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Child care group seeks more subsidies for the poor
Some child care operators in Mississippi say declining subsidies for low-income families are driving them out of business. They called on the state Thursday to do more to reduce the backlog of those waiting for government aid to pay for care.At one point in 2010, the state used federal stimulus money to clear its waiting list. But it has been unable to meet demand since the extra federal money dried up, and 13,000 are on waiting lists.Carol Burnett, executive director of the Mississippi Low-Income Childcare Initiative, wants the state to create more subsidy slots using federal money it's now spending on child care quality-improvement efforts and other welfare programs.The Department of Human Services, which oversees the subsidy program, did not immediately return a request for comment.
Some child care operators in Mississippi say declining subsidies for low-income families are driving them out of business. They called on the state Thursday to do more to reduce the backlog of those waiting for government aid to pay for care.
At one point in 2010, the state used federal stimulus money to clear its waiting list. But it has been unable to meet demand since the extra federal money dried up, and 13,000 are on waiting lists.
Carol Burnett, executive director of the Mississippi Low-Income Childcare Initiative, wants the state to create more subsidy slots using federal money it's now spending on child care quality-improvement efforts and other welfare programs.
The Department of Human Services, which oversees the subsidy program, did not immediately return a request for comment.


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Gastone Ettore Paganelli (died 1575) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Gravina di Puglia (1574–1575).

Biography
In 1574, Gastone Ettore Paganelli was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Gravina di Puglia.
He served as Bishop of Gravina di Puglia until his death in 1575.

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Ripley: Are you attracted to me?
Dillon: Why? Why the innocent, punished? Why the sacrifice? Why the pain? There aren't any promises. Nothing certain. Only that some get called, others saved. She won't ever know of the hardship and grief of those of us left behind. We commit these bodies to the void with a glad heart. For within each seed, there is a promise of a flower, and within each death, no matter how small, there is always a new life. A new beginning.


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Clement's Insite attack leaves WHO red-faced
André Picard
The World Health Organization has strongly endorsed safe injection sites like Vancouver's Insite as one of the "priority interventions" that countries should implement to slow the spread of HIV-AIDS, a view that was swiftly and firmly rejected by Canada's Health Minister.
"Allowing and/or encouraging people to inject heroin into their veins is not harm reduction, it is the opposite. … We believe it is a form of harm addition," Tony Clement said Tuesday in Mexico City, where he is attending the XVII International AIDS Conference.
While the minister's views on Insite are well known, Mr. Clement repeated them Tuesday at an event where he was endorsing and promoting a new WHO "how-to" guide on battling the epidemic, which promotes needle exchange and safe injection sites. The Health Minister's comments left officials from the agency flummoxed and red-faced.
Teguest Guerma, associate director of the HIV-AIDS department at the WHO, who was clearly uncomfortable about the exchange between the minister and reporters about the apparent contradiction in Canada's position, would only say: "The WHO supports harm reduction."
She repeated the phrase more than a dozen times, only once adding "including all interventions that benefit injecting drug users."
The WHO document, prepared in Q&A form, is far less equivocal. It asks: "What is the WHO position on safe injection sites?" The answer: "Safe injecting sites are not a new intervention but simply a repackaging of existing WHO-recommended interventions such as needle exchanges, etc."
"They enable known, WHO-recommended harm reduction interventions to be delivered and used in a safe environment with the aim of reaching the most marginalized and vulnerable of injecting drug users."
Mr. Clement, at a press conference held Tuesday in Mexico City, initially praised the new document and noted that "Canada is proud to be the largest contributor to the WHO."
He also said that the federal government supports various forms of harm reduction for intravenous drug users such as needle exchange, methadone treatment and rehabilitation, but rejected safe injection as illegitimate. "We're not prepared to allow people to die" by condoning their continued drug use, Mr. Clement said.
Mr. Clement has never clearly stated why the government supports needle exchange and rehab programs but so sternly opposes the existence of a facility where drug users can actually use the safe needles and be encouraged to enter rehab. The sticking point appears to be that, at Insite, drug users cannot be arrested and prosecuted.
Worldwide, an estimated 33 million people are infected with HIV-AIDS. Some 2.7 million people were newly infected last year.
Outside of sub-Saharan Africa, the epicentre of the epidemic, intravenous drug users account for almost one-third of new infections. In Canada, there are 58,000 people living with HIV-AIDS, including 12,110 current and former intravenous drug users - 21 per cent of the total.
Drug users, because they are often marginalized and treated as criminals, are among the least likely people with HIV-AIDS to get treatment and among the most likely to infect others, making them the focus of much research.
Abeeda Kamarulzaman, head professor of infectious diseases at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, said harm reduction measures such as needle exchange, methadone treatment and safe injection sites have all been shown as beneficial in slowing the spread of HIV-AIDS.
She said 77 countries have needle exchange programs, and 63 countries have drug substitution treatment programs. There are 49 safe injection sites across Europe, Australia and Canada, including Insite in Vancouver. The Quebec government has announced plans for a similar facility in Montreal.
"We need to stop arguing about the merits of harm reduction and just do it," Dr. Kamarulzaman told the conference.
Asked specifically about the merits of Insite, she said the "benefits of safe injection sites have been well demonstrated," but added that governments are reluctant to endorse such measures because "it may seem like they are legalizing heroin and other drugs, which they are not." (At Insite, drug users can inject themselves with clean needles under the supervision of health professionals should they require medical assistance, but they are not provided with drugs.) Peter Piot, the executive director of UNAIDS, was also clear in his backing of harm-reduction measures, including safe injection sites. "It is high time every country in the world resolutely embraced the full spectrum of harm reduction among injecting drug users. Not doing so will only perpetuate the spread of HIV," he said.
Insite opened as a pilot project in 2003 under a special exemption from federal drug laws, but Ottawa had refused to say whether it would extend the exemption when it expired in June. Before the deadline arrived, the B.C. Supreme Court ruled that parts of federal drug laws related to trafficking and possession are unconstitutional and gave the government a year to rewrite them. Mr. Justice Ian Pitfield said laws that prevent people suffering from the disease of addiction from accessing such a service infringe on their right to life, liberty and security of the person.
Mr. Clement said Ottawa will appeal the decision, meaning the fate of Insite will likely be decided by the Supreme Court of Canada.
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Q: Library System query I am having problems with the search feature of my library system project. The code I have so far allows you to see if the book is 'available' or 'not available'. I would like to make my system also be able to display all the information on the book, including the number of copies, it's ISBN etc.
This is the code I used for searching if the book is available or not.
public String searchTitle(String titleSearch) {
    if (titleSearch == null)
        return "\n No Books Avaliable ";
    for (int i = 0; i < collection.size(); i++){
        if (titleSearch.equalsIgnoreCase(collection.get(i).getTitle())) {
            return "\n Book Avaliable";
        }
    }
    return "\n No Books Avaliable "; //reachable only if no book found
}

This is also the code I have used in my Book class:
public Book(int isbn, String author, String title, String genre, int numcopies) {
    this.isbn = isbn;
    this.author = author;
    this.title = title;
    this.genre = genre;
    this.numcopies = numcopies;
}

public int getISBN() {
    return isbn;
}

public String getAuthor() {
    return author;
}

public String getTitle() {
    return title;
}

public String getGenre() {
    return genre;
}

public String toString() {
    return "\nISBN: " + isbn + "\nAuthor: " + author + "\nTitle: " + title +
 "\nGenre: " + genre + "\nNumber Of Copies " + numcopies +"\n ";
}

A: If i understand you correctly;
    if(titleSearch.equalsIgnoreCase(collection.get(i).getTitle())){
        return "\n Book Avaliable";
    }

in this part of the code you can return the result for to string method in book class easily. It is like returning the string "\n Book Avaliable".
Remember that you can call to string function like collection.get(i).toString()
Or simply the code will be like;
if(titleSearch.equalsIgnoreCase(collection.get(i).getTitle())){
        return collection.get(i).toString();
    }

