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its not really all that awkward. i would be terrified because i dont have my gewehr but if i had it i wouldnt have the nerve to shoot anyway so... i guess it is awkward!
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$4.2 Million Awarded in Newborn's Foot Amputation
Oct 08 Posted by Super User	in In the News
A Cook County jury has awarded $4.2 million in a case in which a newborn boy's foot was amputated after a doctor allegedly failed to diagnose and treat a blood clot.
Dr. Maria T. Gomez, a neonatologist, inserted a catheter into Joshua Christner's leg shortly after his birth at Resurrection Hospital, but failed to initiate treatment when the leg and foot turned blue, said plaintiff attorney Christopher T. Hurley of Chicago.
Gomez and her employer, Neonatal & Pediatric Service of Oak Brook, were named as defendants in the lawsuit alleging medical negligence, and were represented by Miguel A. Ruiz and Kevin J. Glenn of Pretzel & Stouffer of Chicago.
Gomez waited more than seven hours to transfer Christner, now 8, to Loyola University Medical Center, where his foot was subsequently amputated above the ankle, Hurley said. Loyola, represented by Karen Morgan and Todd M. Porter of Ruff, Weidenaar & Reidy, was also named as a defendant in the lawsuit but was found not liable.
The case is Joshua Christner vs. Maria T. Gomez, et al., No. 96 L 10880. Cook County Circuit Judge Jennifer Duncan-Brice presided.

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Burnley rapist Adam Kelly attacked woman after work when she uncovered his fake identity
Adam Kelly created a fake social media profile in the months before the attack and had pretended to be someone else
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A 'truly a wicked and manipulative' man set up a fake social media account before stalking and raping a woman after she finished work.
Adam Kelly contacted the victim out of the blue using an account with a fake profile image and sent her photographs of his private parts.
However when victim worked out 35-year-old Kelly wasn't who he was claiming to be and spurned his advances, he began to wait outside her place of work, a court heard.
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After attacking and making threats towards her, Kelly later followed the woman after she had finished work and raped her.
When Kelly was arrested, he admitted to police that he had a problem with sex but denied raping the victim.
Kelly of Talbot Street, Burnley, was charged with rape and found guilty by a jury at Burnley Crown Court last week.
Judge Sara Dodd sentenced Kelly to 16 years imprisonment and said he must serve at least two thirds of that sentence before he is eligible for release.
He was ordered to sign the Sex Offenders Register for life.
DC Lisa Bennett, of East CID, said: "Kelly's offending has had a profound impact on the victim's life and first and foremost I want to praise her for the bravery she has shown throughout this harrowing process.
"Not only did Kelly lie throughout this case, he also forced the victim to re-live her experience by taking the case to trial.
"He is truly a wicked and manipulative individual.
"I welcome the sentence handed down by the Judge, which very much reflects the seriousness of Kelly's crime. Once he is eventually released the public will be afforded further protection from his abhorrent behaviour by the notification requirement.
"I hope other victims will have the confidence to come forward – no matter how long ago the offence took place – knowing they will be listened to, believed and that Lancashire Police will do everything in our power to bring the offender to justice.
"I would like to thank all my colleagues who worked on this extremely complex case. Their hard work, and that from our colleagues at the CPS, has led to a remorseless sex offender receiving a significant custodial sentence."
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GOP leaders are calling on Santos to quit for lying, but he claims to have "lived an honest life."
Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) said Thursday he "lived an honest life" and indicated he would seek reelection in 2024. A firestorm erupted last month after the New York Times and other outlets outlined apparent fabrications in Santos' work and educational background. Rep. Ruben Santos' (R-N.Y.) congressional campaign was "a campaign of deceit, lies, fabrication," local GOP officials say. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says Santos has "got a long way to go to earn trust". Two Democratic lawmakers filed a complaint with the House Ethics Committee.


