Web already has as content out there, being produced by others, and then distributing that content to others in your network. Content curation requires and understanding of deep linking, mobile phone use, SEO rankings, keywords (yes, they still matter) and SEM (that's Search Engine Management). Content curation requires an intuitive and analytic driven understanding of which platforms are just bullhorns, and which ones are targets for getting your audience's attention, trust, and giving them value.
Content distribution starts at the intersection of content curation and content creation and requires understanding how those two intersect—and how they bisect. The fact of the matter is that many content creators are really good at distribution vial one platform (email, social, TV, direct mail, etc.) and really mediocre at many others. This is due to the fact that each distribution channel has its own rules, quirks and dramas that affect how an audience gets engaged and why, how long that audience stays engaged, and why that audience leaves.
The one basic principle the peacebuilder must keep in mind, is that creation, curation and distribution are the only ways that scale occurs in the digital realm. And when the persistent thought in a peacebuilder's mind is "Is this doing any good?" the persistent answer, after developing in all three areas with strengths in creation, is…
-Peace Be With You All-
Jesan Sorrells, MA
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[Contributor] Indifferent Politics
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With the U.S. Presidential election fast approaching, it is time again for everyone of voting age in the US, and a few not yet of voting age as well, to sort out their political ideals and choose a candidate they feel will protect those ideals. And this year, as with every other year, a new crop of young voters is entering the pool.
And many of them don't even know who's running.
The young adults of this generation are less politically interested, at least in terms of big elections, than previous ones, and it's not a new problem http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/dec/26/apathetic-disaffected-generation-may-never-vote
Many references to the political apathy of the new generation date back to 2013, and this specific one refers to the UK, but the problem is spread across many 1st World countries and has shown itself in the current voting generation and the one just arrived.
There are many ways this problem could have arisen. In the US specifically, it could stem from the blatantly ineffective Congress, the lack of focus on the "little guy" in federal and state government, or the widespread disregard of the younger generation by the older.
The younger generation sees no reason to vote for the people who on the street refer to even the best of them as "self-centred and narcissistic".
The political apathy could also be a product of how politicians and hopefuls communicate with the younger voting audience. When someone lives a majority of their life without Twitter or any other social medias, they tend not to see its relevancy or importance, and therefore disregard it or use it as an afterthought. And the growth of social media has revolutionized how people get their information.
For much of the 20th century, people got their information, especially political information, from newspapers or television and radio. Rarely was the information straight from the politician or candidate themselves. However, today, the information in generally disregarded if it isn't from the candidate or politician themselves. Twitter accounts run by "Mr. _______'s Management" are rarely given credence, and interviews with a big news corporation are outright ignored.
This new era of politics requires a more personal touch from the candidate, an interesting return to the roots of American politics that the big-business men of the 20th century are not accustomed to.
Alexander Gault-Plate is an aspiring journalist and writer, currently in the 12th grade. He has worked with his schools newspapers and maintained a blog for his previous school. In the future, he hopes to write for a new-media news company.
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[Opinion] Another "Uber of 'X'" is not the Solution to Our Problems
"Uber of X" is not the solution to many of our problems with spreading, monetizing and deeeping the significance and reach of the Web.
One of the areas that demonstrates the lack of human imagination in developing the Internet for the service of people rather than in the service of commerce, is the human desire for the tool of the Web to work in service of leisure, consumption, marketing, entertainment and distraction. This desire, evidenced through the apps, tools and services we have designed and laid on top of it, caters to our base human desire for ease of solution, without being bothered by the intricacies and complexities of the chaos and complication, network growth brings.
Our tools–particularly our communication tools–should stand as objects that raise us up out of the muck of our inter/intrapersonal conflict biology and serve a Higher Purpose and our higher selves.
Another social media network isn't going to do that.
Another selling, promotion or entertainment platform isn't going to do it.
Any application, change or build atop the Web we have now, pitched and described to potential investors as "The "Uber of 'X'" isn't going to do that either.
But, maybe the Web in its voracious expansion out of the corral of the digital/virtual world and into the desert of the lived real, will never become the edifying, higher purpose technology we all thought it would be in the 90's—maybe it'll never be more than a glorified telephone/television system.
In the sci-fi dystopian novel Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, the citizens of a reality, not far removed from our current one, have limited choices outside of consuming, learning, and entertaining themselves in an elaborately constructed virtual world. Meanwhile, in the real world, people line up to enter the virtual world in a zombie like, Walking Dead, fashion, as the means of commerce and creation have abandoned the old, real world leaving it to rot and die on the vine.
We are at the beginning stages of this transformation of our world.
But only if we don't try to challenge the inherent assumptions, expectations and disappointments around the architecture of what we have built atop the Web we have now. These challenges must push us beyond socializing and commerce and move humanity toward transformation and edification.
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I am a live streaming video fan in general and a Meerkat partisan in particular.
You probably haven't heard of the mobile application Meerkat, though its two more popular cousins, Blab.im and Periscope.tv are getting a lot of attention from tech bloggers and online magazines. The Meerkat app "blew up" at SXSW this year because of some shenanigans with the Twitter API, which you can read about here[link]. Part of this is because live streaming video is popular right now as a way to immediately connect with public events and personalities. The other part of this is because live streaming video is the next step in the continuing disassembling of television as a content delivery mechanism.
I like the Meerkat app for many, many reasons. The top two are:
The app integrates seamlessly with Twitter and you can publicize your Meerkat streams to your Twitter followers to grow your audience on two platforms.
The app also allows you to invite others onto your stream to either "host" a show with your viewers or to be interviewed by the host of the "show."
Now, if you are a peacebuilder in any of the conflict management spaces—from facilitation to coaching to mediation to negotiation—you can probably already see the benefits of live streaming video to grow your business practice, develop a niche following and to grow your brand.
Here are a few thoughts I have around this new intersection between peacebuilders, marketing and technology:
Live streaming a mediation or coaching session to your Twitter/Facebook followers and fans might not be the best way to ensure client confidentiality and build trust, but you might have some clients who would be willing to have their lives placed on view for you to showcase what you do in real time. This would work particularly well if those clients are connected to you as a peacebuilder online.
Live streaming samples of you working (i.e. "This is what a session looks like," "This is me explaining my philosophy and approach to peace," etc., etc.) would be a way to immediately get feedback from potential clients and customers around tone, approach and other areas, rather than the one sided bubble of blog writing. There's already a person on Meerkat who streams his Tai Chi sessions and talks to followers as he's performing.
Live streaming to build a brand presence requires maintaining the same habits that you have to in order to blog daily: Show up on schedule, on time and engage effectively. This is easier (and harder) with live video than with the more controlled spaces of Youtube, Vine, SnapChat video or any other service that allows you to edit your presentation before uploading the content. With live streaming, it happens as it happens. However, this can be a way to schedule time with another peacebuilder and build an "Oprah" type show via Meerkat that goes on the air everyday and builds a sense of consistency and relationship with viewers.
These are just three ideas I have after messing around with the Meerkat app and researching live streaming video for the last few months. I am sure that some enterprising and entrepreneurial peacebuilder will use this platform (or Blab or Periscope) to begin to explore the possibilities of live streaming for peace.
If not, maybe I'll host my own show on Meerkat….
[Opinion] On Predicting the Future
You can't do it.
Neither can we.
Human beings (all of us) spend a lot of time generating a lot of anxiety, about what will happen tomorrow, what will happen next, or when this thing we're doing now will all be over.
We can't help it. Our biology has us wired for fear and anticipation of the next thing over the horizon. But, we believe that the work of conflict is for human beings to overcome their biology.
In our modern, conflict ridden culture, we have the tendency to mythologize the past, as if the people who lived then were somehow less intelligent, less forward thinking, less analytical, and less worried about the future. This orthodoxy of nostalgia is a poison, particularly in the context of a conflict. When we mythologize the people and situations of the past, because the future is unknowable—and thus scary—we hand over power to the worst impulses inside of us.
However, there is a way out, but we have to do a very scary thing first: We have to jettison the orthodoxy that mythologizes and infantilizes past decisions, people, and situations and realize that we will, in turn, more likely than not, be mythologized and infantilized by future peoples as well.
Pride and vanity—in our accomplishments, our technology, our knowledge—are pathologies of the current age. In the age of the present, people elevate themselves over the populations of the past, and become anxious and fearful about how they will be judged and categorized by people yet to be born. The humbling thing to realize is that such pathologies are no more pervasive in people now than they were in people of the past.
Pride and vanity—along with a courage deficit and a need for safety—go a long way toward ensuring that conflicts we thought were over—in our families, our organizations, our societies, our cultures— continue on into the future.
Humility in the face of past, faith in the face of the future, and peace in the situations of the present, lead to not worrying about the future, rather than expending mental, emotional and spiritual energy on trying to predict it, control it, or prepare for it.
[Strategy] 0 to 1 for the Peacebuilder
In every industry, there are zeros and there are ones.
Zeros have the advantage, because they understand something fundamental that all of the ones who follow them do not: Innovative thinking, processes, relationships and much more, lead to dominance in the marketplace of ideas, products, processes and services. Peter Thiel, the venture capitalist, wrote about this phenomenon in his book [link here] Zero to One.
Don't believe us?
Well, there were a lot of car companies before Henry Ford took the assembly line process apart, and re-engineered it, piece by piece. That was his "zero" innovation.
There were a lot of search engines before Google came along and developed an algorithm so that a consumer could search the Internet like a dictionary and that businesses could buy words and terms in auctions. That was Larry Page and Sergey Brin's "zero" innovation.
There were a lot of (and there still are) gourmet chefs before Gordon Ramsey, Anthony Bourdain, and many others came along, each with their own innovative approaches ("zeros" all) and offerings for the marketplace.
In the field of peacebuilding, there are a few zeros, people who have innovated "outside of the box" in their approach and philosophy around building a peaceful world: Kenneth Cloke, Christopher Moore, Bernard Mayer and a few others, such as William Ury and Roger Fischer.
The next zero in the world of peacebuilding will be the innovator who accepts and integrates the digital landscape into peacebuilding, from content creation to platform building to gaining client's trust through the use of data gathering and implementation tools, the field of peacebuilding—conflict resolution, mediation, arbitration, negotiation, diplomacy—must move forward in the digital world.
There are people—pioneers really—who are making the jump, from Colin Rule to Jim Melamed and even Giuseppe Leone and David Liddle. But it's not enough.
The distance between the first mover, the zero, in the marketplace and the one, the first follower, is huge. For an example of how huge, remember that Yahoo existed well before Google and now, in both market share and influence, it is light years behind Google.
In the field of peacebuilding, the zero who innovates first to the marketplace on the building of a more peaceful world, will be light years ahead of whoever follows them, or whomever they overtake who believed that they had first mover advantage initially.
Want to find out more about the process behind being becoming a first mover in the peacebuilding marketplace?
Then download the FREE eBook from Human Services Consulting and Training (HSCT), The Savvy Peace Builder by clicking the link here.
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Saudi attacks could be the start of the endgame
Open warfare increasingly likely after drone strike flips over the regional chessboard
by Norman A. Bailey September 16, 2019 February 18, 2020
A NASA satellite image taken on Sept. 14, 2019, shows smoke from fires at two major Aramco oil facilities in eastern Saudi Arabia following drone strikes claimed by Houthi rebels in Yemen. The peninsula in the image is Qatar and the island (top) is Bahrain. Photo: AFP / NASA Worldview
Events in the Arabian Peninsula have upstaged the Israeli elections, supposedly the big story of the week.
The confrontation between Iran and its allies and Saudi Arabia and its allies is on the verge of boiling over into overt warfare.
Attacking the Saudi oil infrastructure is the equivalent of attacking the heart of a living creature – it is the source of its existence as a country. It is not yet clear if the drones came from Iran's Houthi proxies in Yemen, from Iran itself or from Iraq. What is clear is that Iran is directly or indirectly responsible for the attack, which is a clear and blatant act of war.
Let's examine the balance. Saudi Arabia has oil, money and an extremely well-equipped army and air force. But it lacks the leadership and will to fight effectively, as has been amply demonstrated in the Yemeni civil war. The Saudis have regional allies in the Gulf, as well as Jordan and Egypt.
Iran, on the other hand, is suffering from crippling sanctions imposed mostly by the United States. It has a powerful army, navy and air force, divided, however, into the regular armed forces and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, which cordially hate each other. It has its own regional allies in Lebanon and Syria, but more importantly significant and violent non-state allies, especially the Houthis in Yemen, Hezbollah in Lebanon and Syria and Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Gaza.
Recently threatening gestures towards Israel have been coming from all three of these terrorist organizations, funded and armed by Iran. So far, fear of massive Israeli retaliation has prevented these gestures transforming into yet another subregional war between these groups and Israel.
Iran itself has been taking clearly illegal and potentially dangerous measures at the mouth of the Gulf itself, including seizing ships flagged under various countries.
All this and more has led to a toxic mixture which has had the potential to mutate into armed conflict at any time.
This regional devil's brew has just been raised by Iran to a higher level of explosiveness. The two countries whose reaction will determine the outcome of this highly dangerous action are Israel and the United States. Others such as Turkey and Russia will huff and puff but ultimately end up as observers as the Gulf does or does not explode.
The Saudis know that they are no match for Iran one-on-one. They absolutely need the cooperation of the US – Israel would be a big help too. The Iranians know perfectly well they cannot directly attack Israel. Israeli submarines equipped with nuclear-tipped missiles are permanently deployed in or near the Gulf and with that option, Israel could attack and cripple Iranian nuclear and other infrastructure with non-nuclear equipment from the air, as almost happened in 2012 before the attack was called off because of opposition from the Obama Administration in Washington.
Immobilizing half of the Saudi oil production is not a minor event. Retaliation will probably be equally serious, if not more so.
The preliminaries are over. The main event, it would appear, is about to begin.
Unless, of course, the Trump Administration does nothing of significance in retaliation. That would be a mistake of cosmic significance, much more serious than the erasure of Obama's "redline" following the Syrian use of poison gas, which led to a significant reduction in US influence in the Middle East.
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A former Pella pharmacist and the Iowa Board of Pharmacy reached a settlement agreement for allegations of misconduct.
Former Crown Pharmacy Owner Don Versluys was accused of taking cash payments from customers instead of filing to insurance. He received a $10,000 civil fine, a six-month suspension of his pharmacy license, and three years of probation. He is also permanently restricted from owning a pharmacy or acting as a pharmacist-in-chief. As a part of the settlement, Versluys did not admit to the allegations, but is required to acknowledge them if he plans to act as a pharmacist.
Pella Police Chief Robert Bokinsky tells KNIA/KRLS News that there is an ongoing criminal investigation, but no charges have been filed. Versluys told KNIA/KRLS News before the June agreement the charges surfaced from an anonymous tip to the Board of Pharmacy from what he believes to be a disgruntled former employee. He said billings during the time of the investigation were more than 99% accurate.