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1850 – a highly significant year in light of current events. In the U.S., the Compromise of 1850 became law.
Note: The animation of the changes in the USA that lurks in the 1850 Compromise link is fascinating. In case you missed it, here it is!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compromise_of_1850#/media/File:US_Slave_Free_1789-1861.gif
Once again over the weekend, the western world was shocked by jihadi terrorist attacks – this time in Barcelona and the town of Cambrils in Catalonia and another in the Finnish town of Turku. In both countries, the police responded with alacrity and efficiency; the terrorists are either dead or apprehended.ISIS has claimed responsibility for the Spanish attacks. In the case of Turku, the suspect seems to have been a frustrated asylum seeker. Much is being made of authorities' difficulties in identifying and thwarting attacks that use vans as the weapon of choice [As Vehicle Attacks Rise, an Ordinary Object Becomes an Instrument of Fear] . While we of course are saddened by and deplore all such events, we would recommend Gwynne Dyer's most recent opinion piece Terrorism – a sense of proportion in which he reminds the reader "the priority is not to turn against Muslim communities in the West – because it's wrong to blame millions of people for the actions of a few hundred gullible, attention-seeking young men, but also because that's exactly what the Islamic State propagandists want people in the West to do."
A little over a week ago, Cleo Paskal wrote about the Doklam stand-off, sending some of us to consult our maps, Al Jazeera is also calling attention to the situation "A border dispute high in the Himalayas puts the decades long "cold peace" between India and China under severe strain'
Amidst the blanket coverage of Monday's eclipse, The Atlantic offers an entertaining – and instructive – history of eclipse chasers since Revolutionary times America in the Shadows -The nation's dogged attempts to chase eclipses follow its own haphazard maturation . Some extraordinary photos have been published, but our favorite is perhaps The International Space Station just pulled off the photobomb of a lifetime Captured by NASA photographer Joel Kowsky, perfectly timed images show a tiny ISS passing in front of the sun.
UPDATE: Trump tells campaign rally that NAFTA negotiations will likely fail
At times going off-script for long durations, Trump also said he "personally" believes that the U.S. will end up terminating NAFTA at some point, and that efforts to renegotiate the deal will fail.
NAFTA negotiators from Canada, the United States and Mexico wrapped up the first round of talks on Sunday. Two of the most contentious topics that came up were gaining access to government procurement contracts and the trade deal's dispute-resolution process. Talks continue in Mexico City September 1 to 5. Stay tuned.
Former Canadian diplomat and CD Howe senior fellow Lawrence Herman suggests Canada should prepare for life without NAFTA. It is well worth reading.
Meanwhile, as Trump continues to talk about the Mexican wall, an increasing number of voices argue against it. Recently, Market Watch published Deepak Chopra's Trump's border wall with Mexico will kill U.S. jobs, business, environment in which he underlines that "the enhanced border wall may result in a trade war that would negatively affect U.S. consumers. Mexico is the third-largest trading partner of the United States. American businesses export $231 billion in goods to Mexico annually, and the overall trade number is $525 billion."
China's Bitmain dominates bitcoin mining. Now it wants to cash in on artificial intelligence
The major part of Trump's speech on Afghanistan was likely crafted in part by John Kelly, who no doubt also insisted on no deviation from the teleprompter. As almost every commentator has pointed out, there was not much new, except for the references to Pakistan and India. The Washington Post has an annotated version that notes "This is a new, and potentially significant, development in the U.S.'s Afghanistan policy, to go after Pakistan more forcefully for harboring terrorists." Mr. Trump's statement about India "We appreciate India's important contributions to stability in Afghanistan, but India makes billions of dollars in trade with the United States, and we want them to help us more with Afghanistan, especially in the area of economic assistance and development." is greeted with the scornful comment "The President seems to be unappreciative – or unknowing? – of the significant contributions India has made post-9/11 to development of infrastructure and civil society development in Afghanistan. And inventing a link between our bilateral trade deficit with India and India's contribution to Afghan stability is preposterous."
Steve Bannon – gone, but by no means forgotten.Already, back at the helm of Breitbart, he is making life miserable for the White House Bannon's Breitbart tears into Trump after Afghanistan speech If you can bear any more on the topic of his departure Bannon Was Set for a Graceful Exit. Then Came Charlottesville. is a pretty complete account.
Secret Service says it will run out of money to protect Trump and his family Sept. 30
Presidential travel for Trump and the first lady — who fly to their oceanfront Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla., and to their golf club in Bedminster, N.J., on many weekends — has added costs for taxpayers and complications for the government. The Secret Service also must provide protection for Trump's four adult children. Trump family's elaborate lifestyle is a 'logistical nightmare' — at taxpayer expense. We wonder whether the Secret Service should be required to protect the older Trump sons, who have no official connection to the administration and are running around the world on family business, or else on family holidays.
One last item on the Trump family. Robert Reich, whose posts we follow assiduously recently called attention to the singularly heartless treatment of tenants of the less-known Kushner real estate empire. This reminded us of the lengthy piece in the New York Times Magazine in May Jared Kushner's Other Real Estate Empire
Last week, we drew your attention to The shifting history of Confederate monuments. Since then, Montreal has had its own moment of chagrin and promptly removed a plaque 'honouring' Jefferson Davis' brief visit to our city. And now, comes a call from writer and broadcaster Afua Hirsch for the removal of a statue of Horatio Nelson (Toppling statues? Here's why Nelson's column should be next)and a reminder that despite student protests, Oxford University's statue of imperialist Cecil Rhodes has not been taken down; and Bristol still celebrates its notorious slaver Edward Colston.
Of course, all of these events pale by comparison to the fuss as Brits bid bye-bye to Big Ben's bonging. Big Ben bongs sound for final time for four years Silencing the clock has upset right-leaning politicians and media. The bongs of London's Big Ben were silenced Monday for four years, so repairs could be undertaken on the structure. Some MPs mourned. Their colleagues told them to get a grip. [What Will Britain Do Without Big Ben's Bongs? Likely, Just Carry On]
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Home World Kerala-grown 'superfood' jackfruit goes global as a meat substitute
Kerala-grown 'superfood' jackfruit goes global as a meat substitute
Green, spiky and with a strong, sweet smell, the bulky jackfruit has morphed from a backyard nuisance in India's south coast into the meat-substitute darling of vegans and vegetarians in the West. Part of South Asia's diet for centuries, jackfruit was so abundant that tonnes of it went to waste every year.
But now India, the world's biggest producer of jackfruit, is capitalising on its growing popularity as a "superfood" meat alternative — touted by chefs from San Francisco to London and Delhi for its pork-like texture when unripe.
"There are a lot of enquiries from abroad… At the international level, the interest in jackfruit has grown manifold," Varghese Tharakkan tells AFP from his orchard in Kerala's Thrissur district. The fruit, which weighs five kilogrammes (11 pounds) on average, has a waxy yellow flesh when ripe and is eaten fresh, or used to make cakes, juices, ice creams and crisps.
When unripe, it is added to curries or fried, minced and sauted. In the West, shredded jackfruit has become a popular alternative to pulled pork and is even used as a pizza topping.
"People love it. The jackfruit tacos have been a hit at each and every location. The jackfruit cutlet — every table orders it, it's one of my favourites!," Anu Bhambri, who owns a chain of restaurants in the US and India, explains.
James Joseph quit his job as a director at Microsoft after spotting Western interest in jackfruit "gaining momentum as a vegan alternative to meat".
Jack of all fruits
The COVID-19 crisis, Joseph says, has created two spikes in consumer interest. "Coronavirus caused a fear for chicken and people switched to tender jackfruit. In Kerala, lockdown caused a surge in demand for mature green jackfruit and seeds due to shortage of vegetables due to border restrictions," he explains.
Global interest in veganism was already soaring pre-pandemic, buoyed by movements such as Meat Free Mondays and Veganuary, and with it the business of "alternative meats".
Concerns about health and the environment — a 2019 UN report suggested adopting more of a plant-based diet could help mitigate climate change — mean consumers are turning to brands such as Impossible and Beyond Meat for plant-based replications of chicken, beef, and pork.
But they are also using substitutes long popular in Asia such as soy-based tofu and tempeh, and wheat derivative seitan, as well as jackfruit. This boom has meant more and more jackfruit orchards have sprung up in the coastal state. "You get a hard bite like meat — that's what is gaining popularity and like meat it absorbs the spices," comments Joseph.
His firm sells jackfruit flour which can be mixed with or used as an alternative to wheat and rice flour to make anything from burger patties to local classics such as idli. Joseph worked with Sydney University's Glycemic Index Research Service to establish any health benefits.
"When we did a nutritional analysis, we found jackfruit as a meal is better than rice and roti (bread) for an average person who wants to control his blood sugar," he adds. India has one of the highest diabetes rates in the world and is expected to hit around 100 million cases by 2030, according to a study by The Lancet.
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Student Ombudsman - Operational Policy - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
Student Ombudsman - Operational Policy
Sustainable USC
Approval authority
Responsible officer
Designated officer
Student Ombudsman
First approved
Last amended
Student Grievance Resolution - Governing Policy
Student Grievance Resolution - Procedures
Student Review and Appeals - Procedures
1. Purpose of policy
This policy provides guidance on the role of the Student Ombudsman at USC.
2. Policy scope and application
The policy applies to all students and staff of the University.
Please refer to the University's Glossary of Terms for policies and procedures.
4. Principles
4.1 The University endorses the principles of natural justice in relation to investigations of any complaints and/or grievances made by any party. Natural justice requires that in any matter of adjudication, those parties directly involved have a right to a hearing, and that the adjudicator shall not be biased.
4.2 The position of Student Ombudsman has been established by the University to ensure its students receive fair and equitable treatment across all aspects of the student experience, and in particular with regard to the resolution of complaints and grievances.
4.3 The University recognises that the Student Ombudsman must maintain neutrality, impartiality and confidentiality in performing the role.
4.4 The Student Ombudsman has direct access to all levels of the University, including senior officers such as the Vice-Chancellor and President, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) and heads of school, academic and administrative staff as and when required for the fulfilment of the performance of their duties.
4.5 The Student Ombudsman shall be given access to all University records and documents relating to any investigations.
5. Role of the Student Ombudsman
5.1 Serving as an independent resource, the Student Ombudsman is neither advocate for any individual nor for the University, but rather is an advocate for fairness, applying the principles of natural justice.
5.2 The Student Ombudsman can:
assist students to clarify the outcome sought and to navigate the student grievance resolution process
refer students to additional support services such as counselling, academic skills development or advocacy services
provide procedural advice to staff members involved in handling complaints, ensuring compliance with policies and procedures.
5.3 The Student Ombudsman cannot:
provide advice to students as to the merits of their case
advocate on behalf of students to decision makers
investigate matters in which the complainant is not a student or a former student of the University
investigate any matter in which there is a real or perceived conflict of interest (an Assistant Student Ombudsman may be appointed to investigate the matter), and
review any decision of the Student Academic Appeals Committee or Student Misconduct Appeals Committee.
5.4 The Student Ombudsman also provides advice to the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Students) on the development of good practice in student grievance resolution, and has an educative role to ensure complaint-handling by staff is undertaken to the highest standard.
6. Investigations
6.1 The Vice-Chancellor and President, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) or Pro Vice-Chancellor (Students) may appoint the Student Ombudsman to investigate a student grievance, or to provide oversight of investigations by academic or administrative staff.
6.2 The report of an investigation would usually include recommendation/s on any measures to be taken to resolve the matter and any other findings or recommendations required by any University policy or procedure or that the Student Ombudsman considers appropriate.
7. Annual Report
7.1 The Student Ombudsman will facilitate collection of data on formal complaints, reviews and appeals, to prepare an annual report of student grievances, presenting de-identified aggregate data, and identifying trends or areas for improvement.
7.2 By 31 March each year, the Student Ombudsman shall present an annual report for the previous year to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic). Each report shall summarise issues raised and recommendations for changes to policies and procedures in the light of supported cases. The report will be shared with the University's Academic Board.