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Two Texas State Parks Have Been Ranked Among The Best In The Entire Nation
There are over 8,000 state parks in the country, and according to HomeToGo, Texas has two of the very best. The vacation rental company recently ranked Palo Duro Canyon and Brazos Bend among the top 20 state parks in the U.S.
Palo Duro Canyon snagged the #2 spot, while Brazos Bend clocked in right behind at #3. Four factors were used to rank the parks: activities, accommodations, wildlife, and solitude.
Palo Duro Canyon is the second-largest canyon in the country, behind only the Grand Canyon itself. Tucked away in the remote Texas Panhandle, the park received a solitude score of 9/10.
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Enjoy panoramic views of the vast red rock landscape dotted with lush greenery, reveling in the silence so deafening you could hear a pin drop.
Visitors can enjoy over 30 miles of hiking, biking, and equestrian trails. The popular Lighthouse Trail is 2.8 miles each way, leading to the iconic rock formation after which it was named.
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In terms of activities, Palo Duro Canyon was given a 6/10 score. It received an 8.37 for wildlife.
It's virtually impossible to see the entire park in one day, so spending the night is encouraged. A variety of campsites and cabins are available.
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The cabins on the canyon rim are historic, having been built by the Civilian Conservation Corps -- not to mention the unparalleled vistas! A 9.21/10 score was awarded to the park for accommodations.
Just 45 minutes outside of Houston lies the somewhat underrated Brazos Bend State Park. It boasts over 5,000 acres of sprawling wetlands for guests to explore.
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In terms of solitude, the park received a 9.57 score.
Traverse over 37 miles of trails in this oasis for nature lovers. Trees draped with Spanish moss, lush greenery, and a wide variety of birds and other wildlife are just a sampling of what you'll see.
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A 6.67 activity score means boredom is definitely off the table.
You can fish without a license at state parks, so cast a line off the pier and revel in the bliss of solitude. Extend your visit overnight with campsites, screened shelters, and cabins to stay in.
For accommodations, Brazos Bend was given a 9.46 score.
Don't be surprised if you come across an alligator or two! An estimated 250 of them command the waters here.
If you encounter one, stay at least 30 feet away and follow these important rules to stay safe. The wildlife score is 7.28 -- understandably high!
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Have you ever visited either of these state parks? If so, we'd love to hear all about your experience! Check out our previous article for more bucket list-worthy state parks: 13 Lesser-Known State Parks In Texas That Will Absolutely Amaze You.
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DeKalb, April 8, 2019 – Martin Tremblay, President and CEO of Solotech, is pleased to announce the appointment of Bob Brigham as General Manager of the company's DeKalb office.
Under the shared responsibility of Philip Giffard, President, Sales and Systems Integration Division, and Mickey Curbishley, President of the Live Productions Division (USA), Brigham is responsible for ensuring the efficiency of local operations and sales, encouraging seamless synergies between the Divisions and further developing the company's business opportunities in the Chicago area.
Recognized for his expertise in video services and significant work on large-scale tours, including with the touring video production company Nocturne Productions where he acted as President until 2011, Brigham joined Solotech in 2017. Throughout his career, he has worked with multiple international artists such as Paul McCartney, The Eagles, Bon Jovi, The Who, Elton John, The Rolling Stones and KISS.
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION DESIGNATES GLENWOOD LANDING ELEMENTARY A BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL
October 1, 2014 -- On Tuesday, United States Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced that Glenwood Landing School was one of only three schools on Long Island and 337 nationally to be designated a "Blue Ribbon School."
Schools that demonstrate high performance on both Math and English Language Arts standardized tests for two straight years are nominated by their state's chief school officer for the award and invited to apply for the honor. Schools Superintendent Dr. Edward Melnick explained to Northwordnews, that after receiving the invitation to apply, the school went through an "extensive application process which looked at the kinds of opportunities offered to our students, how subgroups of the population performed, (i.e. Spec. ed vs. reg. ed) as well as unique and innovative programs."
In its application, the school emphasized its vision to "create opportunities for students to communicate and collaborate as reflective, creative, critical thinkers who are passionately engaged in their own learning, and supports them in the process with differentiated instruction to promote optimal growth and achievement." In particular it highlighted its ROAR program (responsibility, opportunity, achievement, respect), and its outdoor classroom. Through ROAR, the application reads, "students are taught to be citizens of a community who make academic strides within a rigorous instructional program that encompasses authentic learning experiences, the Common Core Learning Standards, 21st century skills, and a true passion for learning. The school proudly exhibits this during its daily instruction in its newly constructed outdoor classroom."
Dr. Melnick said that it has been a good month for the district with regard to receiving outside recognition. Not only was Glenwood named a Blue Ribbon School, but the high school was ranked one of the top 100 high schools nationally by the online news site The Daily Beast, and four of the five district schools were designated New York State "Reward Schools" for closing the achievement gap between special education and regular education students. "Although all of these outside accolades are wonderful," he explained, "they only touch the surface of the kind of wonderful work our faculty and staff do with our students. The "awards" are the result of many years of commitment and dedication to supporting our students in developing those habits of mind which will serve them well into the future. I commend our administrators, faculty and staff, as well as our community for believing that all students can be inspired."
Munsey Park School in the Manhasset School District and East Moriches Elementary School were the other two Long Island schools to be designated Blue Ribbon Schools.
CLICK HERE FOR LINK TO DESCRIPTION OF GLENWOOD LANDING SCHOOL ON U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WEBSITE
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Elon Musk loves Overwatch, but wants more from modern storytelling
"The old Mario games had incredible storytelling"
By Allegra Frank@LegsFrank Jan 10, 2017, 5:30pm EST
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Elon Musk, billionaire CEO of major companies like SpaceX and Tesla Motors, is a known Overwatch fan. He reiterated his love for Blizzard Entertainment's multiplayer shooter in the outtakes of an interview with Sam Altman, president of startup incubator Y Combinator, but he didn't stop there. Musk's brief chat with Altman went from a celebration of all things Blizzard Entertainment to a discussion of what the pair see as one of modern gaming's big weaknesses.
Altman asks Musk for game recommendations, and he offers Overwatch and Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft. Musk has talked about his Overwatch fandom in the past, tweeting last June about how much he can't stop playing the game.
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The billionaire is also a big Deus Ex fan, as he reveals later after turning the tables on his interviewer. It doesn't sound like he's played last August's Deus Ex: Mankind Divided yet, but he's heard some unflattering reviews of it so far.
"I think that [storytelling's] really neglected," he says, after the producers off-screen praise the stories in games like The Last of Us and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. "That's the criticism I've heard of the latest Deus Ex, is that the storytelling is kind of lame."
Mankind Divided's lackluster conclusion was one of our biggest complaints, as we said in our review. Musk and Altman chalk the disappointing narrative up to a larger problem with contemporary games, which Altman compares to the biggest mainstream entertainment there is: sports.
"As games have become more like the replacement for the NFL, I think the storytelling just gets generally neglected," he says, "so it's especially striking to play one that was, like, absolutely cinematic."
Altman's talking about The Last of Us here, a game with one of the most memorable narratives of the last decade. Although Musk hasn't played the Naughty Dog-developed modern classic, he agrees — even as his most-played game, the multi-million blockbuster Overwatch, could fall into what Altman is describing.
Overwatch does have an expansive, overarching backstory. It's just that Blizzard chose to keep most of that outside of the game itself, instead building out the story with comics and animated shorts. Playing Overwatch itself is mostly a story-less affair, and Musk has an explanation for why older games may have been more plot-focused.
"Some of the oldest games, the graphics and sound were terrible, so they had to rely on storytelling," he says.
That's why his beloved Deus Ex, which launched in 2000, may have a stronger story than its 2016 sequel. But Altman immediately undercuts the argument with his final, tongue-in-cheek comment:
"The old Mario games had incredible story," Altman says drily.


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Aug 1, 2017 FL has signed a contract with Nepal Shalimar Private Limited for engineering, procurement and supply of equipment for 35 tonnes per hour Ordinary Portland Cement at 3200 Blaine cement grinding unit in their existing cement production line. The plant is loed in Simara in the Bara District, Nepal.
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According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), laser tattoo removal is on the rise and people are paying top dollar to clean up their skin. As more people continue to get tattoos, the more people are having tattoos removed," says Dr. Geronemus, a clinical professor of dermatology at NYU Medical Center.
Many people mark their calendars to remember an anniversary, birthday and special occasion; however some may want to make it more permanent, so they choose to get a tattoo.
As time passes, what once seemed like a good idea for some turns into regret. Regret about getting a tattoo is not that uncommon.
Plastic surgeons and dermatologists are seeing more and more people who want their tattoos removed, often because they worry that the tattoo could cause problems such as self-consciousness, either with future employment, a pending marriage or a lifestyle change. Some may choose to remove a spouse's name, portrait or a wedding date. Although reasons may vary, it can bear a constant reminder of the past or a mistake made.
Laser treatments are currently the most common and effective method for removing a tattoo. As treatments are repeated over several sessions, the tattoo will fade and eventually disappear.
A wide variety of pigmented lesions can be treated with laser. The tattoo removal laser will send energy directly to the tattoo ink to break down the pigment (ink) so that eventually over time the body can absorb the broken down particles and eliminate them through the lymphatic system.
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The Woodstock Film Festival is glorious a 4 day event filled with film and music venues. This year, it began on October 11th, in and around the charming village of Woodstock NY which is nestled at the foot of the Catskill Mountains, 2 hours north of NYC in Ulster County just off the Hudson River.
A month before the Festival, I hired a PR agent to promote the Woodstock's World Premiere of my film, Idle Threat. The PR agent was Gary Springer, a second generation PR guru with offices at 44Th Street and Broadway in NYC, just off Times Square. I gave him 15 DVD copies of the film. In mid September, he began mailing them out to his string of contacts in the media – newspapers, magazines, radio, TV.
The Woodstock kick off cocktail party was September 19th on the lower east side of NY at a watering hole aptly named -Libation. Gary was there and had me shake hands with promo professionals as nearby as Bloomberg Media, as a distant at SINO- TV out of China. And in the days preceding the Woodstock event itself, Gary lined up with interviews with NY1 TV (Time Warner) as well as the Wall Street Journal plus numerous radio and print reporters. Gary got the word out, indeed!
Then, came October 11th, the day of the World Premiere. That morning in the local Times Herald Record, was an interview with Miera Blaustein, Executive Director of the Festival. Ms. Blaustein recommended that Idle Threat was the #1 film not to miss out of 130 films. Did Springer have anything to do with that? I'll never quite know for sure.
That the very next day, Gary found himself in the front seat of his car, in the parking lot across from the Film Festival headquarters. He was on his cell phone, speaking with his girl friend in Florida. It was brisk outside a steady north wind invading the valley from the mountain tops.
His cell phone call was interrupted by a rap on the car window. A woman motioned for him to roll it down. She said "sir, I watched a film yesterday at the festival. Idle Threat. It's about the nuisance of engine idling. Are you aware your engine is on now … and you're talking on the phone? Going nowhere!! Could you shut your engine off, please?"
So, now I write this story in my blog. I suppose that Gary Springer can measure his success in promoting the film…in an entirely new and profound way.
Great working with you and your team, sir. But remember to just…shut it off.