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Scholarship helps student get involved, start cake business
Think fast – what does a neurobiology student and Spanish minor do to relax? If you answered 'start a cake business' – you must know University of Cincinnati alumnus James Avant, IV – who turned a hobby into a thriving business, even before walking across the stage to receive his degree.
"My company is called OCD Cakes, because I found baking to be a great way to break the ice and get people more comfortable talking about mental health," Avant said. "I have OCD and the process of baking is also very therapeutic to me – in fact, I wanted to go to culinary school before I chose UC."
Avant began his studies as part of the Emerging Ethnic Engineers or E3 program, which improves retention and graduation rates for minorities who are underrepresented in engineering fields. It didn't take long for Avant to succeed, and he was rewarded through a Darwin T. Turner scholarship made possible by philanthropic contributions to UC.
"It is amazing to consider how much of an impact scholarships have had on my career at UC and life in general. To know that someone has invested in me provides a boost in confidence, but also works as motivation to prove the investment is being used well – in the way I would want someone to use a gift from me," Avant said.
The support enabled Avant to pursue other opportunities outside class. In addition to founding OCD Cakes, he worked in the Office of the Provost and President's Office, building a network of students, faculty and administrators.
"I feel I have a responsibility to give back because of what I've received here," he said. "That's why I want to say 'thank you' to everyone who donates to UC. You made my experience possible, and there are students all over this university who feel the same way. Thank you so much for your generosity and support – I'll never forget it."
To learn more about Avant's inspirational cake business, visit ocdcakes.