Airmen, and sometimes their counsel, continue to suffer from the National Transportation Board's (NTSB's) strict application of its timing requirements for filing appeals. Appeals are routinely dismissed when the airman does not file his or her appeal, notice of appeal or appeal brief when it is due according to the NTSB rules of practice. For a more detailed discussion of the timing requirements and several of the cases applying these rules, please read my latest article on the topic here.
The FAA today published a Notice of Order regarding its issuance of Order 8000.89 on August 17, 2006. The Order states that the FAA will not release safety and security information that is volunteered to it from regulated entities through the Voluntary Disclosure Reporting Program (VDRP) in accordance with Advisory Circular (AC) 00-58 . Under the the VDRP, the FAA foregoes civil penalty actions when a regulated entity (e.g. Part 135, Part 121 and other certificate holder) detects regulatory violations, promptly discloses the violations to the FAA, and takes prompt corrective action to ensure that the same or similar violations do not recur.
According to the FAA, "disclosure of VDRP information would inhibit the voluntary provision of that type of information because regulated entities have stated they are reluctant to voluntarily disclose instances of regulatory noncompliance if such submissions might be subject to public disclosure." Regulated entities are obviously concerned regarding potential public disclosure of the information, and, if disclosed, the potential for it to be used for other than the system safety enhancement purposes for which the VDRP was created.
The Order is effective as of August 17, 2006. For more information, you should review both Order 8000.89 and AC 00-58.
If you are a FAR Part 91 operator and you have been renewing your FAA letters of authorization (LOAs) permitting operations in special areas of operation (SAO) airspace (e.g. RVSM, NAT MNPS and RNP-10) you will no longer need to do so once you have obtained a LOA using LOA template B046 through the FAA automated operations safety system (OPSS). The OPSS has been issuing LOA's since February 6, 2006. This is a change from past practice where LOAs were valid for two years. If you obtained your LOA using OPSS, you will not need to renew the LOA as long as the information you provided in obtaining the LOA has not changed. If you obtained your LOA manually, pre OPSS, you will need to renew your LOA at least 30 days in advance of the expiration of your LOA using OPSS, but then you won't have to renew unless your information changes.
You can find further information regarding issuance of LOA's using OPSS in FAA Notice N8700.45 located on the FAA's website here.
The NTSB recently issued a decision holding that an airman with a history of psychosis and bipolar disorder is disqualified from holding a medical certificate even if the airman is no longer suffering from the maladies at the time of the medical exam. In Petition of Sean Allen Lenser, the airman applied for a third-class medical certificate and disclosed a medical history that included an involuntary admission to a psychiatric facility, references to symptoms of psychosis, bipolar disorder and hallucinations and the airman's receipt of psychiatric medication. Based upon the disclosed medial history, the FAA denied the airman's application based upon FAR 67.307(a)2 and 3(clinical diagnosis of bipolar disorder and psychosis are disqualifying conditions), even though the airman was not suffering from the conditions at the time of the exam.
The airman appealed the denial to the NTSB and, after a hearing, Judge Mullins found that the airman had met his burden of proving that he was qualified for a medical certificate. Judge Mullins specifically found that the airman's medical history was not significant enough to disqualify him from receiving a third-class medical certificate. The FAA then appealed the decision to the full Board citing several pages in the voluminous airman medical file and two prior NTSB decisions in support of its argument that the airman was not qualified. In response, the airman argued that he had been misdiagnosed and he submitted a doctor's report to that effect. He also argued that he was qualified for a medical certificate based upon his current absence of symptoms.
The Board reversed Judge Mullins's decision. It held that the evidence of the airman's symptoms of psychosis and bipolar disorder, both of which are specifically disqualifying conditions, outweighed the influence of the doctor's report regarding the misdiagnosis. The Board noted that "a psychotic episode or psychosis is sufficient to deny a petitioner's application for a medical certificate and found that the airman's medical records contained multiple reports referring to hallucinations, "which, under the regulations, would be sufficient to constitute a history of psychosis," and other symptoms of psychosis and bipolar disorder.
Although the airman argued that "no clinical evidence of psychosis or bipolar disorder exists because no one observed petitioner while he was hallucinating," the Board stated that "the regulations do not require observation of a petitioner while he or she experiences such symptoms; instead, the applicable regulation requires petitioners to have 'no established medical history or clinical diagnosis' of psychosis or bipolar disorder." As a result, the Board concluded that the airman had not met his burden of proving his qualification to hold a medical certificate.
This case is another example of how difficult it can be for an airman to meet his or her burden of proving qualification once the medical record contains some evidence of a disqualifying condition. When receiving any type of medical treatment, an airman should be aware of potentially disqualifying conditions and should proactively work with his or her physician to minimize any adverse impact a medical diagnosis or treatment may have on the airman's qualification for a medical certificate. If the airman's physician is not a pilot or does not have experience with airman medical certification, the airman will need to educate his or her physician to assist in the diagnosis/treatment process. Information is key, both for the airman and the physician.
According to a post on the FAA's Office of Inspector General's website here, on August 31, 2006 a student pilot in Wisconsin plead guilty to charges of submitting a fraudulent statement on a FAA application for an airman medical and student pilot certificate in August 2001. Apparently the student pilot had an extensive criminal history which he conveniently omitted on his application. Although the student pilot has not yet been sentenced, he has surrendered his expired student pilot certificate and pilot logbook.
Unfortunately, this situation is becoming more common. I think most pilots do not realize the implications of failing to disclose or misrepresenting information that is requested on applications for airman or medical certificates. Most pilots probably assume that if they are caught, they will simply lose their certificate(s). However, as the above case shows, this is not all that will happen. If you omit or misrepresent information on an application, not only do you run the risk of losing your certificate(s), you also expose yourself to criminal liability for submitting a false statement under FAR's 61.59 or 67.403. Don't let this happen to you.
The U.S. Department of Transportation has released the Standard Industry Fare Level (SIFL) rates for the six-month period from July 1, 2006, to December 31, 2006. These rates are needed in order to apply the IRS's aircraft valuation formula to compute the value of non-business transportation aboard employer-provided aircraft and impute the income of the employee as required by the Internal Revenue Service Rules Section 1.61-21(g). The SIFL rates for the six-month period from July 1, 2006, to December 31, 2006, are: 0500 miles $ 0.2071 ; 501-1,500 miles $ 0.1579; over 1,500 miles $ 0.1518; and Terminal Charge of $ 37.85.
If you are an employer and an employee or a non-employee guest or family member is flown on your aircraft, the flight is potentially taxable to the individual receiving the ride. The aircraft valuation formula applies on a per-flight, per-person basis and will be calculated using the distance in statute miles from where the individual boards the aircraft to where the individual deplanes. Additionally, imputation of the SIFL rate applies regardless of whether the employer was allowed to deduct the cost of the flight.