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CAROLINA CABRERA DIGIORGIO NAMED BOARD CHAIR OF CONGRESO/
CAROLINA CABRERA DIGIORGIO NAMED BOARD CHAIR OF CONGRESO
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PHILADELPHIA—Congreso de Latinos Unidos, Inc., a Top 25 Hispanic Nonprofit in the Nation and one the region's Top Workplaces, welcomed 50 of the region's leading business and nonprofit leaders to an intimate reception to bid farewell to its Board Chair Ken Trujillo, while announcing that current Vice Chair, Carolina Cabrera DiGiorgio, who joined the Board in 2009, would succeed him.
In the 24 years Trujillo has served as Board Chair, Congreso has grown from a small service provider to one of the largest Hispanic nonprofits in the nation. It now encompasses a campus in Eastern North Philadelphia serving more than 56,000 individuals over the last five years through its education, employment, health and social services. Trujillo leaves Congreso a $25 million agency employing more than 300. "Congreso has never been in a better position. President and CEO Cynthia F. Figueroa has proven herself to be a strategic thinker, partnership builder, and organizational leader," said Trujillo. "Congreso has been such a significant part of my family's and my life over the last 24 years. We've been honored to be part of its remarkable development. I am really looking forward to seeing all that's ahead under Carolina and Cynthia's leadership," he continued.
Incoming Chair Carolina Cabrera DiGiorgio was born in Tegucigalpa, Honduras and is the first woman to lead Congreso's Board of Directors in its 37-year history. She is an accomplished attorney at Stradley Ronon and is a Commissioner with the Governor's Advisory Commission on Latino Affairs. "It is an honor to continue to serve this great organization. As the next Board Chair, I am committed to furthering its mission of strengthening Latino communities and working alongside Cynthia and Congreso's executive staff to define the scope of that work."
Congreso President and CEO Cynthia F. Figueroa, who first met Trujillo when she worked at Congreso in the 1990s, lauded his role as a mentor and one of the most influential leaders in Philadelphia. "While the story of Ken's impact in Philadelphia is still being written, his impact on Congreso, its leadership, and the tens of thousands served during his tenure is clear. His passion for creating an even playing field for Latinos, regardless of socioeconomic status, has driven Congreso to serve as an incubator of talent, establish a charter school already designated an IB World School, and position itself as a performance management leader in the nonprofit sector. We are grateful for his and his family's commitment to our mission."


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Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) (photo credit: Center for American Progress Action Fund via Flickr, CC BY-ND 2.0)
Why I Wish Republicans Were More Like Harry Reid
by Jon Schweppe
I really wish Republicans were more like outgoing Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid.
In a wide-ranging interview with Talking Points Memo, a left-wing news outlet, Reid (D-Nev.) proudly declared that he is setting the stage for the Democrats to eliminate the 60-vote filibuster rule should they win control of the Senate in November, allowing for the confirmation of Supreme Court justices with a simple majority:
Envisioning Hillary Clinton in the White House and Democrats controlling the Senate, Reid warned that if a Senate Republican minority block her Supreme Court nominee, he is confident the party won't hesitate to change the filibuster rules again.
Such a move would be an extension of what Reid did in 2013 when he was still majority leader, eliminating filibusters (with a simple majority vote) on the President's nominees. There was only one exception: the Supreme Court. As it stands now, Democrats still need 60 votes to move forward with a Supreme Court nominee.
Reid said, however, that could change.
"I really do believe that I have set the Senate so when I leave, we're going to be able to get judges done with a majority. It takes only a simple majority anymore. And, it's clear to me that if the Republicans try to filibuster another circuit court judge, but especially a Supreme Court justice, I've told 'em how and I've done it, not just talking about it. I did it in changing the rules of the Senate. It'll have to be done again."
He fights! He believes in things! He does what it takes to advance his agenda!
I'd love to meet a Republican willing to do that. I just can't imagine Mitch McConnell embracing the nuclear option. Just imagine what The Washington Post might think!
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Q: iOS: Adding row to tableview I have a tableview that is based on a array of DB results, these results contains a date field. I have a custom cell that contains an image and labels. I'm trying to do:
At cellForRowAtIndexPath I verify if the date of current item (objectAtIndex:indexPath.row) has date field bigger than the last item (objectAtIndex:indexPath.row-1). If this is true: I want to add a cell filling the ImageView with a certain image, but I need to add a new row just for show this image.
How can I do this? I'm already doing this verification, but I need to add a new cell...

A: Do not use the cellForRowAtIndexPath to decide how many cells you want to have. At the point this method is called you should have already setup the data source to provide table view with all information needed.
Here is what you need to do. Refactor your code in a way so you:

*

*Setup the data source first.

*Force reload of the table view either by calling the reloadData method.

A: hey you can add the object in your data base(for example ns array) and refresh the table view with method

[tableView reloadData];

then the method cell for row at index path will be called again and it will refresh the table view's items.just make sure the method cellforrawantindexpath in your code knows to handle the new data type(make validations).