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Last 7 head-to-head matches Ankkurit won 3 matches, drawn 0 matches, lost 4 matches and goals 8-10. Including matches at home between the teams Ankkurit won 3 matches, drawn 0 matches, lost 1 matches and goals 6-4.


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Q: Split word by character count or last index of non-word character I'm having string like this:
aaaaaas#aa##aa

And I want to use split() and regex to accomplish this algoritm:

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*get 5 first characters

*if it has some non-word character, cut to last non-word character, including non-word character

*if it doesn't have any non-word character, cut this 5 characters

*repeat from last cut until string ends

Return of this example should be like this:
aaaaa
as#
aa##
aa

It is even possible with regex and split()? This
.*([\W]+)\W

gives me characters to last non-word character (in example it would be aaaaaas#aa##) but how to group it to max. 5 character, split and continue from end of previous match?
https://regex101.com/r/xA9kG3/14

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It is even possible with regex and split()?

Yes, but it's quite messy to fully implement what you describe.  Note in particular that your specification characterizes the substrings you want to accept, whereas split() works in terms of matching delimiters between substrings.
You can nevertheless do this kind of thing by using zero-width lookaround assertions for your delimiter patterns, but that turns out to require a long and ugly regex to accurately implement your specific requirements.  More than anything else, the 5-character window makes a real mess of things.  Java regex does support the special \G to match the trailing boundary of the previous match (if any), which makes the job possible.
Here's the best pattern I've come up with:
(?x) (?<= \\G\\w{5} )
   | (?<= \\G  .{4} \\W )
   | (?<= \\G  .{3} \\W ) (?= \\w )
   | (?<= \\G  .{2} \\W ) (?= \\w{2} | \\w\\z )
   | (?<= \\G  .    \\W ) (?= \\w{3} | \\w{1,2}\\z )
   | (?<= \\G       \\W ) (?= \\w{4} | \\w{1,3}\\z )

(Note that comments mode is enabled to make whitespace in the pattern insignificant.)
There is one alternative for the delimiter implicitly following five word characters since the last match, and one for each possible token length for tokens ending in a non-word character.  I observe in passing that the delimiter does not necessarily fall at the first non-word / word boundary in such cases nor necessarily at such a boundary at all, but rather after the last non-word character of the five at a time under consideration.  Additionally, it is not necessary for a delimiter to be present after the last token.

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Sídliště Lužiny je část sídlištního komplexu Jihozápadní Město v městské části Praha 13 na katastrálním území Stodůlky. Stojí jižně od Centrálního parku a západně od jeho východního zakončení, severně od jižního oblouku Jeremiášovy ulice a východně od Oistrachovy ulice. Na sídlišti se nacházejí stanice metra Lužiny a Luka.

Členění a ulice
Ze statistického hlediska je sídliště tvořeno třemi základními sídelními jednotkami:
 Lužiny-střed (část severně od tratě metra, zahrnující rondely Kettnerova, U  jezera, Bronzová a Zázvorkova a ulice Horákova a Sezemínská),
 Lužiny-jih (část jižně od ulice Archeologická a východně od ulice Mukařovského až k ulici Pod hranicí, zahrnuje dvojrondel Amforová – Podpěrova – Brdičkova, ulici Kolovečskou, půlrondel Píškova a ulice Mohylová, Zvoncovitá, Böhmova a Modrá.
 Luka (část jihozápadně od ulice Mukařovského; zahrnuje vrstvený dvojrondel Bellušova – Chlupova – Neustupného, ulici Holýšovskou, dvojrondel Trávníčkova – Fantova, kulturní a obchodní centrum Luka.
V každé z částí se nachází jeden velký komplex základní školy mimo rondely a jeden až dva menší pavilony ZŠ uvnitř rondelů, dále se na sídlištích nacházejí mateřské školy, restaurace, parkoviště a další objekty.

Prvky sídliště

Sídliště je tvořeno především panelovými domy, které jsou uspořádány do rondelů podobně jako na sídlišti v Plzni-Košutce Rondel tvoří půlkruh (případně dva vnořené půlkruhy), ve kterém je klidová zóna s dětským pískovištěm, hřištěm a zelení. Urbanistický koncept spočíval na začleňování výrazně vyšších domů u stanic metra (Sluneční náměstí, Nové Butovice (nedokončené) a postupném přechodu k nižším domům směrem od metra k (tehdy) volné krajině.

Obchodní centrum Lužiny

U stanice metra Lužiny je obchodní centrum Lužiny s městskou knihovnou, minipivovarem Lužiny, lékařskými ordinacemi a poštou. Obchodní centrum se stavělo 15 let (kolaudace až v roce 1992, dokončení díla o pět let později). Podle původní koncepce obou architektů měl každý obchod mít svoji venkovní atypickou výzdobu naznačující sortiment. Vzhledem k možnostem nabídky materiálu v letech před rokem 1989 nebylo možno realizovat podle původních představ.

V roce 2014 prošlo kompletní rekonstrukcí a přestavbou, kdy stávající konstrukce byla obnažena až na pouhý betonový skelet, opraveny veškeré podlahy a infrastruktura. Zastřešením atria došlo k vyššími komfortu pro občany. Architekty původní i současné podoby OC Lužiny je Alena Šrámková a Ladislav Lábus. Spolu s rekonstrukcí OC Lužiny byly opraveny dvě přilehlé plochy východním a západním směrem, které byly po rekonstrukci centra taktéž opraveny jako parkovací plochy pro rezidenty návštěvníky centra. V interiéru obchodního centra se nacházejí i dvě zrestaurované sochy Muž a Jinoch Olbrama Zoubka, jejichž opravu financovalo obchodní centrum, a které před rekonstrukcí stály v zuboženém stavu v exteriéru.

Obchodní centrum Luka
Na metru Luka se nachází dvě obchodní centra. To první přes ulici od metra pochází z 80. let a skládá se z malých provozoven a druhé přímo u metra zůstalo nedostavěné z roku 1988 do roku 2008, kdy budovu odkoupil soukromý investor a dílo s nákladem cca 200 mil dokončil. Přitom musel vyměnit veškeré střešní konstrukce z důvodu zamoření azbestem.

Centrální park
Severně od sídliště se v údolí Prokopského potoka nachází Centrální park se dvěma retenčními nádržemi (bezejmenná N1 Stodůlky a N2 Stodůlky neboli Nepomucký), vytvořený v 90. letech 20. století. Přes údolí a park vede na sídliště Nové Butovice most metra linky B, zprovozněný v roce 1994. Na svém západním okraji Oistrachovou ulicí sousedí sídliště Lužiny se sídlištěm Stodůlky. Součástí parku je i venkovní fitness posilovna, potůček, lesík a několik dětských hřišť.

Zajímavostí je Keltský stromový kalendář, který se nachází v Centrálním parku na sídlišti.

Staré a vilové Lužiny
Na stodůleckém katastrálním území stála ještě v roce 1870 samota zvaná Na Lužinách. V poslední čtvrtině 19. století se zde začalo stavět a vznikla osada Lužiny. Osada měla na přelomu století 34 domy a 266 obyvatel. K Praze byly Lužiny připojeny společně s obcí Stodůlky v roce 1974. Vilová část Lužin stojí severně od Centrálního parku, jejím centrem je náměstí Na Lužinách.