While I have yet to play The Final Girl, it's been a game that has been discussed in my circles for years. And, while its focus isn't something I am deeply interested or invested in, rereading it has made me appreciate it more.
You see, The Final Girl is another GM-free system, something I spend a lot of time writing about. I promise that I'm going to write about games that actually involve using a game master one of these days. Since I've been looking at so many systems based around that idea and The Final Girl makes some very smart voices for making it work.
First off, The Final Girl is an RPG about creating a B horror movie. While the title implies that you will be pulling out a slasher of some sort, the system will work with zombie apocalypses or alien invasions or even giant radioactive dinosaurs from under the sea.
It uses a Troupe System, which is honestly how most GM-free systems work. In a lot of Troupe Systems, the players take turn being the focus of the scene while everyone else acts as a collective game master. In The Final Girl, players take turns playing the slasher (or monstrous killing force of some kind or another) and directing the scene. So you take turns being the game master for everyone else.
These relationships can influence a character's chance of surviving an encounter with the slasher, one way or the other. When the slasher decides to kill someone or everyone, you basically play War with a deck of cards to see who dies.
Of course, you reach endgame when you're down to X number of characters, which depends on the number of players. You can only have so many characters in the final showdown, after all. Which could result in everyone dying, by the way.
There are a number of things that I like about the design of The Final Girl. I like the variation on Troupe Play. The player playing the slasher could end up being game master entirely for that scene or the group could come together to create the scene with the slasher just picking who to kill.
I also like the fact that it has a playing time of under two hours. Part of the reason why I even started looking into games like this is because I don't have time to play in a campaign.
While I do enjoy the occasional horror movie, it isn't a genre that I'm really focused on. Really, I tend to go in more for cosmic horror, like good old Lovecraft. So that's something I'm pretty indifferent about when it comes to the system. I do realize that, with the right group of people, it can really inspire.
The fact that the system is designed to create your own horror movie without a lot of flexibility beyond that doesn't bother me. Seriously, a lot of these games are tightly focused and I'm not going to knock an intentional design choice like that. Not every game can be a sandbox.
Truth to tell, the focus of The Final Girl is both a strength and a weakness. On the one hand, you're using a genre that most people understand. It won't be too hard to get a game going. On the other hand, between the horror genre and that no characters belonging to anyone, you're not going to get a lot of serious depth.
In comparison, while Fiasco also embraces movie genres, it's a lot more set up for character development. And other GM-free systems like Polaris or Ribbon Drive really make character development the primary focus.
That isn't necessarily a weakness of The Final Girl. It's just something that you have to know going in.
The Final Girl isn't a deep game that will change your life or redefine how you see role playing games. It should be good for a couple hours of silly fun with horror movies, though.


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Proper pre-seasons and better policies regarding player availability and commitments can help in improving Police FC towards returning to its former glory days, believes technical director/head coach Richard Hood.
This month Hood guided the "Lawmen" to their first top flight Final in 18 years, but after holding off the eventual winners and favourites W Connection to a goalless first half, Police surrendered to a 3-0 loss in the Digicel Pro Bowl Final last Friday.
However Hood wasn't entirely disappointed in his players. Instead, he believes reaching the Final proved that with the right support, Police can be a force in local football again.
Police impressed in the quarter-final and semi-final stages of the Pro Bowl by defeated both San Juan Jabloteh and Defence Force 4-2 respectively, and forward Jameel Perry top scoring in the tournament with 5 goals.
"We would take a lot of positives [from reaching a Final after so many years] and hopefully we would build on it," said Hood following the Final at the Hasely Crawford Stadium.
Hood, who took charge in September 2012, replacing technical director Muhammed Isa and head coach Kelvin Jones, added, "We had an up and down season. We had some high moments playing well, and then we went into the Carnival period and had nine days where we didn't train. It didn't do us well.
"We identified the areas we need to get better at; one of course is finding means where Carnival and other things don't affect the team. I don't think if we take 35 persons away from duty, if it will affect the [functions of the service].
"I've had meetings with management on some of the issues, including disciplinary problems. Because there are a number of players that are not on the team at this moment because of disciplinary issues. And these players could have helped us.
"We are not like the Army, that if a player decides for one reason or another doesn't want to train, we can lock him up. All we can do is drop him and it's something we have to fix as an organisation. [Presently] it's basically up to the player.
"We want to look at correcting these things into the next season, and I would expect for the first time since I've been here, we would actually have a pre-season and we would be much stronger. I don't know how successful we would be because it is up to the commissioner," concluded Hood.
Police finished the 2013-2014 League championship in seventh position with 27 points on the nine-team table that includes winners W Connection (50 points), runners-up Central FC (45 points), third positioned Defence Force (45 points), fourth positioned Point Fortin Civic (42 points), fifth positioned North East Stars, sixth positioned Caledonia AIA (28 points), eight positioned Jabloteh (16 points) and cellar positioned St. Ann's Rangers (7 points).


The summers in the Inland Empire are hot! I know people try to be encouraging by noting the fact that the heat is "dry;" but I'm not sure that makes much difference when the temperatures hit triple digits. And forget about it if you have to do anything outside like work out, gardening, or even walking the family dog. The bottom line is that it can be pretty miserable when it gets hot.
Yet, as miserable as it can be in the heat, it is equally refreshing and invigorating when we find relief. A cool swimming pool, an ice-cold beverage, or an air-conditioned room can all bring about the biggest and loudest, "Ahhhhhh's!" Moments like that can be a reason to survive the summer; we crave them and long for them.
How much more critical is it to find those moments for our soul? The world can be a dry and dusty land that parches our inner beings and leaves us thirsty for something that satisfies beyond what we see in this life. A deeper yearning for something that is internal and even eternal can be a frustrating pursuit. Sometimes we can even find ourselves settling for the barrenness. We begin to rationalize a life that is void of purpose. We replace genuine intimacy and spiritual vibrancy with religion and ceremony. We find ourselves going through the motions while barely remembering what it was like when we first came to Christ.
Like the dog days of summer, we find ourselves bogged down in a faith that lacks power and impact.
Well, it may surprise you but you are not alone. Hosea records the interaction between God and the Northern Kingdom of Israel at a time when people were largely distant from God and apathetic about their connection to Him. It was into this world that the prophet would bring the call to "know the Lord." He reminds the people that the opportunity to know God was not only possible, but that it was available and abundant.
Hosea's call was meant to stir the hearts and minds of the people to go beyond their cursory knowledge of God that was limited to facts about Him and to pursue a deeper understanding that found significance to the facts they knew and touched their hearts as well as their minds. He wanted the people to know through experience so that they could receive blessing from God. In short, he was calling the people to leave the shallowness of religion and ritual and pursue a deeper passion to do life with God.
That same call is sounded to all of us. Through Jesus Christ we, too, are asked to "press on to know the Lord," because, "His going out is sure as the dawn." In other words, His capacity to be known is as sure as the sunrise every day. Will you take advantage of it? Will you pursue it? Will you wait for it?
The sun rose today, and will rise tomorrow. Will you use this day and each day you are granted to know your God? I pray that you will. For in each day that you do, you will find refreshment and revival for your soul.