A: Your tableView data source should not contain any of that logic where the content of once cell depends on the content of another cell. Instead, you should have a data item for each requested indexPath and that data item should contain ALL logic necessary for the cell to be configured. If an action on that cell has an effect on how another cell should look, you apply a change to the corresponding data-item, and then call reloadRowsAtIndexPaths: for the indexPaths.
In short: configure cells ONLY in tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath: or tableView:willDisplayCellAtIndexPath, and ONLY do configuring. Other logic should be placed in some data(-controller) object.
As suggested, you should add an item to your data-array. Then call -insertRowAtIndexPath: on the tableView. ReloadData is like a big ugly hammer that you only use when ALL of the data for that tableView changes.

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A new year can bring exciting things, including the announcement of CPT's 2020/2021 Nord Family Foundation Playwright Fellow. Please join us in congratulating John Dayo-Aliya! Throughout this fellowship, he will develop Our Lady of Common Sorrows, a play about a Black family whose faith is tested when their youngest member, a 14-year-old virgin, becomes pregnant.
John's work explores various aspects of the Black experience and John is specifically interested in Black modern lives and the questions arising out of the challenge of holding on to faith, love, community, and familial ties while living against a backdrop of structural racism. He creates work that provokes audiences to call out to their higher humanity in order to face social and cultural issues with intelligence, clarity, and empathy. He is a co-founder of the nationally recognized Ma'Sue Productions and has produced eight plays in the last nine years.
The Nord Family Foundation Playwright Fellowship is a program for playwrights and creators from Northeast Ohio that offers opportunities to develop work through readings, staged readings, and workshop productions. Now in its seventh year, the Nord Family Foundation Playwright Fellows program is funded by a multi-year grant from the Nord Family Foundation. This fellowship is awarded to playwrights and creators alongside participation in Catapult, a CPT New Play Development program, and is about striving to advance a project up to the point of being production-ready. Catapult is intended to engage with projects that are at different stages of creation—from early concept to completed script, and while developing their work, the artists play an active role in the life of the theatre.
For the last seven years Fellows in this program have also participated in Catapult, the most extensive of CPT's new play development programs. The process is tailored to each unique artist's work to bring these projects "production ready". Keep an eye out for possible readings and workshops in the future to play an essential role in new work development!
John Dayo-Aliya will be joining the impressive ranks of past Nord Family Foundation Playwright Fellows that include:
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Q: OneToMany Relationship for more generic django apps I'm trying to figure out how to genereate a one-to-many relation ship (i.e. a "list of objects for one model to the other) without having to use a foreign key on the child model. I want to achieve this because the child should be unaware of the parent to have a generic app.
Example:
class Payment(models.Model):
    lease = models.ForeignKey('leaseapp.Lease')
    created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
    amount = models.IntegerField()

And my other app:
class Lease(models.Model):
    leaserholder = models.CharField(max_length=300)

Now I would like for a lease to have multiple payments, but without making my Payment Model specific to my lease app, it should be usable in other apps as well.
Was is the best practice here?

A: You can achieve this using a GenericForeignKey. To do this you need the content_type, object_id and content_object properties on the Payment model.
from django.db import models
from django.contrib.contenttypes.fields import GenericForeignKey
from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType

class Payment(models.Model):
    content_type = models.ForeignKey(ContentType, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    object_id = models.PositiveIntegerField()
    content_object = GenericForeignKey('content_type', 'object_id')
    created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
    amount = models.IntegerField()

Then you can create a lease payment like this. This will work for any model. So if you create a Fee model you can also create payments for that
class Lease(models.Model):
    leaserholder = models.CharField(max_length=300)

lease = Lease.object.first()
Payment.objects.create(content_object=lease, amount=700)

Note: this requires that django.contrib.contenttypes be installed, which is by default in most django apps. For more info check out the docs page on contenttypes

A: It looks like generic relation. See: here to django documentation. Generic foreign keys and relations sometimes cause issues in later development process but you can also consider this:
class Payment(models.Model):
    created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
    amount = models.IntegerField()

And in leaseapp
class Lease(models.Model):
    leaserholder = models.CharField(max_length=300)

class LeasePayment(models.Model):
    lease = models.ForeignKey(Lease)
    payment = models.OneToOneField(Payment)

Advantage: there is no magic behind and your database model is clear.


Let's consider the advantages and disadvantages of each type of advertising, in order to understand what is right for your business.
Advertising in special blocks of search engines. Typically, this is 2-3 places at the beginning of the search and 3-4 at the end. Contextual advertising can be ordered for a site with goods/services with the selection of key queries or for a thematic resource.
Contextual advertising is shown only to your target audience, which increases conversion. Also, thanks to detailed analytics, you can identify the demand for certain goods and calculate the profit from using this type of advertising.
Recently, there has been a significant decline in trust in contextual advertising. Users already clearly distinguish between sites from advertising platforms and bypass them. Of course not all, but only a part of the audience that trusts seo-optimization of the resource.
This type of advertising has existed for more than 20 years and is known to almost every user. To date, you can surprise with banner ads only if you create an amazing picture or an attractive title.
Perhaps, on this the advantages of banner advertising end. Users are so bored with banner slogans that they simply install plugins to hide them on websites.
Business in social networks is now gaining momentum and it's a sin not to use it. Almost all social networks now offer advertising services targeted at a certain range of users. Advertising in Facebook is characterized a special flexibility, adaptability and constantly updated algorithms.
Viral advertising is not the main one, it is a kind of additional advertising to attract traffic. Viral advertising is distributed by the users themselves. In general, "scandalous" materials or videos are used for viral advertising.
customers who have already ordered a product or service on your site.
As practice shows, the second type of mailing is more useful, since users already had experience with you.
often mail filters send letters of this kind to the folder "Spam"
Well, perhaps, it is all kinds of advertising on the network. To determine the most effective advertising channels, try everything to analyze and identify the source that will bring the most traffic.


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We are investing in collaboration with the Canadian and Indian governments to conduct research on "second generation" biofuels such as ethanol from cellulosic feedstock and biomass-to-liquid fuels to power fuel-flexible aircraft engines. Another example is our work with Virgin Galactic and Virgin Fuels on alternative fuels for its spaceship program.