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Dog back home, thanks to Suffolk resident
Published 8:57 pm Wednesday, May 5, 2010
By Tracy Agnew
When Felicia Packer of Virginia Beach lost her dog, she did not know if she would ever see her again. However, the diligence of a Suffolk resident and the care provided by Suffolk Animal Control brought the pup home again Sunday.
The 11-year-old miniature schnauzer, named Legacy, and another dog escaped from Packer's yard in a military housing area off Shore Drive in Virginia Beach on April 17. Packer's ex-husband searched for six hours that first night, eventually finding the other dog, but Legacy was still missing.
The Packers and their children, ages 5, 6 and 9, were heartbroken. They had had Legacy since she was a puppy.
"Several nights that she was missing, our kids were crying at night," Packer said. "I kept trying to convince my 6-year-old daughter that she was probably with a family that just hadn't seen our fliers yet."
The children made missing dog posters with crayons and hand-drawn depictions of Legacy. Their father laminated the fliers and plastered the neighborhood, putting them on telephone poles, trees and the front windows of every business that gave them permission.
"You could not live in the area she went missing and not know that the dog went missing," Packer said.
As the days went by without Legacy, the children became more discouraged, and others were telling the family it was a lost cause.
"People were starting to tell us to give up and to have a memorial service for her," Packer said.
Little did the Packers know that Legacy had been picked up on April 21 by Suffolk Animal Control, near the intersection of Interstate 664 and College Drive, and since then had been safe and sound at the shelter.
"We were flooding the animal controls, but would have never thought to look so far away," Packer said.
Fortunately for the family, Suffolk resident Tiffany Reese took her daughter to Suffolk Animal Control on May 1 to look at the animals.
"We had gone down there just to look around, really," Reese said. "Sometimes, I can't help but go look."
While there, Reese noticed a gray miniature schnauzer curled up in a ball in her cage and shaking. She had a collar with a rabies tag, and was listed in good health.
Something didn't seem right to Reese. Stray dogs do not have collars, and are not usually in good health as soon as they're picked up.
Reese went home and combed the lost-dog advertisements on classified site Craigslist, and found an ad Packer had posted. She contacted Packer and told her about the small gray schnauzer she had seen at Suffolk Animal Control.
"She said, 'I know this is a long shot, but I think this dog may be your dog,'" Packer said.
Packer was skeptical at first, she admits. There was no way, she thought, that Legacy could have made it to Suffolk.
"She was obviously taken from our area and then, for whatever reason, dumped or left over in Suffolk," Packer said. "There's no way that my 11-year-old dog could have walked all that way in three days."
Even so, Packer called the Chesapeake Square PetSmart on Sunday, where Suffolk Animal Control was doing an adoption event. Though the shelter is closed on Sundays, the shelter manager agreed to go to the shelter and wait for Packer.
At first, Packer said, Legacy didn't recognize her when she walked into the shelter.
"She finally realized it was me and just started shaking," Packer said. "On the way home she was putting her head out the window and kissing me."
The children also were happy to have their best friend back.
"She is extremely close to the kids and us," Packer said. "She was definitely a good lady that helped us out."
As for Reese, the experience helped her recover from the loss of her own cat several years ago.
"I had a cat for nine years … and I never got her back, so now I feel if I can help someone else get theirs back, it was the right thing to do."
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How Do Insecticides Keep My Landscape Safe From Pests?
Insecticides will help keep your landscape beautiful and pest-free.
You've invested a lot of time, money and energy into your landscape, and most certainly don't want it ruined. Even though it's winter time, this is no time to forget about your landscape, even if it's covered in snow. Now is the time to think about insecticides and pest prevention, to make sure your landscape is the envy of the block come springtime. Let your garden really blossom this year by taking care of those unwelcomed pests with insecticides. Sure, you've heard some things about insecticides, but how do they really keep a garden safe and prevent pests?
Insecticides, or simply insect control with the use of chemicals, began over 2,000 years ago, but not until the 1940s were synthetic insecticides born. Insecticides work similarly to a nerve gas agent, like those used in war, but is applied as a much lower dosage so that it only affects the insects and not humans or other animals. Insecticides need to be used carefully or under expert supervision because too much insecticide could pose a health hazard for more than just insects. Many agriculturalists have switched over to using natural products and harvesting organically, but there for many gardens and plants, insects tend to take over without the use of insecticides. There are many options when it comes to choosing an insecticide right for you and your garden, but garden pest prevention is crucial no matter what preventative measure you decide to take.
A contact insecticide is one type of garden pest prevention that kills insects once they come in direct contact with the chemical. While a contact insecticide takes short-term preventative measures and kills the insects quickly, a systemic insecticide is more long-term. A systemic insecticide will become a part of the plant's cell structure and kill insects after they consume the plant and the insecticide's chemicals.
Inorganic compounds were the first type of insecticides, but were also manufactured with some dangerous heavy medals like arsenic. Organic insecticides became popular in the 1950s and are based on carbon molecules. They have only boomed in popularity and remain the most popular type of insecticides used today. There are also natural insecticides which are based on chemicals that naturally occur in nature like pyrethrum and nicotine.
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May 25, 2008 Updated: Oct. 12, 2020 12:18 p.m.
Mike Urban/Seattle Post-IntelligencerCustomer Barbara Masan walks past a Neo Scooters e-Moto display at Junction True Value in West Seattle, where the electric vehicles range in price from $2,895 to $3,095.
Jim Bryant/Seattle Post-IntelligencerYellow caution tape warns motorists not to use the gas pumps at the Safeway Gas Station at 27020 Maple Valley Highway Sunday. A number of cars stalled out after purchasing contaminated fuel from the station.
Gilbert W. Arias/Seattle Post-IntelligencerPlaywright Paul Mullin, left, and director Braden Abraham take time out from a rehearsal to discuss "The Ten Thousand Things."
Andy Rogers/Seattle Post-IntelligencerMike and Re McClung stand in their Coupeville home next to the "brag wall" in honor of their daughter, Marine Maj. Megan McClung, the highest-ranking U.S. woman military officer, and first woman U.S. Naval Academy graduate, to die in the Iraq war. Re holds a quilt similar to those she has made for the numerous babies strangers have named "Megan" after their daughter.
Family PhotoThe McClungs received this drawing of Megan from a New Jersey eighth-grader named Hanna, whose assignment was to pick a fallen soldier, research him or her on the Internet and then do a drawing. Re saw the drawing on the Internet and contacted the school, which put her in touch with the girl's family. They then sent the drawing to the McClungs for a keepsake.


Like Vyas, several attendees to Southwest (SXSW), in Austin, Texas, hail from Middle East, Africa, South Korea and Brazil. The film, music and interactive hotspot, once popular with Silicon Valley start-ups is now seeing an international shift in audiences, according to recent reports.
So, why such a dramatic turn to a place that was once dismissed as - The 'Hopeless continent', and called 'African woes – coups, conflict and corruption', 'Sierra Leone – The third world', 'The agony of Africa', and so on. Looking at Saudi Arabia and North Africa to expand his presence in 2014, Vyas passionately talks about his vision and potential for the region: "There is no doubt this place is ripe for growth. Not just in North Africa, where post-Arab spring and increased political stability will lead to economic growth, but also in other parts of Africa that have a huge population of people about to enter the workforce." For a continent that bypassed the laptop and desktop revolutions, it is interesting to see how many Africans embraced and gave 'Mobile first' a new meaning. "The demand for mobile is higher than any other part of the world – 200% in the Middle East and 80% in Africa," he says. He is positive about the future of the tech scene in the Middle East and North Africa, stressing the high adoption of social media particularly in countries such as South Africa, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. "As a result of mobile influx, another thing that took off is the Kenyan money-transfer and micro financing service M-Pesa which cracked a problem no western company could solve; how to easily transfer money between users who don't have access to a bank branch or the internet," said Vyas. Similarly, the demand for mobiles has transformed the way people do their mobile banking, e-commerce, and health, so much so it's unthinkable in the West. With increased connectivity and smart phones, Africa's youth are keen to drive the next generation technology advancements in the form of apps that meets all their local needs - from business, shopping and networking to the way they consume multimedia. According to Arabnet, (regional hub for digital professionals) - online shopping didn't really exist until 2010. Today, online shopping in the Middle East and North Africa is estimated at £600 million, and online transactions (including flights, hotels, etc.) more broadly have reached £9 billion. Abimbola Bode-Oloaba, Broadcast Journalist, Continental Broadcasting in Lagos, Nigeria said, 'If you go down to Nigeria they have their own CCHub of app developers, producing affordable tech relevant to the needs of the locals." Emerging start-ups are optimistic about the regional growth, however local entrepreneurs and foreign investors and large corporations planning to invest gather it's not a bed of roses; highlighting broadband connectivity issues and a huge divide between government locals and private corporations. The Middle East start-up fever on the other hand is gaining momentum despite being riddled with instable political environments. BBC World Africa editor, Solomon Mugera said, "As with all positive changes to a thriving economy, indigenous problems are always hard to ignore. Africa is not exempt from such difficulties." Mugera adds infrastructure shortcomings, corruption and lack of research for foreign companies as some of the key issues, and stresses much lies in working with the locals to address these problems. However, he is confident these challenges can be overcome slowly. In recent times, researchers and technologists that have ventured into Africa and worked with the locals believe talent is abundant and with the right resources and support, people will deliver. In the meanwhile, given the current circumstances, there is no straight-forward answer on whether the next Steve Jobs could emerge from Africa or Middle East in the imminent future. While some are positive, Vyas says it's too early to comment, "I'm not sure about that but with the right political support for entrepreneurs, better infrastructure and a huge population, the ingredients are certainly there for that to happen in the next 20 years." If you think the next Steve Jobs could come from Middle East or Africa, let us know why @WE_UK. Charlene Rodrigues (@Piccolinanne) is a broadcast producer at Waggener Edstrom Communications based in the UK.