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Community art projects in the time of COVID-19 and beyond: Shift Operation Tokyo (Part 2)
Shift Operation team in Tokyo. Image courtesy of the artists.
Shift Operation team in the process of making the exhibition. Image courtesy of the artists.
Installation view of "Shift Operation: Tokyo Workflow" at CAVE – AYUMI GALLERY, 6 – 15 March, 2020. Image courtesy of the artists.
Mind map in the process of making of "Shift Operation: Tokyo Workflow" at CAVE – AYUMI Gallery. Image courtesy of the artists.
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Julia Tarasyuk is an art historian and contemporary art specialist with over a decade of experience collaborating with museums, galleries and independent art projects in Russia, UK, France and Japan. For the past five years Julia has been based in Tokyo, Japan, where she has launched her art consultancy focusing on young and mid-career Japanese artists. In addition, she has been organising tailor-made art tours in Japan for various institutions and private collectors. Julia is an author of Art Tokyo book published in Russia in 2018 and a regular contributor to international art magazines on the subject of contemporary art. With her recent projects, publications and exhibitions she has been actively supporting the exchange between the Japanese and international art scene. www.juliatarasyuk.com
In the times of the pandemic the future of art projects that require collaboration and active participation ambiguously remains open. How do community-based art initiatives operate and can they survive?
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B&S: Esther Brakenhoff and Maarten Schuurman; A: Ayumi Suzuki
In the second part of the interview artists Esther Brakenhoff and Maarten Schuurman, as well as their Tokyo gallerist Ayumi Suzuki, speak about the challenges of their recent collaboration with local artists in Japan and the future of working together.
Why did you choose Japan for the second instalment of the project?
B&S: In 2017, Ayumi Suzuki, the founder of CAVE-AYUMI Gallery, visited our studio in Amsterdam. We spoke about the first Shift Operation project. She was interested and asked us to do a project in Tokyo. We kept in contact and in 2017, we travelled to Japan and met Ayumi again. From then, we developed plans and ideas for "Shift Operation: Tokyo Workflow."
Did you know anything about the local art scene before coming to Tokyo?
B&S: We had been on two short trips to Tokyo. We visited museums and galleries, but that was just a first impression, rather superficial. This time, we did research before coming to Tokyo. We knew about some art initiatives and galleries we wanted to visit. It was not easy, however, to develop a bigger picture of the art scene beforehand. We didn't know how people and places were connected, networked, or organised.
Ayumi, how did you first hear about the project? It must have been a brave decision to introduce a project with "lost in translation" elements at its core to both the Japanese public and local artists.
A: I first met the artists in 2017 when I visited their studio. They showed me some works and projects they had collaborated on, and I was immediately drawn to "Shift Operation." Since I have always been interested in researching the meaning of "a gallery space," I wanted Esther and Maarten to break its conventional concept. I wasn't worried about anything and was excited about the new ideas that could come out of [the project]. The artists had good energy and the project was process-oriented, but with sculptural and superficial aesthetic elements. I was convinced that if they could collaborate with Japanese artists during their stay, it would be mutually beneficial.
Please share your strategy in looking for local collaborators. Were you looking for any particular type of artists?
B&S: Preparations for the project started in the Netherlands. We thought it would be a good plan to make an open call to find artists to participate, which is common in the Netherlands. Unfortunately, this didn't work out in Japan. We got some reactions, but only from Europeans, while we were interested in working with and getting to know local artists. A Japanese friend in the Netherlands and Ayumi also tried, but both told us that most artists are very busy and personal contact might be important. We did not manage to find any artists to work with until after we stepped onto the plane.
Through Ayumi and Kim Dang from the Dutch Embassy in Japan, we came into contact with Nick West, an English artist who has worked for many years in Tokyo. He is one of the organisers of "Artist Talks" at Good Heavens, an English pub in Shimokitazawa. We were invited to do a presentation about our work and the project during one of these talks. There was a big, international crowd of interested people. That was how we found our first participating artist: Thomas Gillant, a French artist living and working in Tokyo. He was interested in the concept of collaboration as experiment, which is very different from his normal individual practice. We also met artist Jaime Humphreys, who is very well known in Japan and teaches at Geidai, Tokyo University of the Arts. He told us about the upcoming graduation shows at the art universities, which provided a good opportunity to see work by recently graduated artists.
So in January, while building the installation, we spent time going to graduation shows at the Tama, Musashino, and Geidai art universities. We were impressed by their size and facilities, and it was interesting to see the different ways of working and presenting projects. Most European academies focus on the idea or concept. In Japan, most attention seems to be paid to materials and techniques. Among the huge number of students, we found some very interesting artists with outside-the-box ideas. We recognized in them the ability to adapt to situations and a spontaneity in dealing with materials and space. We tried to contact them to see if they were interested in participating in the project. Although their level of English differed, it was usually enough to explain the project and what we were looking for. Not everybody replied or understood, but in the end we found four very talented graduate students: Yui Nagashima, Rie Shinno, Shiori Ukishima, and Jin Yeowool. They were all women and we still wonder if this was coincidence or a cultural issue.
Together with Ayumi, we also went to an opening at Sprout Curation, a gallery in Kagurazaka. There we met Asayo Yamamoto and Mio Hanaoka, two artists who went to the art academy in Amsterdam and had worked in Europe. They were immediately interested and wanted to participate in the project. Soda Noriyasu, an artist, teacher, woodblock printer, and friend of Ayumi, completed our Shift Operation team.
A: There is very limited information about the international art scene in Japan, so almost no one knew about the Shift Operation project or Esther and Maarten's work. Many Japanese artists are very busy because they live in the suburbs and have side jobs. It really was not easy to find artists who would agree to collaborate. I suggested that Esther and Maarten go to exhibitions at galleries or art school graduation shows, and advised them to actually see the work in person and talk to the artists.
Give us a glimpse into the regular Shift Operation Tokyo open studio day. Did you lead the process of community art making or let it go with the flow?
B&S: In February, every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday we held open studio days. On these days, the invited artists could come and work in the installation while it was open to the public. Most artists were not able to join every day, so there were shifts of three, or sometimes seven, people.
Very noticeable was everybody's productivity and dedication. From the moment the first two artists came in, materials were bought, workplaces arranged, and works made. We did not want to immediately impose too many rules and tried to give everybody the freedom, time, and space to adjust to the place, to each other, and to the public. The only thing we told artists from the beginning was that everything made during the project was part of the installation and would be dismantled afterwards. That meant a different mindset and way of making works, not aimed at producing finished individual products for display, but focused on trying out, exchanging techniques, and experimenting within this new environment.
After the first two weekends, everybody was familiar with each other and making works or elements for others to use. There was not, however, much direct collaboration or exchange of works occurring, so we felt we had to take the lead and stimulate collaboration by proposing joint projects and building "games." In the third week, a lot of collaborative ideas were put forward and works were made. Although we could not always find the right words to explain what we meant, we managed to understand each other very well, especially when creating together. We all spoke the language of forms, colours, and spaces.
In the fourth week, we assembled all the elements together in one big Gesamtkunstwerk to present during an exhibition after the open studio days. Before we had to take a lead in the collaborative process, but now it was taken over by the whole group. There was a shift from individual production to collective works and decision making. The artists became spokesmen of the group, explaining the project to visitors. We spent every day together, adding, shoving, de- and re-constructing till we reached an agreement on the way every element should be presented in a final work. After four weeks of working together, we became a group with our own dynamic. It felt strange and a bit sad when it finished.
What were the main challenges of working with Japanese artists and within the local cultural framework?
B&S: The first challenge was to find artists to work with. We noticed that everybody is very busy and doesn't have much time. There also seemed to be a reluctance to jump into something unknown, undefined, or insecure, like our project. The project focuses on the process of collaboration and we didn't know the outcome ourselves. We came to understand that these kind of art projects are not common in Japan, and therefore are also not easy to explain or understand. We think it was brave of Ayumi to program such a project within her gallery.
Then there is, of course, the language challenge. We unfortunately don't speak Japanese, and not everybody in Japan speaks good English. This was a barrier for some of the artists we tried to contact. Dutch people can be very direct and have little trouble saying no. It is quite the opposite in Japan. Instead of a "no," we often got a "maybe" or silence. We needed to learn to read between the lines and understand unspoken words.
But we believed, and still believe, it is not just the level of English that helps us understand each other; it is also about openness and curiosity. Most of the artists who joined the project spoke English well or well enough that it wasn't a big problem. They, and also other artists we met, were happy to talk to us even if we needed to search for words. We sometimes tried to start a conversation or discussion about art subjects and collaboration, and that worked most of the time. To talk in a group, however, was more difficult and could not be forced. Maybe it was insecurity about language, a reluctance to express an opinion, or maybe they just needed more time. We are not sure. But there was a common understanding when talking about art, music, creation, food, and humour.
Although the project had many challenges, some things went really smoothly. Putting common interest before individual need seems to be easier for Japanese artists. There were no issues about sharing materials or space, and there was a lot of respect for each other and the project as a whole.
Following the two editions of the Shift Operation project, do you feel that community-based art collaborations have an ability to transcend geographical borders and overcome cultural differences?
B&S: It mainly asks for curiosity about the other, and to be open to different ways of dealing and working with new situations. Generally, artists have these abilities wherever they come from. Maybe working together takes a bit more time when you come from different backgrounds, but it also makes it more interesting.
A: Cultural differences are always inspiring and push toward innovation. Wonderful things happen when knowledge from various cultures is combined.
Maarten, Esther, what were the most surprising and perhaps exciting things you learned about the art scene and beyond while spending time in Japan?
B&S: During the three months in Tokyo we mainly worked hard on our project, so we did not have a lot of time left to see exhibitions elsewhere. Therefore, we were not really able to get a grip on what the art scene is about in Tokyo or Japan. To know what is going on, you need to hear from others who know. So you need to build up a network or know somebody who takes you around. But we think this is similar in every place, including Amsterdam.
Before we went to Tokyo, we tried to research the presence of artist groups and initiatives, but there is no single list or exhibition schedule for these kind of places. There is a list of gallery shows in Tokyo, but it doesn't include all of them, and almost no alternative places. We went to galleries, but also accidentally found interesting exhibitions in the strangest places. What we really enjoyed is that restaurants, in every alley, basement, attic, or closet, could turn into an exhibition space. Shows are put up and disappear very fast, like everything in Tokyo.
Ayumi, is there something you re-discovered about the Japanese art scene while working on this project?
A: Through this project, I discovered that Japanese artists are very co-operative. Of course, personal production and collaboration with others are different, but it was impressive that everyone worked very productively. And the artists learned a lot from Maarten and Esther. If local artists broaden their international perspective, the art scene in Japan will improve dramatically. To facilitate that, it is crucial to participate in artist residences overseas and to actively engage with international artists coming to Japan. It takes effort, but it's also important to maintain the relationship after that.
In the wake of the global pandemic crisis and social distancing, what are your thoughts on the way artists could continue working as a community without actually physically being together?
B&S: The interesting thing about this crisis is the general sense of a community spirit. People seem to be more aware of this than before. Thanks to digitalization and social media, we are at least able to stay in touch and meet online. Artists created digital communities before, but it looks like this is a growing phenomenon now. We do hope that the times when we could physically work together return soon, but it is possible to create new forms and environments to work together digitally. Maybe the next Shift Operation will be online.
A: This is a very difficult time for artists and galleries. However, we also need alone time. The current situation is thus not entirely negative. I feel a certain enthusiasm now as various artists and galleries are organizing online viewings and projects. During these challenging times, artists will hopefully create new work and try out new forms and media. I'm really looking forward to seeing what the future will bring for the artistic community.
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I love the idea of choosing a word for the year, and I love the one you've chosen, especially because "practice" is free from expectation (that classic New Year's resolution trap) and all about action. I'm so honored to be mentioned here! Your post is inspiring me to choose a word (or three) for 2017. Thank you! And I can't wait to see what grows out of your daily practice.
I just started my own daily writing practice too! I chose "focus" as my word for 2017, though I'm terrible at following them throughout the entire year. Maybe the word itself will spark some change, or maybe I'll reevaluate in a few months. Hope yours brings lots of blessings and growth in the new year!
That's great, Kelly! I love "focus". It's nice to be able to come back to your word throughout the year and, as you said, re-evaluate. Best of luck with your practice!