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Rarely will you find a person without an Android, iPhone or another type of smartphone. We all use many different apps every day but always find some new ones to download. There are some of them that we use for fun, for staying in touch with other people etc. There are also some of them that can make your life so much more organized. Apps for organization can save time, money and headaches. We all have many obligations these days and some apps are exactly what we need to help us keep track of them and save us some valuable time.
This is one of the most popular apps today. It gives you a certain amount of storage space on the cloud, which you can use like it is inside your PC or Mac. When register for a DropBox account, you get 2GB of storage for free which you can use however you want.
If you ever need more space, you can upgrade to a premium account and have up to 1TB of your own storage space. This is great if you have a ton of data to bring from home to work and vice versa.
reQall is an app that is used for reminding you of what you have to do and where you need to be. It is hard even to imagine how this app cannot make your life easier. How many times did you forget to pick up dry cleaning or buy groceries?
Not only that this app reminds you what you have to do, but it tells you when you are close to a dry cleaners or a market, so you don't lose too much time getting there. reQall will know when you are close to a desired location, thus minimizing the chances of forgetting your responsibilities.
It is no secret that having a personal assistant would make you more productive. Now we have an app for that too! Speaktoit is a personal assistant who will do all the web searching, calling and message sending for you. You will save a ton of time by not having to do it by yourself. Simply tell the app what you need and the magic will happen. Speaktoit can also give you recommendations that will best fit your schedule and save you some time. This is pretty much like talking to Siri, only this Siri got promoted and now works like your personal assistant.
Even though it was developed a long time ago, Excel is still something that helps us organize much better on a daily basis. With all the formulas, graphic tools and other options, it can be of great help. Many companies use it for tracking their expenses. Similarly, many people use it for keeping track of their bills. You can try and see how it will help you when it is time for paying all the bills and tracking all of your other expenses. Excel can be quite challenging so you should consider taking up a few classes before you start using it regularly. Excel courses by Tp3, for example, can be extremely helpful in this endeavor and will make you a master user.
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All of these apps can make your life simpler. These 5 apps for organization remind you to do something, organize your schedule and keep track of your finances. It is fair to admit that we are lucky to live in an age where we can have apps that do all of these things for us.


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1993 - 1994 • FOX • 20 hours • 1 season • 27 episodes
Action, Comedy, Science-Fiction, Western, Adventure
Brisco County, Jr. is a man seeking vengeance against the man who murdered his father. He becomes a bounty hunter although he was trained as a lawyer. Unfortunately his father's killer, John Bly, has his own criminal gang to keep Brisco at bay. But Brisco is aided by his own gang of sorts: dance hall ... More girl extraordinaire Dixie Cousins, rival bounty hunter Lord Bowler, fellow lawyer Socrates Poole and scientist Professor Wickwire.
Although the series was set in the Old West, Brisco had an assortment of nifty "modern" gadgets and then there were the mysterious "Orbs" scattered about which almost seemed to have supernatural powers. Less
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The Sacred Suite offers three original melodies for "The Lord Is My Shepherd," "The Beatitudes" and "The Lord's Prayer" ... sweet, calming, and uplifting melodies that ease the mind, touch the heart, and comfort the soul.
The Sacred Suite is comprised of three original melodic settings for the 23rd Psalm, The Beatitudes, and The Lord's Prayer.
Ashford's rich melodies and consonant harmonies provide a loving setting for the beauty of these Scriptures. The melodies are hymn-like -- sweet, gentle, and uplifting. They have a spiritual quality that ease the mind, touch the heart, and comfort the soul.
Ashford's compositions harken back to music of Bach, Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert.
Noted musicologist, Donald Campbell, champion of the "Mozart Effect" says, "Robert Ashford's music is "both awakening and calming at the same time...clean, beautifully structured, and inspiring."
Ornette Coleman says, "Robert Ashford's music has a natural, spiritual beauty that everyone should hear."
Public appreciation of Robert Ashford's music is growing. According to BMI'S Ralph Jackson, "Robert Ashford's music is receiving a level of air play that is unprecedented for an emerging composer on a new label. His compositions are aired as musical interludes on National Public Radio's All Things Considered.
With extraordinary originality, Robert Ashford builds on centuries of melodic development from early madrigals through Schubert and beyond, adding fresh contemporary expression, to compose truly exquisite new melodies that will be borrowed, arranged, and orchestrated by others well into the future.