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Sexual Scandals in Public Office
– 18 July, 2013Posted in: Monday Issue
Eliot Spitzer, former Governor of New York state, resigned in disgrace five years ago for soliciting prostitutes. Last week he announced he will be running for New York City Comptroller which would make him the chief fiscal and accounting officer of the 4th largest city in the world. Similarly, Anthony Weiner, former Congressman from New York, who resigned from Congress in 2011 after sending inappropriate pictures of himself to a female Twitter follower, has announced his candidacy for Mayor of New York. Current polls suggest he has a fair chance of winning. Can you imagine the prospect of a US city being run by these two people? Some years back in the USA if a politician was caught in disgraceful and immodest behavior they would quickly wither away into oblivion. In the past, leaders in the USA found to be lacking in ethical conduct or personal judgment while in office would express their regret and apologies and then silently step out of the public arena. However today, in a nation that used to elect leaders based on Judeo-Christian ethics, the Nike culture prevails. To a large extent, 'just do it' or 'win at all cost' describes the ethics of this great nation.
Before we continue the inspection of the saw dust in the eye of the USA, are we paying attention to the plank in our own eye? The moral lives of politicians in Africa south of the Sahara are not even discussed! Even though most of our nations do not separate religion and the state, when it comes to divorce, extra-marital relationships, mistresses or prostitution our leaders do not see these as disgraceful or shameful. While Americans may seem forgiving of sexual sin, Africans do not even make it an issue in the political arena.
Whatever the case, sexual sin creates a breakdown of the family and the nation. King David and King Solomon messed up their families and nation as a result of sexual sin. It is no different today. We must not let political leaders get away with sexual sin without reproach. Sexual sin left unchecked will lead us down a slippery slope that will only further undermine the family and the nation.
Politics is a noble duty. The fact that the two Americans can run for office knowing their constituents are fully aware of their indiscretion suggests the population is tolerant of sexual sin. As African democracies grow, citizens must learn how to identify and vote for quality leaders. The values that hold true for leaders in every culture include: marriage to one husband or wife, hardworking, love for neighbor, service to community, care for the environment, and love for nation. The church is best positioned to develop people with such character qualities. Paul teaches that a leader must be blameless, faithful to his wife or husband, a person whose children follow his example who are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient not pursuing dishonest gains and loves what is good (Titus 1:5).
Good governance requires leaders who are selfless, hardworking and above reproach. People who do not know Christ think this is an impossible task. Apart from Christ, we agree, but those who are in Christ have an enormous reservoir of grace available to us by which we can commit ourselves to and live up to these high values. Many in our churches seek to live this kind of life. The church must encourage them to be available for leadership in public office. Otherwise the moral fabric of our nations will erode on our watch.


Luxury retailer Neiman Marcus says it's exploring strategic alternatives including a possible sale of the company.
Tomorrow's retail stores want to take a page from their online rivals by embracing advanced technology – everything from helpful robots to interactive mirrors to shelves embedded with sensors.
The stock market got a boost on Monday from mergers, homes and phones.
Luxury retailer Neiman Marcus plans to raise up to $100 million by returning to the stock market with an initial public offering.
They may make an odd couple, but discounter Target and luxury merchant Neiman Marcus are jointly offering a limited collection spanning from fashion to sporting goods for the winter holidays.
The rich treated themselves like royalty this holiday season. That spun the holidays into gold for Tiffany & Co. and other high-end retailers.
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});

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  const virtualDir = await smartfile.VirtualDirectory.fromFsDirPath('./test/testassets/testfolder');
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});

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Blackheath's BP service station is set for a makeover, with plans for a $1.8 million complete demolition and rebuild now before council. The plan calls for the old servo and adjoining car repair workshop to be pulled down and a new, modern service station to be built. It will have six petrol bowsers under cover. There will also be a Balmain Coffee Company outlet on site. It is proposed to be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Current car access from Hydora Lane will be closed but there will be entries from both the highway and Gardiner Crescent. The only exit will be on to the highway. While two trees will be removed (one near Hydora Lane and one the southern boundary), the line of trees between the site and Gardners Inn next door will be retained. The DA is on public exhibition until June 12.
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New service station for Blackheath
Blackheath's BP service station is set for a makeover, with plans for a $1.8 million complete demolition and rebuild now before council.
The plan calls for the old servo and adjoining car repair workshop to be pulled down and a new, modern service station to be built.
It will have six petrol bowsers under cover. There will also be a Balmain Coffee Company outlet on site.
It is proposed to be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Current car access from Hydora Lane will be closed but there will be entries from both the highway and Gardiner Crescent. The only exit will be on to the highway.
While two trees will be removed (one near Hydora Lane and one the southern boundary), the line of trees between the site and Gardners Inn next door will be retained.
The DA is on public exhibition until June 12.


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World Cup Glory Days
Bobby Moore and the England Team, July 30, 1966.
By the time you read this, the suspense will be over for American soccer fans who'll know the results of Team USA's attempt to take home the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Regardless of the outcome, the fact they've gotten so far is to be applauded. This is just their seventh consecutive World Cup. Unlike England who've been in every World Cup event since first qualifying in 1950.
Joe Gaetjens scores for USA v. England, 1950.
Surprisingly England's upset in their inaugural World Cup was at the hands - or should that be feet? - of the United States who beat them 1-0 in the first round. This was akin, as one journalist of the time put it, to "Oxford University sending over a baseball team and beating the Yankees". England, you see, practically invented soccer.
Along with Scotland, England's national football team is the joint-oldest in the world. Both teams faced off against each other in 1870; a representative match organized by the Football Association which resulted in a 1-1 draw. They had a rematch in 1872, in what is credited as being "the first official international football match". The result was a goalless draw.
Queen Elizabeth II presents Captain Bobby Moore
with the Jules Rimet Trophy after England won
the 1966 World Cup at Wembley.
England more than made up for their embarrassing 1950 defeat by the USA when they won the World Cup in 1966. The USA on the other hand took five decades to get back in the game. Only sixteen teams competed the year England won, one of whom was West Germany, who England defeated 4-2. I did mention England won the World Cup, didn't I?
Although it was almost fifty years ago, England's win at Wembley Stadium has been relived and celebrated so many times that the year of their triumph is as important a date in the nation's history as say, for instance, 1066 (the Battle of Hastings), or 1914-1918 (the duration of World War 1) or...or...I know I should have paid more attention in History Class.
A lot has changed since that day, July 30, in 1966 when Captain Bobby Moore led his team to victory. Salaries, for starters. Moore and his teammates received just £1,000 (about $1,500) each for their efforts, which after taxes amounted to £650, or less than a thousand dollars. In comparison, should Germany win this year all 23 players on their team will receive a bonus of $407,000. Unlike England's 1966 team, today's players should not have to resort to selling off their winner's medals to see them through retirement.
Nobby Styles' World Cup Medal, purchased
in 2010 by Manchester United.
To date only three of the original 11 players have managed to hold onto their 1966 winner's medals. The latest to auction his off was Nobby (short for Norbert) Stiles. Now 71 years old, the 1966 mid-fielder put his medal, along with other memorabilia, up for auction in 2010. It sold to his old club Manchester United for a record breaking £188,200 (about $300,000). A little ironic since Styles' starting salary at the club was £3.25 (about $5) a week.
Alan Ball and Nobby Stiles (right) swap shirts following England's World Cup final win, and Stiles in 2010.
In 2000 Sir Geoff Hurst, who scored the only hat-trick in World Cup history (or was it - to this day his second goal against West Germany is still being disputed) held a bumper auction of 129 items. The lot included his World Cup winning shirt which went for the equivalent of $150,000; his cap ($60,000) and his Man of the Match Trophy ($30,000). A donation from the sale of Hurst's belongings went to the Bobby Moore Imperial Cancer Research Fund, set up following Moore's death in 1993 at the age of 51. Moore's own prizes, which were given to his wife on their divorce in 1986, are now in the hands of his old team, West Ham, who purchased the collection in 2000 for £1.8 million.
England's World Cup win of 1966 reminds me of the dress I keep in my closet that I haven't been able to fit into for the last 25 years - it hangs there in tribute of my glory days. Pass me the gavel.
Bobby Moore appearing for West Ham.