Now reissued in an updated paperback edition, this groundbreaking account of the Medieval Revival movement examines the ways in which the style of the medieval period was re-established in post-Enlightenment England—from Walpole and Scott, Pugin, Ruskin, and Tennyson to Pound, Tolkien, and Rowling.
Michael Alexander held the chair of English at St. Andrews University. His many books include A History of English Literature and Reading Shakespeare.


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Top Gear USA Alive, Heading To History Channel
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Despite being killed by NBC, Top Gear USA lives on at The History Channel. Sources there tell us they've ordered between 10 and 12 episodes and they're currently interviewing candidates for the hosts.
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Due to the failure of Knight Rider and expected production costs, NBC has decided to pass on Top…
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The History Channel's an interesting choice for Top Gear. The positive is they've got a lot of cash to throw around thanks to their very high net worth viewers. The negative is it still won't be the UK version. Still, there's good people involved in the production of the show.
In fact, much of the impetus for our decision to provide a bounty for the unaired pilot of the NBC version of Top Gear USA (more on that later) was because we knew from our sources that History had picked up the rights and was actively working on production.
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Very Pretty Carnations! Great DIY tutorial.
If you want year round flowers that don't wither away then these are the perfect alternative to bring some flower power into your home, of course there's nothing like the freshness of sweet-smelling flowers but these still shout out SPRING to me!
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True Love from Source has no conditions. It simply Is. It is for all of us, without question, without catches, without fear, judgment, or any other conditions. It is only the ego that puts conditions on Love. What if we could just dig down underneath all those conditions and experience Love as it was meant to be? What if we could Love as God Loves? How joyful might our days be?


Construction will begin this winter on St. Mark's house in Cromwell. This will be the first improvement to St. Mark's since the 1970's and will include new windows, installation of natural gas heating, upgraded electrical systems, new plumbing, and a new kitchen. When work is completed, St. Mark's will be the housing for members of the order who live in Cromwell.


NEW DELHI: French automaker Renault is going to launch its most successful car Kwid with new 1.0 litre engine on August 22. Bookings for the same has already started at dealerships across India at a starting price of Rs 10,000.
It will remain same as the Kwid, except for the new engine option carrying the SCe badge.
The current Kwid powered by 800 cc engine is priced between Rs 2.62 lakh and Rs 3.67 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi). Some of its competitors include Mauti Suzuki Alto, Hyundai Eon, Maruti Suzuki WagonR, and the newly launched Tata Tiago.
First unveiled at the Delhi Auto Expo 2016, Sumit Sawhney, Country CEO and Managing Director, Renault India Operations, said Kwid with the new 1.0 litre engine is an example of the company's continuous innovation.
Owing to the growing popularity of the entry-level car, the company has even announced increasing the number of dealerships from 240 to 270. For the month of July 2016, Renault India has registered domestic sales of 11,968 units, thereby posting a growth of 609.8 percent. Out of this, Kwid sold 9,897 units.