JAMAICA – September 13, 2005 – Strawberry Hill, the luxurious mountaintop retreat part of record-mogul Chris Blackwell's unique Island Outpost collection of hip hideaways in Jamaica and The Bahamas, announces its new "Fifth Night Free" promotion.
Valid for travel through December 15, 2005, guests earn one free night when they pay for four nights. Rates range from $355 for a deluxe, one-bedroom villa to $675 for a two-bedroom villa. Rates include full breakfast daily. Children under 12 are free when sharing a room with two adults. Rates do not include a 10% service charge. Promotion is valid on Sunday-Thursday arrivals.
Set on a former coffee estate, Strawberry Hill offers sweeping views of Jamaica's Blue Mountains and the Caribbean Sea, all bathed in the lush mountain mists. Twelve airy cottages, cluster beside the Caribbean's only Aveda Concept Spa, located at the resort embodying a commitment to wellness and beauty. The integration of Strawberry Hill's lush tropical gardens and winding trails with the AVEDA® Concept Spa provide the optimum environment for your journey into a sense of well being–nature in harmony with humanity. Wood-shingled and gracious, the architecture reflects the original nineteenth-century buildings that once stood here with cooling louvers, ceiling fans, fretwork and gables. Hammocks and rockers stand on the verandahs. Hardwood floors and mahogany furniture – handcrafted on the premises – complete the genteel ambiance.
3,000 feet up the Blue Mountains – beggars description.
The site of a working plantation since the late 1700s (growing coffee and a variety of fruits, including strawberries), the property became well-known in the 1940s and 50s for its Sunday Tea. It was acquired in 1972 by Chris Blackwell, who had often come to the property for this weekly affair. Set on a former coffee estate, Strawberry Hill offers sweeping views of the peaks and sea, all bathed in the lush mountain mists.
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This year, there's a wonderful video from mormon.org that shares the message of service and love called #LIGHTtheWORLD. Take a quick minute to watch it now; it's beautiful!
This video has inspired me to take action this year and spread the mission of Christlike service and use my time more wisely. I love the idea of visiting the lonely and I'm so excited to share this special free printable pack from Sam at The Kiwi in the Clouds. It's a collection of printables that will help you and your family bring joy to someone special who might be feeling a little alone this holiday season. It's easy to put together and a great activity for families.
I'm excited to that Sam has allowed me to share all of her Christmas printables for this project here on my site for FREE!! Even if you're short on time, there's something everyone can do this Christmas season! Here's ideas for things you can do whether you have 10 minutes for a whole hour.
If your schedule is already jam-packed, don't let this stop you from serving others. All it takes is 10 minutes to get this pack ready for giving! Just print out the coloring pages and the Christmas card, have the kids do their color it in, sign the card, and you're done. It's a fast but thoughtful gift to someone who needs a boost.
That's enough time to do something awesome! Use the coloring pages, Christmas card, and the matching gift card holder to brighten a family, friend or even a stranger's day. I love giving Amazon gift cards, Target gift cards or local restaurant gift cards to people I don't know well. Surprise them!
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NAT was a theatrical Lord of Misrule, the grotesque's grotesque, more of a sideshow attraction than a comedian in many ways, the creator of a stage persona just too outlandish for television. His speciality involved a series of convulsive hops, skids, limps and lurches, like a turkey in the throes of an epileptic fit as he funny-walked across the stage, head jerking backwards and forwards dementedly on the amazingly elongated neck, legs galvanically thrusting. He looked as if he'd somehow been taken apart and put together again all wrong. A guardsman's bearskin hat accentuated his spindliness, and when the crazed march ended with a few nifty tap steps, he slithered towards the microphone and spoke. "Uh-thuh-fuh-fuh-thuth," he said, his face twitching spasmodically and his eyes roving around the audience with sly madness.
Trading professionally on disability, mental illness, a speech impediment and a freakish physical oddity, Jackley, an exceptionally unassuming and pleasant man offstage, did a lot of things on it that would nowadays be considered unacceptable. But this strange performer's skill and gangly charm were such that he never seemed to upset anyone's sensibilities during his long career as a star comedian. And back in those days nobody told you what you could and couldn't laugh at anyway, unless it involved sex, so people were able to make up their own minds about what they found offensive.
Bill-matter, the little descriptive phrase that followed an artist's name on variety posters, was always important to the old-timers. For forty years Jackley's had been 'The Rubber-Necked Comedian,' and his father George had been famous variously as 'The Surprised Comedian,' 'He of the Stentorian Voice' and 'He of the Crooked Mouth.' The Jackleys were an old circus family – George, grandfather Nathan and great-grandfather Eduarde all worked under canvas.
An unassuming man offstage.
"My son is the fifth generation of the Jackleys to be in the business," he told me when Don and I caught up with him in December 1972 at the Empire Theatre, Liverpool, a venue he had played many times before, where he was the Dame in Dick Whittington, third-billed to singer Frank Ifield and Roy Hudd. "He's the youngest manager in London; he's twenty-two and he's the manager of the Whitehall Theatre, where they've got Pyjama Tops. That's a right bloody show to have your son in, isn't it? Naked women running about all over the place."
HE was born Nathaniel Tristram Jackley Hirsch in Sunderland in 1909, and it became apparent from an early age that he had been blessed with what were known in circus and music hall circles as "educated legs."
Dick Henderson and Nat's father, George Jackley
"I started in the business when I was eight. I did some circus work because my family were circus people. My father developed his comedy style and went from the circus into the music halls and variety. And pantomime – he starred in 14 consecutive pantomimes at the Lyceum, London. I've been in the business all my life except when I was a seed packer."
"A seed packer?"
"That's right, a seed packer. I'd just left school and I had an idea I wasn't going to be any good in show business, so I went as a dispatch clerk for a seed firm. I used to have to supply all these farms with seed potatoes and things. One farm wanted a lorryload of seed potatoes and then a lady got on wanting just one packet of polyanthas narcissi. Well, I got the addresses mixed up and the woman got the lorryload of seed potatoes and the farm got the flower seeds and I got the sack. So I went back on the stage again.
Montage by Don McPhee
"I joined The Eight Lancashire Lads. That was the troupe where Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel first started, years before, and it had been revived. We were basically clog-walloping. I was with them four or five years and we went all over the world. I was taught ballet, and I suppose that's where the basis for my funny dances comes from. Then I left and I worked with my sister Joy as a song and dance man, and eventually I turned comic.
"I developed the funny walk and the jerking neck through an accident. I had to go on for a big fat fellow who couldn't go on, and the management couldn't afford another act, so I said I'd do it. Anyway, I forgot and I didn't have time to change into this big bloke's clothes properly, just the trousers and the big coat, which flopped all over me, and no shirt. And when I went on stage, I got a big laugh. So I improvised and waggled my head up and down and jerked my legs about and that was the start of my act. I've always been skinny and that helped my motions to be more eloquent. I'm a visual comic, a mime, but of course I have to break it up with a few words or it becomes monotonous."
The few words tended to be very peculiar indeed. Jackley developed a unique way of talking, an unintelligible muttering, accompanied by violent face-twitches, which has been likened to someone with a lisp trying to talk through a mouthful of toffee. Or, to put it bluntly, a psychiatric patient with a cleft palate. He usually did it in sketches where, as a humble soldier or jobless man seeking work, he had to confront officialdom, aided by stooges who acted as interpreters. It went something like this:
Official: "Name?"
Jackley: "Uh-thuh-fuh-fuh-thuth."
Official: "What?"
Official (to stooge): "What did he say his name was?"
Stooge: "Uh-thuh-fuh-fuh-thuth."
Jackley: "Thath rithe. Uh-thuh-fuh-fuh-thuth."
Official: "Uh-thuh-fuh . . . doh! Now you've got me doing it!"
Soon everyone on stage would be talking the same way, and the audience would be in hysterics. Jackley would end the sketch by saying in his normal voice: "Oh, I'm fed up with this – let's talk properly," making it clear that he had been pretending to have a speech impediment just to subvert authority and have a laugh at the boss class.
HIS first appearance in London was at the Alhambra in 1928 in a piano act with Joy. He turned solo in 1931, was in three Royal Variety Performances and, in the 1940s, topped bills at the Palladium and many other London theatres. He made a few films, including Demobbed (1944) for John E. Blakeley's notorious Mancunian Films studio. Blakeley's murky, incoherent films, made for a primarily North of England audience and starring local favourites such as Frank Randle, Norman Evans, Duggie Wakefield, Tessie O'Shea and Jimmy James, were each made in a couple of weeks with a camera that remained mostly static in long shot for minutes on end, as if faithfully recording a stage play. The scripts contained empty pages simply marked Business, and Blakeley would instruct his comedians: "Okay, lads, be funny."
Since his performers were extemporising much of their slapstick material on the spot, with many scenes to get in the can every day, this invariably meant a lot of pointless barging about and falling down and tripping over things. That said, Mancunian movies usually returned a modest profit, and they do enshrine some famous variety routines for posterity.
Clip from Demobbed, with Norman Evans and Dan Young.</i?
Jackley comes off better than most in Demobbed, and has some quite well-structured scenes that show him to good advantage. Dressed as a guardsman, complete with bearskin hat, mini-kilt and outsize sporran, he gives an excellent display of eccentric dancing and legmania early on, followed by an "Uh-thuh-fuh-fuh-thuth" routine. There's another bizarre scene where he insinuates himself upon a courting couple, that extraordinary neck gliding snake-like over the bemused girl's upper body.
More from Demobbed. Nat's first wife, Marianne Lincoln, is on his left.
He fared better in 1956 as the star of the comparatively lavish Stars in Your Eyes, filmed in colour, which also featured Bonar Colleano and Pat Kirkwood, and cast him as an ageing music hall comic trying to come to terms with a new era in entertainment. "Bonar was a good friend of mine because we both came from old circus families. But he lived too fast and died young." (Colleano, handsome star of many British films and a nephew of Con Colleano, the first tightrope walker to perform a forward somersault on the wire, died in a car crash in 1958 aged thirty-four).
A well-remembered face (or, more likely, neck and legs) from Liverpool pantos and variety shows seen in the 1950s by the boys who would become The Beatles, in 1967 Jackley was given a showy little part in The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour as Happy Nat the Rubber Man.
Marianne Lincoln.
In his stage heyday, the 1940s and 1950s, Nat Jackley often worked with his wife Marianne Lincoln, who provided some of his material, and stories about their stormy relationship were the stuff of backstage legend. Author and actor Michael Kilgarriff wrote that Jackley was 'one of the sweetest-natured men we have ever encountered,' and lamented: 'How sad it was, during our pantomime run at the New Cardiff, to see the distress and embarrassment caused this artiste by his abusive and violent first wife, Marianne Lincoln, who at the Palace Pier Theatre, Brighton, pushed her husband down the stairs. Eventually, the ex-soubrette's alcoholic disruptiveness caused her to be banned both from the theatre and the local hostelry, a not infrequent occurrence wherever her unfortunate spouse was playing. One management wouldn't even have Mrs Jackley in the same town.' (1)
BY 1972, though, Nat Jackley had sailed into calmer matrimonial waters and, when not working, lived quietly and happily with his second wife, Pamela, in Coventry. He had tried his hand at television but his extravagant comic style was quite unsuited to the medium, although in 1956 he did two shows for the BBC, Nat's in the Belfry, co-starring the terrifying Marianne. His great success in television was still to come, a few years after I met him, and not as a comedian. By 1972 he was, with most of the other veterans here, appearing in Old Time Music Hall and seaside summer seasons.
In 1980 Nat made a charming single record, Nathaniel J, in which he told his life story in verse, to a musical background.
As Nat Jackley and Company, he and his stooges toured a knockabout sketch he called Why Should England Tremble? And there was always panto, of course. He regretted that the big clubs seemed to be taking audiences away from traditional theatres, but wasn't at all bitter. He had officiated at the obsequies of some grand old piles. When the Empire, Leeds, shut down forever after the last night of Babes in the Wood in 1961, Jackley doffed his Dame's wig and told the audience: "When you say goodbye to an old friend, you always take your hat off."
Big cabaret venues, glorified working men's clubs wealthy enough to attract top names, were in vogue in 1972. But they didn't suit Jackley's style. "Now I'm no good for cabaret clubs. I'm not a gag man. I'm a visual comic. I need to be up there facing the audience where they can see me properly."
He was happy at Liverpool, though, and happy, too, to take third billing. "I don't like to be a big fish in a small pond," he told me. "I'm not a jealous performer like that."
It was his 42nd panto, and he had his own approach to playing the dame. "In this pantomime I'm working as a man in skirts. I'm not a female impersonator like Danny la Rue or Dick Emery. I'm just Nat Jackley wearing a skirt. I keep as fit as possible, but when you get older the bruises show more and they last longer, and I get a bit of rheumatism in my hands. But I've always been busy on stage, doing the funny walks and running up and down. That way they can't hit you when they throw things! We had one kid in the other day and when I was in the middle of a routine he stood up in the stalls and shouted at the top of his voice: 'Oh you go and fuck off!'"
Nat Jackley laughed. It would take more than a cheeky kid to put him off his funny stride.
Thath's all, Nat . . .
NAT was a smart old dog perfectly willing to learn a new trick or two, and it was heartening to find him, a few years after our meeting, quietly established as a film and television character actor of tremendous dignity and still, understated power. He was in the successful series When the Boat Comes In in 1977 and played the grandad, Harry Hayward, in the ten-part series The Spoils of War in 1980. He was in Tales of the Unexpected, Minder and Juliet Bravo, and in 1981 played Snout in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Nat Jackley gave a particularly fine, sensitive performance in the 1983 film The Ploughman's Lunch, as despicable journalist Jonathan Pryce's father. And when he died on September 17th, 1988, aged 79, a new generation of viewers, screenwriters, casting directors and producers was sorry to see him go. How many of them knew that the gentle old character actor they so admired had once been a famous music hall Rubber-Necked Man named Uh-thuh-fuh-fuh-thuth?
(1) Grace, Beauty and Banjos, by Michael Kilgarriff (Oberon Books, 1998).
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A consultation on social investment tax relief has been started by the government, as promised in Budget 2013.
Announced by the prime minister at the G8 social impact investing conference, he also spoke about funds to help communities take over local assets, see Civil Society Media http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/finance/news/content/15329/.
Consultation runs to 6th September.