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Backstage most commonly refers to backstage (theatre), also in motion picture and television production.

Backstage may also refer to:

Film and television
Back Stage (1969 film), a silent film starring Oliver Hardy
Back Stage (1942 film), a silent film starring Buster Keaton
Back Stage (1921 film), a silent Our Gang short
Backstage (1927 film), a silent comedy feature starring William Collier Jr. and Barbara Bedford
Limelight (1936 film), a British musical also known as Backstage
Backstage (1939 film), an Italian comedy film
Backstage (1988 film), an Australian film
Backstage (2000 film), a rap concert documentary
Backstage (2005 film), a French film directed by Emmanuelle Bercot
Backstage (South African TV series), a 2000–2007 South African youth-targeted soap opera television series
Backstage (Canadian TV series), a 2016–2017 Canadian television drama series about a performing arts high school that aired on Family Channel

Other
Backstage (album), by Cher
Backstage (magazine), an entertainment-industry brand that publishes Backstage magazine, Call Sheet, and Backstage.com
Backstage View, a feature of Microsoft Office, starting with Microsoft Office 2010

See also
 Behind the Scenes (disambiguation)
Clown alley, a backstage area of a circus


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Microsoft summarizes its work to date to assist refugees in the US
@pradeepviswav
Jul 1, 2016 at 10:00 GMT 3 years ago
Yesterday, the US government announced a Call to Action for the U.S. private sector to stand with the White House and make new, measurable and significant commitments that will have a durable impact on refugees residing in countries on the frontlines of the global refugee crisis and in countries of resettlement, like the United States. Microsoft and LinkedIn put forth summaries of their work to date to assist refugees as follows:
Microsoft:
Microsoft Philanthropies is leveraging the company's technology, cash donations, and employee volunteers to support nonprofits who are driving Syrian refugee crisis relief efforts. In the past six months, Microsoft has donated more than $20 million in cash, grants and software to over a dozen nonprofit organizations, including NetHope, Mercy Corps and the International Rescue Committee. This has ensured its nonprofit partners have the capacity to provide millions of refugees with vital access to food, water, shelter, medical aid and legal/trauma counseling, as well as services that will help them to rebuild their lives, including education, employment training, and connectivity.
Currently, through its nonprofit partnerships, Microsoft is supporting refugee education efforts in Turkey, Lebanon, Greece and Jordan. For instance, in Germany, Microsoft has made its YouthSpark Schlaumause (Arabic to German language training) program available to 3,000 elementary schools, serving approximately 30,000 refugee children. In the coming months, Microsoft will commit more resources to this initiative to double Schlaumause's impact. At the Zaatari Refugee Camp in Jordan, Microsoft has supported the establishment of The Norwegian Refugee Council's technology lab, which teaches adult refugees computer skills, improving their future employability. Through its support for NetHope, Microsoft has helped bring connectivity services to Syrian refugees in Jordan, Turkey and Lebanon. With connectivity, refugees have been able to access information and resources, and connect to family. Going forward, Microsoft aims to work across the industry to help provide much-needed infrastructure, as well as longer-term aid. In the coming months, Microsoft will deepen its commitment and expand its ability to prepare for and respond to humanitarian and natural disasters.
In February 2016, LinkedIn launched its first pilot initiative in Sweden, Welcome Talent, to help address the refugee crisis. Using the LinkedIn platform, the company created a microsite that is an entry point to connect newly settled refugees with employers who have committed to hiring them. The site has information, resources and case studies to help refugees create optimal profiles. To date, more than 1,000 jobs have been posted from potential employers. This is a multi-sector initiative working with the Swedish government, NGO community, universities and the private sector. LinkedIn is also one of the founding partners of the Tent Foundation private sector alliance that has formed to address the refugee crisis. LinkedIn is currently exploring other markets to expand this work.
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Q: I cannot get an image and `lstlisting` aligned in a table
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How to align picture top left in a table?

I want to display an image and some lines of monospaced text with line breaks (as far as I know, lstlisting is the only option). The upper bounds of both image and text should both be aligned at the top of the row, but I always result in either the image or the monospace text at the wrong position. As I don't understand whats wrong I haven't got any clue how to fix this.
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\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{listings}
\usepackage{verbatim}
\begin{document}
\lstset{
    breaklines     = true
}
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\includegraphics{/Users/jenserat/Downloads/test.png} & \begin{lstlisting}
Some listing.
Some listing. Some lines can get quite long and should be wrapped.
Some listing.
Some listing.
Some listing.
Some listing.
Some listing.
Some listing.
\end{lstlisting} \\
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\end{tabular}

\end{document}

I tried using different combinations of tabular, tabularx, graphics, graphicsx, minipages without luck. I want to avoid some ugly hacks using vspace as this latex code should be generated by some script which probably will get distributed.
I'd like to use a table, but am not bound to one. I do not mind using tabularx and do not mind what column style I use (as long as the code is left-aligned).


K&N recharge kit consisting of a good cleaner and a spary air filter oil enough for about ten cleaning times.
K&N Power Kleen is more powerful cleaning product than recharger kit. Power Kleen has also other usages.


I am so excited to be one of the newest affiliates for Life-n-Reflection. Kristy is such an incredible photographer and all of the items she creates are amazing! If you have not had a chance to look at her blog, you should definitely head over.
This month I was able to play around with the Photo Pizazz Let It Snow Overlays. Aren't these pretty?
I have been patiently waiting for a snow day so I could take some pictures with my new camera, but we have been completely duped this year! We have had a few flurries, but nothing photo worthy. So, I decided to dig through my old photos and see what I could find in a wintery theme.
I think this first overlay is my favorite. I love the extra little sparkles at the top of the photo.
These snowflakes on these next two photos are really cute as well. I wish I would have had these last year when we made our Christmas card. This was our family picture from our trip to cut down our Christmas tree last year.
These are Simply Magical Laura!!
Beautiful overlays! Love the photos too-very nice.