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If you're more scared of the idea of being alone than you are jumping out of a plane then this is the adventure activity for you. Also good if you'd rather just freeze up in fear than actually have to do anything while you're plummeting towards the Earth – I know I would not want to be responsible for anything other than screaming my lungs out.
Fly in a helicopter
While flying in a helicopter is much noisier than flying by regular commercial plane, you do get to see a lot more, which makes helicopters ideal for scenic flights. You can hover over things to get a better look, then set down pretty much anywhere you like for a cheeky picnic. Then when you're done, all you have to do is GET TO THE CHOPPA!
Go white water rafting
Navigate the river rapids in a blow-up raft – it's exhilarating, dangerous, and you get to see some incredible river systems. Head to New Zealand for some world-class rafting.
Go ziplining
Remember those playground zipliners that would inevitably get stuck half way, leaving you to try to swing it back to the next person as you fell off? Yeah, this is nothing like that. Real ziplining consists of a metal cord strung high across treetops, usually spanning a good few hundred feet and moving very quickly. It's about as close as you'll get to soaring through the treetops like a bird.
You'll have to be accredited by a diving professional before you're able to head out to the open seas, but swimming around in ship wrecks and alongside schools of fish will make it very worthwhile.
Cliff dive
Cliff diving is one of the more extreme sports you can do, just because there's so many things that can go wrong. The water below could be more shallow than you think, landing properly is really important, and if you don't jump far enough you could hit some rocks. That's what makes it all the more badass when you pull off a spectacular dive without dying or breaking both your legs – the danger…
Go snorkeling in a shipwreck
Many ships are scuttled, or purposely sunk, just off the coast once they're too old to maintain. This means that fish get to turn them into their homes! Shipwrecks become beautiful sunken treasures, teeming with sea life while the old man-made shell rusts away. It's an oddly breathtaking juxtaposition, and certainly worth a snorkel visit.
Go zorbing
Remember when you were little and your brother would cram you in a barrel and send you spinning down the street? No? Just me then. Well zorbing is just like that, except, well, actually safe. Hop in a giant bubble and roll yourself down a hill, going end over end until you have no idea where you are or what your name is. It's very fun, promise.
Climb a volcano
Plenty of volcanos have hiking trails that take you to the top for some incredible views. Make sure you take a guide as the treks can be quite challenging and take you to high altitudes, which could make you sick through your ascent. Once you get to the top though, you'll be treated to spectacular views and a peek into the crater on the other side.
Climb an active volcano
Have you ever looked at gooey flowing lava and wondered what it would be like to touch it? We're not at all recommending you try touching it, but even getting up close with an active volcano is a pretty amazing experience. The fact that technically it could just blow up and kill you at any point is both cool and completely terrifying. It probably won't, but it could.
Chase a tornado
Just like the movie Twister, chasing tornadoes is a helluva lot of fun. But also incredibly dangerous as they can switch trajectories in a split second. If you manage to stay far enough away from one, you'll witness the awesome, destructive power of nature as it carves through houses and cars like butter.
Go heli skiing
Taking those weenie ski-lifts is for poor people – real skiers know the best way to ski is straight out of a helicopter. Helicopters are usually used to access more remote or difficult terrain, and is considered the ultimate powder experience since no one will have accessed the area before you. You don't have to be an expert skier as you're not diving right out and into vertical slopes – you just get to enjoy fresh runs without other skiers getting all up in your grill.
Book a commercial flight to space
While at the moment this activity is reserved for the likes of Elon Musk and Richard Branson, we say put this on the list anyway. Commercial flights into space have already begun, and like all new things the price will come down eventually. Before you know it we'll be flying into space as easily as we fly interstate! And what could be more breathtaking than looking out the window and seeing the entire Earth sitting there?
Fly in a fighter jet
If you still think Tom Cruise in Top Gun was the coolest thing ever, then why not do a ride-along in a fighter jet? Nothing will get your adrenaline pumping like a supersonic flight over beautiful scenery alongside an experienced military pilot. Feel the need, the need for speed!
Fly in an aerobatics plane
An aerobatics plane does manoeuvres and tricks for flight exhibitions and competitions. This means big dips, barrel rolls, loops, and withstanding high g-forces. You'll want to find yourself a skilled pilot to take you on an aerobatic trip as it is a fairly dangerous activity – accidents can happen when planes fly too low, or when flying in formation. It's pretty amazing to see the Earth and sky rotate around you like a spinning wheel, though.
Sail your own boat
You don't necessarily have to own it, but learning to sail is a really cool skill to have. You'll understand the ocean tides, wind knots, and how a sail boat actually works. Plus it's handy if you decide one day to pack it all in and head out to sea!
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Hail, Caesar! (2016)
Samuel Rooke / March 7, 2016
I was surprised by the lukewarm reception to this film, because it's easily in my "upper tier" of Coen films. The Coens have made films about film-making before, but making it from the perspective of a producer, often seen critically from film fan and creator's eyes, was really interesting to me. The film is nothing like "Barton Fink"; it's not so much a meditation on film-making as a tribute to it, with a moral arc forming the story.
I don't feel like I've sufficiently understood, unpacked, or decoded a lot of what's in the film. My thoughts on the capitalist and communist elements are still jumbled…Mannix's speech on that matter near the end didn't ring true for me, but I'm unsure how much it was meant to. The moral and faith elements worked perfectly clearly for me, but the political angle less so. The Coens surely have complicated thoughts on the matter; I've seen critiques positioning them as critical of counterculture and "crypto-conservative", but I'm unsure. A Serious Man certainly offered deeper and more nuanced thoughts on faith than anything pro-religion, I think it was pretty damn critical of organised religion ultimately. Films like Fargo and Raising Arizona certainly position their "conservative" protagonists (insofar as following "traditional family values") as heroic, likeable, and the "right way to be", but I don't think I've ever felt any legitimately conservative messages in their films, at least not to a level that they're a clearly dominant reading. Bridge of Spies is pretty sentimentally pro-capitalist in a lot of ways, but they only wrote that, not directed it.
There's definitely interesting religious readings to be had here. I particularly like the one positioning Mannix as Christ…sacrificing himself for the many sinners that make up the studio around him, God being the unshown studio head, the businessman offering Mannix a new job as tempting Satan, Channing Tatum's character as Judas (the briefcase as the 40 pieces of silver), etc. Plenty of interesting ways to decode the film.
I liked the episodic structure, with the many delightful setpieces. The cast was all fantastic. Even letting go of reading further into the film, it's just a plain enjoyable way to spend two hours.
Ultimately I feel like the film is a celebration of cinema itself. It Mannix believes in anything, it's cinema.
I give it four dance numbers, and a mermaid.
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States Face Correctional Officer Shortage Amid A Cultural Stigma
Wyoming Public Radio | By Miles Bryan
Published March 3, 2015 at 1:41 AM MST
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Corrections officer Sgt. Charles Galaviz secures an inmate for transfer with handcuffs and shackles Jan. 24 at the Lexington Assessment and Reception Center, in Lexington, Okla. Overtime is mandatory for correctional officers in the state's prisons, which have a manpower shortage of about 33 percent and the highest inmate homicide rate in the country.
More than 1.3 million people are incarcerated in state prisons in this country, and keeping those prisons running requires tens of thousands of corrections officers. But right now, some states are facing major staffing shortages.
Much of this shortfall is because of the strong economy, but recruiters also are struggling with the job's cultural stigma.
Cadets at Wyoming's Department of Corrections Training Academy are practicing how they'll handcuff prisoners. In a few weeks this scenario will be very real, but right now everyone is pretty relaxed.
These cadets are in high demand, here and across the country. Wyoming's correctional staff is currently 20 percent short, and Michigan, Kansas, Texas and other states face similar shortfalls.
New recruit Carlos Galan says he ended up joining Wyoming Corrections by chance, after his job as a food service manager dried up.
"I was out of a job — I had to get out of my comfort zone," Galan says.
Galan says he has always wanted to work in law enforcement.
He grew up in Southern California, and in the back seat during his parents' commute, he says, "you saw the highway patrol training academy there, so that sparked my interest in getting into law enforcement."
But it never crossed his mind, Galan says, that he would want to be a corrections officer at a prison someday.
That's not what recruiters hope to hear.
Lt. Aaron Blair, an instructor at the academy and a former corrections officer, says most of the cadets he gets see the job as a steppingstone to a police or sheriff's department — or as just a job, not a career.
"Law enforcement on the street, they get far more interaction with the good part of society," he says. "We know, going in those gates every day, we're dealing with convicted felons. It can wear on a person, become very dark."
Blair says corrections officers do far more than baby-sit inmates. Cadets here will learn a conversation technique called verbal judo, along with restraint training.
But he says when recruits picture the job, they still see the infamous prison guard villain from the movie Cool Hand Luke.
"The guy with the sunglasses, holding the shotgun — a knuckle-dragger, I guess," he says.
Blair and prison officials in other states say raises would help make the field more competitive. Nationwide, the average starting wage is about $15 an hour.
Some states are offering recruitment and retention bonuses, but for now, every shift has to be covered. That has officers working a lot of overtime; in Kansas, Oklahoma, and other states with severe shortages, overtime is mandatory.
Leann Bertsch with the Association of State Correctional Administrators says that's a problem.
"They're not meant to not have days off; they're not meant to work extraordinarily long shifts," she says. "That creates dangerous situations."
Oklahoma, for example, has a correctional officer shortage of about 33 percent — and the highest inmate homicide rate in the country.
Bertsch's group has fought for more funding for corrections, but she says legislators often prioritize law enforcement that's closer to home.
"They're working behind the walls, behind the fences, and oftentimes the policymakers who are setting the compensation for correctional officers don't appreciate the difficult nature of their jobs," Bertsch says.
David Fathi, director of the ACLU's National Prison Project, says high vacancy and turnover rates often do correlate to more violent incidents.
"We need to look at this as a public-safety position every bit as much as police officers and firefighters," he says.
And Fathi says safety isn't the only thing lost when prisons run short on manpower.
"They feed the prisoners, take them to the medical clinic, take them to the recreation yard. So if you don't have enough officers, every aspect of prison operation breaks down," Fathi says.
And unless something changes, the risk of breakdown will continue to grow. After declining slightly for a few years, the U.S. prison population was going up again by the end of 2013.
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Timothy Ehlen received his training with John Perry at the University of Southern California and with Paul Schenly at the Cleveland Institute of Music. He served as Schenly's teaching assistant while earning his Doctor of Musical Arts degree. He is currently on the piano faculty of the University of Oklahoma at Norman.
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He was the founder member of a number of professional chamber groups. It was a recital tour that took him to South Africa. Apart from the extensive involvement there with chamber groups such as the Nederburg Trio, with which he recorded extensively on major labels, he toured the whole of southern Africa giving concerto performances He performed the South African premieres of the concertos of Stravinsky, Walton, Suk, Shostakovich and Bartok, as well as the standard repertoire. Foremost South African composers such as Graham Newcater and Carl van Wyk, have composed concertos for him. He is equally versatile on the violin and viola.
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Q: How to use IF ELSE condition in grok pattern in logstash I have web and API log combined and I want to save it separately in elasticsearch. So I want to write one pattern if the request is for API then if past should execute, the request is web then else part of the log should be executed.
Below are few web and API logs.
00:06:27,778 INFO  [stdout] (ajp--0.0.0.0-8009-38) 00:06:27.777 [ajp--0.0.0.0-8009-38] INFO  c.r.s.web.rest.WidgetController - Method getWidgetDetails() started to get widget details.
00:06:27,783 INFO  [stdout] (ajp--0.0.0.0-8009-38) ---> HTTP GET http://api.survey.me/v1/getwidgetdetails?profileName=jeremy-steffens&profileLevel=INDIVIDUAL&companyProfileName=premier-nationwide-lending&hideHistory=true
00:06:27,817 INFO  [stdout] (ajp--0.0.0.0-8009-38) <--- HTTP 200 http://api.survey.me/v1/getwidgetdetails?profileName=jeremy-steffens&profileLevel=INDIVIDUAL&companyProfileName=premier-nationwide-lending&hideHistory=true (29ms)
00:06:27,822 INFO  [stdout] (ajp--0.0.0.0-8009-38) 00:06:27.822 [ajp--0.0.0.0-8009-38] INFO  c.r.s.web.rest.WidgetController - Method getWidgetDetails() finished.
00:06:27,899 INFO  [stdout] (ajp--0.0.0.0-8009-40) 00:06:27.899 [ajp--0.0.0.0-8009-40] INFO  c.r.s.web.controller.LoginController - Inside initLoginPage() of LoginController