American television journalist, Charli James, joins to discuss her popular blog "Am I FrenchYet?", which chronicles her recent move to Paris and demystifies many french stereotypes. We also discuss the French reaction to Trump and their own version of the #metoo movement known as #balancetonporc.
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Q: Covering theorem for Banach spaces Are there any Banach space $X$ with $\operatorname{dim}(X)=\infty$ satisfying $S_X=\lbrace x\in X| |x|=1\rbrace $ is covered by for some $B_1,B_2,\ldots,B_N$, where $B_N$ are balls in $X$ with $0\notin B_i$ for $i=1,\ldots, N$?
I can find some literatures concerning countably many ball cases
 (e.g. T. W. Koerner, J. Lond. Math. Soc. (1970) 643-646). Also, I can prove that there are no such Hilbert space $X$ (using, for example, orthonormal bases?)
But, I couldn't find any literature about finite ball case (which is my question). Is it trivial?

A: If $\mathrm{dim}(X)=+\infty$ and $S_X\subset\bigcup_{j=1}^NB_j$ where $B_j$ are closed balls (with $0\notin B_j$ for all $j$) then since the weak closure of $S_X$ is $\left\{x\in X, \lVert x\rVert \leq 1\right\}$. Since each $B_j$ is closed for the topology given by the norm and convex we know that each $B_j$ is closed for the weak topology.
Hence we get $\left\{x\in X, \lVert x\rVert \leq 1\right\} \subset\bigcup_{j=1}^N B_j$. We get a contradiction since we assumed that $0\notin \bigcup_{j=1}^NB_j$.

A: Assuming you mean open balls $B_j$.  By Hahn-Banach, there is a linear functional $f_j$ that is positive on $B_j$.  The set $\{x\in S_X : f_j(x)=0, 1\le j\le n\}$ is disjoint from the union, and it not empty if $X$ has dimension $> n$.