Zenius, the first coffee machine by Nespresso with all the right connections.
Nespresso's popular single-cup espresso system is now available for the American workplace! The commercial Zenius brewer uses distinct capsules from the home model.
Simply insert your desired capsule in the slot, pull down the handle, and press one of three buttons to initiate the brew. Your options are Ristretto (factory setting 25 ml), Espresso (40 ml), or Lungo (110 ml).
Spent capsules are deposited into an internal bin, with a capacity of approximately 25. Water is supplied from a detachable tank with a convenient handle. A swiveling second cup tray accommodates both small espresso cups and tall "American-style" coffee cups. The Zenius is also equipped with an energy-saving feature that powers down the machine when it is not in use.
The Lavazza Espresso Point gets right to the point of brewing: delicious espresso that you can enjoy in a matter of moments. The Point uses only convenient pre-packaged cartridges that are uniquely designed for use with this Lavazza machine, allowing you to make a shot of espresso without the mess. Each small plastic cartridge is filled with a special blend of Lavazza coffee that will produce great crema and a high quality taste, no grinding, dosing, or tamping needed. There is also a selection of tea, hot chocolate, and even consommé available for use with the machine as well. Please note that the Point is only compatible with these cartridges, not ESE pods.
This Lavazza machine shines in chrome-plated stainless steel housing with brass accents. Its compact size makes it easy to fit on most kitchen counters, and the water tank, with a capacity of up to 3 liters, is accessible from the top of the machine. The Point also features a swiveling steam wand that's perfect for making cappuccinos and lattes.
The Lavazza Espresso Point offers the ultimate in mess-free production of espresso, tea, hot chocolate, and soup. Simply open the door on the front of the machine, place a plastic cartridge in the slot, and close the door. The door will snap the cartridge into place in the machine for proper brewing. When you put a new cartridge in, the spent cartridge will be automatically pushed into the waiting dump drawer on the bottom of the machine.
With the Lavazza Espresso Point, you can brew manually, or use the pre-set coffee size buttons. On the far right of the Point's control panel, there are 3 buttons for large, medium, and small coffees. To the left of the small coffee button is the manual dispensing button. When you select a button, the green light next to it will illuminate. If you want to stop the flow of water at any point during pre-set or manual brewing, just press the stop button on the left of the control panel.
The controls on this Lavazza machine are very straightforward. Press 1 of the 4 coffee buttons to start dispensing and the Point machine will stop automatically when the pre-set quantity is reached. And, dispensing hot water and steam through the steam wand is controlled by a button as well. When in use, a green light will appear next to each button and the power can be turned on and off using the rocker switch on the back of the machine.
If you want to make tea, hot chocolate, or instant soups that aren't available in a convenient cartridge, you can use the hot water dispenser on the Lavazza Espresso Point. Hot water is dispensed from the end of the steam wand, and because the wand swivels in and out, you can use a variety of cup sizes.
The Lavazza Espresso Point's pivoting steam wand provides clearance for milk pitchers, giving you lots of elbow room while you steam and froth. Made of the same chrome-plated stainless steel as the rest of the machine, this wand is easy to clean and maintain.
This Lavazza machine has a 3-liter reservoir, meaning you'll have plenty of time between refills. When it's running low on water, a light will illuminate on the left of the Point's control panel. The top panel of the machine can be taken off and the reservoir easily removed for cleaning.
Every time you put in a new cartridge to be brewed, the previous cartridge is automatically pushed into the dump drawer. This drawer, located on the bottom of the Lavazza Espresso Point, can hold up to 30 spent cartridges and can be pulled out and easily cleaned with warm water, non-abrasive solvent, and a sponge.
The Lavazza Espresso Point has chrome-plated stainless steel with brass accents. A lit cup tray also enhances this elegant and stylish design and subtle green indicator lights on the control panel. The elegant housing is simple to keep clean with just a few wipes with a soft, damp cloth.


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The Cow Who Changed Texas Forever | Rowdy Girl
By Emily Moran Barwick | May 23, 2016 | 7
They say everything's bigger in Texas. Well that's certainly true when it comes to cows. With a bovine population of 11.7 million, almost two times greater than the runner-up state of Nebraska, Texas is home to almost 13% of America's cows.[1]
In a state that prides itself on going big in everything from steaks to rodeos, it's perhaps the most unlikely setting for this story. But that's precisely what makes it so powerful: how very unlikely it is. Because among the almost 12 million heads of cattle across almost 250,000 farms and ranches,[2] is one single little cow who somehow managed to change Texas forever. [tweet this]
This is the story of Rowdy Girl, the cow who launched a revolution, and her home, Rowdy Girl Sanctuary. Not long ago, this land was a functioning cattle ranch owned by Tommy Sonnen and his wife Renee King-Sonnen. [be sure to watch the video to meet everyone. what follows is a close transcript with selected stills.]
Marrying into a family of multi-generational cattle ranchers, Renee had a difficult time watching the calves go off to slaughter. So Tommy made a decision, the repercussions of which he could never have imagined: for Renee to buy her own cow and become a part of ranch culture. And so it was that Rowdy Girl came into their lives.
Renee: "[Rowdy Girl] is the one that I bought for $300, six years ago. My husband wanted me to have a buy-in as a cattle rancher's wife and so she was my first and only time I ever bought any of these animals, except for when I bought them to save their lives. And so, Rowdy Girl's babies have never gone to slaughter. She was the gateway, and I really do believe she knows it. I think she knows it."
Rowdy truly was the gateway. Renee's connection to the animals on her plate and those in her backyard began to deepen. You can hear about her personal conversion in depth in this video post.
But today, Renee's going to help tell the stories of those saved by Rowdy Girl's influence. The most unlikely Texas residents of all. [tweet this]
There's of course the original herd, all of whom Renee bought from her reluctant husband, and soon the sanctuary began to take on new residents, including survivors of pro-farming youth programs like the 4H Club and Future Farmers of America, organizations firmly rooted in Texas culture.
Renee: "Rowdy Girl Sanctuary has already started to get a reputation around 4H and FFA. We really don't like the fact that they teach their kids to kill animals that they grow to love."
Alena Hidalgo was one of those kids, and her animal, was Gizmo the pig.
Speaking of Alena, Renee shares,
Renee: "She [Alena] is 15 years old, she comes every week with her mom, or her dad, and her sister. Takes care of Gizmo, earns while taking care of things around the sanctuary. Her and her mother, and her sister are now vegan, as a result."
Gizmo's roommate Roux was also an FFA surrender after not making the cut at the County Fair. The high school student who surrendered her has never come back to visit.
Renee and dedicated sanctuary volunteer Charles Armstrong, who was instrumental in saving fellow FFA surrender Penny Lane, shed some light on the pressures upon students in the program and why they don't always come back to visit.
Renee: "The kiddo that brought her here – I think he had high hopes or intentions of coming back to visit, but never has. And what I heard Charles say was that they were afraid that he was going to go vegan. (laughs) So, they didn't want to bring him here no more!"
Charles: "My boss at work, his son got Penny, and the mother and the son fell in love with her. And couldn't see her go to slaughter. But, the dad really didn't care one way or another. He just wanted his son to get a good grade in FFA. Because if they don't show, they don't get a grade and that means they have to retake another class."
Perhaps the most visually striking resident of Rowdy Girl Sanctuary is Cinnamon:
Renee: "She's a full-blood Brahman. Cinnamon was actually scheduled to be slaughtered because she couldn't have babies. She, too, was raised 4H and normally they don't slaughter these animals. They just show them and breed them. And that's what they do. But when they are not productive, like Cinnamon wasn't – Cinnamon had some sort of issues with her ovaries. Five years, eating their food, and not productive. So, she was worthless to them."
Every one of these animals has a story. A history. From the survivors of our food industry we've met, to pets who outgrew their family's circumstances, like ducks Quackers, Remmy and Berry and potbellied pig Lilly, to these hens who were used as bait in the brutal blood sport of cockfighting. Each individual is a miracle, and a living reminder of the trillions of others who were not so fortunate.
And who would ever suspect that the place they'd ultimately find safety would be a cattle ranch in Texas? Certainly not Tommy.
Tommy: "You know, I've still got a lot of friends that are ranchers and hunters and they don't understand what I'm doing. In fact, I've lost a lot of friends."
Renee and Tommy have big plans for the Sanctuary and are working on a number of improvements.
Renee: "We're not done, we're going to paint flowers, we're going to paint their names on here. It's going to be a dome-like structure that we're going to be putting over here so they can actually come out here and have access to the ground."
Maintaining a sanctuary is no easy task. Unlike a cattle ranch, where profit is the king and animals are inventory, a farm sanctuary means putting the animals first and hoping the finances will follow.
Which is what brought me here in the first place for their 2nd Annual Vegan Awareness Festival & Fundraiser, complete with vegan cupcakes, gumbo, booths, and speakers. Renee is going to be traveling and speaking about the Rowdy Girl story, and you can find places and dates in the links at the base of this post as well as how to donate to their cause.
Farm sanctuaries are one of the most direct ways to help animals with financial donations. When animals are treated as individuals and not inventory, money is always an issue. But the rewards are unbelievable:
Tommy: "The big thing for me is, okay, I'm real big into environmental side. Real big into the health side. The ethics side is the part that I wasn't born and bred with, but I always hated dropping my calves off at the sale barn. And I don't have to do that anymore." [tweet this]
So that's the story of the cow who changed Texas forever. And I have a feeling that she's just getting started.
To learn more about Rowdy Girl and her fellow residents, connect with the Sanctuary, keep up with Renee's speaking events, and to help support their mission, please see the links below.
Please share this remarkable story and give the video a like if it inspired you. Be sure to subscribe to the channel for more vegan content every Monday, Wednesday and some Fridays. To support messages like this, see the support page or join us in the Nugget Army on Patreon.
Now go live vegan, celebrate the survivors, and I'll see you soon.
★Watch More
▶➤FEATURED VIDEOS: [see Rowdy Girl Links Below!!!] ➣Renee's Amazing Story of Conversion
➣More Stories of Survival
➣Rethinking Our Way of Life [Extreme Speech]
➣See Through the Eyes of The Animals
➣Open Your Eyes
➣The "Humane" Lie [Nicest Way To Die]
➣Teach Kids Compassion, Not Killing
▶➤CONNECT WITH ROWDY GIRL!
➣Website (meet the animals & more)
[Scroll down to "Upcoming Appearances for Renee's speaking schedule] ➣Donate to the Cause
➣Facebook
➣Twitter
[1] United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Southern Plains Region, and Cooperating with the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, "Cattle Inventory," January 29, 2016, https://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Texas/Publications/Current_News_Release/2016_Rls/spr_cattle_inv_2016.pdf.
[2] Commissioner Sid Miller, "Texas Ag Stats," Texas Department of Agriculture, accessed May 22, 2016, https://www.texasagriculture.gov/About/TexasAgStats.aspx.
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sally anne hubbard on May 23, 2016 at 5:51 pm
So Sweet. I wish all humans would stop eating animals.
I hope they got lots and lots of contributions to help them with their good works.
kathleen lavelle on May 23, 2016 at 10:00 pm
FANTASTIC ! THANKS SO MUCH !!!
Nicola Andrew on May 27, 2016 at 4:05 pm
I was having a hard day, but this video made me smile and cry and have hope. Thank you xxxx
Emily Moran Barwick (BiteSizeVegan) on May 29, 2016 at 11:10 am
SO great to hear it :D
Marko on May 28, 2016 at 3:00 am
Thanks for coming down to my neck of the woods. Sorry you couldn't meet Yvonne, but she doesn't like taking Booter anywhere. She is very protective of him. But someday, hopefully she and I will see you again. Your friends always,
Marko and Yvonne
P.S. I should have my website up within two weeks, hopefully sooner.
SO great to meet you!! And excited about your site!!!
Friderike on May 28, 2016 at 10:06 am
Ah, heart-warming. So good to hear a few good stories. I need them to keep me from despair. Thank you, dear Emily, for sharing. Love from Frid