I tried to write condition but it's not working. It's working only up to thread name. After thread I have multiple type log so not able to write witout if condition.
(?:%{TIME:CREATED_ON})(?:%{SPACE})%{WORD:LEVEL}%{SPACE}\[%{NOTSPACE}\]%{SPACE}\(%{NOTSPACE:THREAD}\)

Can anybody give me suggestion?

A: You don't need to use an if/else conditon to do this, you can use multiple patterns, one will match the API log lines and the other will match the WEB log lines.
For the API log lines you can use the following pattern:
(?:%{TIME:CREATED_ON})(?:%{SPACE})%{WORD:LEVEL}%{SPACE}\[%{NOTSPACE}\]%{SPACE}\(%{NOTSPACE:THREAD}\)%{SPACE}(?:%{DATA})%{SPACE}\[%{DATA}\]%{SPACE}%{WORD}%{SPACE}%{GREEDYDATA:MSG}
And your return will be something like this:
{
"MSG": "c.r.s.web.controller.LoginController - Inside initLoginPage() of LoginController",
"CREATED_ON": "00:06:27,899",
"LEVEL": "INFO",
"THREAD": "ajp--0.0.0.0-8009-40"
}

For the web lines you can use the following pattern:
(?:%{TIME:CREATED_ON})(?:%{SPACE})%{WORD:LEVEL}%{SPACE}\[%{NOTSPACE}\]%{SPACE}\(%{NOTSPACE:THREAD}\)%{SPACE}%{DATA}%{WORD:PROTOCOL}%{SPACE}%{WORD:MethodOrStatus}%{SPACE}%{GREEDYDATA:ENDPOINT}
And the result will be:
{
"CREATED_ON": "00:06:27,783",
"PROTOCOL": "HTTP",
"ENDPOINT": "http://api.survey.me/v1/getwidgetdetails?profileName=jeremy-steffens&profileLevel=INDIVIDUAL&companyProfileName=premier-nationwide-lending&hideHistory=true",
"LEVEL": "INFO",
"THREAD": "ajp--0.0.0.0-8009-38",
"MethodOrStatus": "GET"
}

To use multiple patterns in grok just do this:
grok {
  match => ["message", "pattern1", "pattern2"]
}

Or you can save your patterns to a file and use patterns_dir to point to the directory of the file.
If you still want to use a conditional, just check for anything in the message, for example:
if "HTTP" in [message] {
 grok { your grok for the web messages }
} else {
 grok { your grok for the api messages }
}


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Q: Saving data to table without a primary key I have a schema that looks like this
User
Id INT
Username VARCHAR(100)
Password VARCHAR(100)

User_Info_Key
Id INT
Description VARCHAR(100)

User_Info
User INT
Info_Key INT
Info_Value VARCHAR(100)
PRIMARY KEY(User, Info_Key)

Here's my user mapping file:
<class name="User" table="[user]">
  <id name="Id">
    <column name="id" />
    <generator class="native" />
  </id>
  <property name="Username" />
  <property name="Password" />
  <bag name="InfoValues" cascade="all" lazy="false">
    <key column="[user]" />
    <one-to-many class="FMInfoValue" />
  </bag>
</class>

<class name="InfoKey" table="[user_info_key]">
  <id name="Id">
    <column name="id" />
    <generator class="native" />
  </id>
  <property name="Description" />
</class>

<class name="InfoValue" table="[user_info]">
  <composite-id>
    <key-property name="User" column="[user]" type="int"></key-property>
    <key-property name="Key" column="[info_key]" type="int"></key-property>
  </composite-id>
  <property name="Value" column="[info_value]" />
  <many-to-one name="FMInfoKey" class="FMInfoKey"
             column="[info_key]"
             cascade="all"
             lazy="false" />
</class>

When I create a new user I do this:
User newuser = new User();
newuser.Username = this.Username;
newuser.Password = this.Password;
session.Save(newuser);

And this saves the base information.
But when I try to add the first name (info key value 1) and last name (info key value 2) nothing is saved to the database:
InfoValue userfname = new InfoValue();
InfoKey userfnamekey = new InfoKey();
userfnamekey.Id = 1;
userfname.InfoKey = userfnamekey;
userfname.Key = 1;
userfname.User = (int) newuser.Id;
userfname.Value = this.Firstname;
session.Save(userfname);

InfoValue userlname = new InfoValue();
InfoKey userlnamekey = new InfoKey();
userlnamekey.Id = 2;
userlname.InfoKey = userlnamekey;
userlname.User = (int)newuser.Id;
userlname.Value = this.Lastname;
session.Save(userlname);

How do I get NHibernate to save the two info values to the info value table?

A: First, I think what you want to do is having two many-to-one properties in your InfoValue class. That would look like this:
class InfoValue
{
    public virtual User User { get; set; }
    public virtual InfoKey Key { get; set; }
    public virtual String Value { get; set; }
}

Your mapping would look something like this:
<class name="InfoValue" table="[user_info]">
  <composite-id>
    <key-many-to-one name="User" column="[user]" lazy="proxy" class="User" />
    <key-many-to-one name="Key" column="[info_key]" lazy="proxy" class="InfoKey" />
  </composite-id>
  <property name="Value" column="[info_value]" />
</class>

Example taken and adapted from here: Composite-id with many-to-one
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Second, if I may be so bold to offer some advice, do not do this. I am referring to your table structure. If my assumption is wrong, feel free to ignore my advice.
I assume that you want to put the user information in an extra table in order to avoid having to modify the table structure if and when new properties are required. If that is the reason, I can honestly tell you from my own experience that this will lead to a lot of headache. Apart from the performance issue when querying the tables everything else will also just be much more complicated. Your example of inserting values speaks for itself. Any queries where you search for those properties will just be as bad. What will you do if you want to save anything but Strings? Casting to int, DateTime, bool, etc.?
I could go on and on here, but unless you absolutely cannot alter the table structure later on, please do not pursue this idea.


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The iconic composer appeared after the Sunday's curtain call to perform "Circle of Life." He was joined by the entire company of the show for the performance:
The show is celebrating its 20th anniversary on Broadway. It first opened on Broadway on November 13, 1997, making it the third longest running show in Broadway history. In fact, the musical (and its 24 global productions) have now been seen by more than 90 million people, according to Disney.
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