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China's economy slows in November as housing recession deepens
China's economy slowed further in November, dragged down by a worsening housing market downturn and disruptions from repeated Covid outbreaks, undermining consumer spending.
The growth of investment in fixed assets moderated to 5.2% in the first eleven months of the year. Real estate investment grew 6% in the same period, slowing from 7.2% during the January-October period, as financing rules remained tight and home sales plummeted.
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The data highlights the downward pressure on the real estate economy and the magnitude of the challenge facing the Chinese government in stabilizing the world's second-largest economy. Beijing has recently shifted its focus to stabilizing growth, with the central bank easing monetary policy and the Communist Party ordering more fiscal spending in 2022.
"Only when growth expectations are stable will investment and consumption recover," said Bruce Pang, head of macro and strategic research at China Renaissance Securities Hong Kong Ltd. "That is why the authorities are implementing more stimulus packages and policy support to design such expectations. "
Industrial production increased 3.8% over the previous year, accelerating from 3.5% in October, but the real estate market is also weighing on that sector. Sales of residential properties and the area of residential homes recently started fell about 20% from the previous year, as did the production of property-related commodities such as cement and steel.
While Beijing is expected to offer more credit and signaled some easing of controls on the property market to support "stability," officials last week upheld the basic stance that "houses are for living, not speculation." .
Retail sales growth weakened to 3.9% in November, falling short of economists' forecast for a 4.7% increase. Sales in the restaurant and catering sector fell 2.7% as people stayed home amid new virus outbreaks.
Consumption weakened despite still strong sales support around the "Singles Day" shopping festival.
Earlier on Wednesday, the central bank kept the interest rate on one-year loans to banks unchanged and only rolled over about half of maturing debts, drawing liquidity out of the economy. However, a recently announced cut to banks' mandatory reserve ratio will take effect from Wednesday, increasing the amount of money financial institutions have available to lend.
What Bloomberg Economics Says …
China's November activity data suggests the economy is still under pressure, although the production side appears to be stabilizing. Pressure on the demand side was clear, with growth in both fixed asset investment and retail sales extending the slowdown. We expect fiscal and monetary policies to be more favorable in the coming months.
David Qu and Eric Zhu
"The international environment is increasingly complex and bleak and there are still many limitations in the national economic recovery," the National Statistics Office said in a statement. We must "combine cyclical and counter-cyclical macro policy adjustments to stabilize the overall macroeconomy."
The shares changed shortly after the data, with the CSI 300 index falling 0.2% at 10:38 am. The 10-year government bond yield was stable at around 2.88% and the yuan strengthened less than 0.1% to 6.3641 to the dollar.
Investment in infrastructure, another weak link in China's slow recovery this year, increased at a slower pace of 0.5%. Local governments have stepped up their efforts to borrow money and start new projects, and Beijing has allowed authorities to start selling next year's bonds from January 1 to speed up spending.
The surveyed unemployment rate rose 5%, while the average number of hours worked per week fell to 47.8 from a record 48.6 in October. The unemployment rate for 16-24 year olds increased slightly from 14.2% to 14.3%.
"Domestic consumption remains weak and retail sales are disappointing," said Raymond Yeung, chief economist for Greater China at Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. "The incremental rise in the unemployment rate is concerning. The authorities should offer more support and offer a stronger signal to the market ".
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You can write your own review of the Transel THF mobile antennas.
I have several of them (40 - 30 - 20 - 15 - 10) and all work well. They are on a multi mag frame on the roof of a full size pick-up. I use a quick disconnect and swap bands whenever I stop for cofee, etc and find HF mobile with them is very good. I like the "pop it on and go" strategy for band change Vs "tune while you drive" with a screwdriver that is either distracting on another couple C-bucks for auto-tune stuff. I use a small spring -- they will "tonk" tree limbs and an occasional canopy -- and I spent the time to trim/tune them so they are resonant where I want to operate. That took about half an hour each (one time) when I got them several years ago. The 40 meter one will cover the entire general SSB band at less that 2:1 which is good. I check into nets on 40 and 20 easily and worked lots of DX on 15 during the last cycle.
At that price (Vs about 4 C-bucks for a screwdriver) after several years if one does break I will buy another and feel it was easily worth it.
I have used the Transel 10 through 75 meter mobile antennas for the past several years and have had no issues.
I have Transel THF antennas for several bands, and have had a problem that I am finding is common with them. The coil is attached at each end to the threaded metal end pieces of the fiberglass rod by a small amount of solder. There is a hole drilled in the metal, but the metal is plated brass, and the solder has only a small area in the hole (the thickness of the hollow metal end piece) that is unplated by the drilling to stick to. It does not stay well connected long under the flexing of mobile use. My fix is to cut the plastic sheath away from the soldered connection and file or grind the plating away from around the solder hole, and resolder with a high wattage soldering iron and plenty of solder. Then re-cover the connections with shirnkable tubing, or good weather proof tape. The results for me have been very good. World Radio Magazine rated the "stick" type antennas better than the "screw driver" type on one testing session.
I purchased two Transel "stick" style antennas for mobile operation using a tri-mag mount on the trunk of my car. I should have realized what I was in for when they arrived. The copper wire on both antennas was exposed in several places through the shrink wrap that was supposed to cover it. I fixed that problem with some excellent electrical tape, and was able to tune both up for my range of operating interest on their respective bands (20 and 15 meters.) The threading where the whip attaches to the coil portion of the 20 meter stick, though, was poor, and it takes some considerable effort to get the two parts fully coupled.
Less than a year later, both sticks have broken in several places internally. I believe this is mostly from the simple vibrations of normal driving - my Pro-Am brand "stick" antenna for 10 meters (which sees much more use than either the 15 or 20 meter sticks) has none of the problems that the Transel brand sticks have developed.
I do not intend to ever purchase another Transel product.