Whether you're a local or a visitor, you'll find our top 10 list of summer events in and around Torquay an invaluable guide.
The Torbay Royal Regatta, one of the oldest such events in the country, once again takes place at the end of August from Saturday 25th to Monday 27th. This year sees an exciting new format with three days of racing over the Bank Holiday Weekend, followed by the Royal Regatta Anniversary Challenge Cup Races taking place on Tuesday 28th 2018.
The regatta will feature the VX One Sportsboat Class National Championship and the 29er Class Summer Championship (a new event this year) and will offer competitive racing for IRC Yachts, Cruisers, Sportsboats, Junior Dinghies, Asymmetric and Non-Asymmetric Dinghies.
Are you feeling brave? Can you hold your nerve as you walk around the dimly lit passages of these ancient caves with stories and supernatural events. This tour is designed to get the heart rate going and make you jump. It is not recommended for under 8s. It's scary, really it is! One price for adults and children over 8. Booking confirmation includes a FREE PARKING voucher. Wednesday, Thursday and Fridays from 1st July to the 28th August.
Paignton Festival was previously known as Torbay Carnival. After around 75 years of the same name, we feel that change is good, however Torbay Carnival is not gone and forgotten, as the procession night will keep this name. Despite the new name, they have the same ethos since the event started, to raise money for local charities. Paignton Festival is run by a small team of dedicated volunteers, who rely solely off donations from the public and local businesses and traders. This year the event dates are 21 – 29 July 2018. See their website for a full programme.
Pirate Thursdays are held during the Spring and Summer school holidays where the majority of shenanigans will be held under the Old Fish Market on Brixham harbour side. Piratical fun for the young and young at heart, engaging with locals and visitors alike. A great opportunity to join in the amusing antics and have a great free day out. Their naughty deeds include Soak the Pirate as well as Balloon modelling, Puppet Shows, Arts & Crafts Workshops, Fancy Dress competitions, Photo Shoots, Live Music, plus much more. Pirate Thursdays run from Thursday 26th July until Thursday 30th August.
The historical village of Cockington is worth a visit at any time, but the Cockington Fayre encapsulates everything a traditional old English village fair should be. Food and drink stalls, local arts and crafts, games and lots of family fun are to be found in the grounds of Cockington Court. The Fayre is on Wednesday 1st August.
Fans of LEGO®, big and small, are in for a rare treat this summer as a large and exciting exhibition, entitled Brick Built, goes on show at Torquay Museum, showcasing some amazing and enormous models made entirely of LEGO® bricks.
The Brick Built exhibition has been especially created for Torquay Museum by LEGO® artist Warren Elsmore. Visitors can enjoy a celebration of architecture from three of the world's great cities: New York, Paris and London. They can also discover a selection of the wonders of the world in miniature: historic, modern and natural. The exhibition runs from 25th May until 8th September.
Many local people have grown up with Children's Week and as usual, there will be a packed programme of performances, workshops and events taking place on Paignton Green, the majority of which are completely free. The fun starts on 14th to 18th August. More information can be found on their website.
Bring your project and join other like minded crafters for a relaxed afternoon of creativity, sharing tips and ideas over tea and cake. Basic art room resources provided. Every Thursday 1pm – 3pm. Donations welcome. No booking required.
Torbay Steam Fair is now one of the biggest events on the English Riviera events calendar and attracts visitors from far and wide. Situated just outside Brixham on the main A3022, this 3 day event is a must for all the family. Come and view the wonderful working steam engines, vintage, and classic cars, lorries, military displays, market stalls and so much more. Children's Entertainment, Craft and Model Tent, Awning Displays and Charity Stalls, Catering Facilities, Beer and Tea Tents. A truly special day out, one not to be missed!
Dubs at the Beach is back for 2018. As in the previous years the show will have its very own auto-jumble, trade stalls, kids entertainment, refreshments and more. Over the past years the show has been a massive success with Volkswagen enthusiasts coming from all over the country and this year we want the show to be bigger and better than ever and aim to fill the green capacity.
Our list is by no means exhaustive. Torquay and its neighbouring towns of Paignton and Brixham really come alive during the summer months and you'll find tons of other events and attractions to keep you and your family busy. For the best 'what's on' listing, take a look at the English Riviera Tourism Company. And if you're heading to Torquay this summer, why not subscribe to our blog to pick up more tips and insights into where to go and what to see.


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Peperina Magenta
Peperina Magenta interprets the icons of film history in surreal, ornamental mosaic compositions. From Marilyn Monroe to Audrey Hepburn, the artist's series Amor y Fantasia is full of legendary actors in bright pieces full of contrasts. "I want to express true love through real women. These women are as beautiful as love itself, and… Read more
Your Head is Full of Birdies
Love and Fantasy
Kiss me now...
The only one in the world
Background Information about Peperina Magenta
Peperina Magenta interprets the icons of film history in surreal, ornamental mosaic compositions. From Marilyn Monroe to Audrey Hepburn, the artist's series Amor y Fantasia is full of legendary actors in bright pieces full of contrasts. "I want to express true love through real women. These women are as beautiful as love itself, and surrounded by happiness and glamour," the artist says.
In her colorful art, Peperina Magenta combines the diverse stages of her life. As a child, she grew up under the creative influence of her architect father and fashion conscious grandmother in Argentina. During her studies, she spent a year in Mexico, where she had a lot of profound experiences that would affect her creative process later. It was a typical Mexican "mix of vibrant colors and textures," that fascinated her back then. The artist then moved to Buenos Aires. From 2014 to 2016, she was in Italy, grappling with significant works such as the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
"My style is inspired by love, imagination, and desire – my whole life is driven by it," says Peperina Magenta. She continually seeks new techniques and forms of expression in order to refine her process.
These days, Magenta lives in Copenhagen, where she is exploring the Scandinavian aesthetic for herself. Looking at her work, it is always astonishing how so many diverse cultural influences are reflected in her colorful mosaics.
Born in 1987 in Mendoza, Argentina
Studied Graphic Design in Argentina (Graduated in 2014)
Having lived in Mexico and Italy, she now lives in Denmark


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How L'Oreal, Intuit, and LMI Are Using Mentoring to Build Inclusive Workplace Cultures
Wednesday, February 9, 2022 2:00pm - 3:00pm EST
By: Lydia Frank, Vice President of Marketing, Chronus; Louis Desforges, Assistant Vice President, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, L'Oreal ; Elizabeth Hoban, Director of Talent Management, LMI; and Kimbra Brookstein, Staff Program Manager, Intuit
As the Great Resignation continues, corporations are focusing on development and inclusion in order to retain top employees. In this webinar, HR leaders from L'Oreal, Intuit and LMI detail how they use mentoring to further DEI objectives across their organizations. By implementing various mentoring formats, these companies are building more inclusive cultures. Learn how mentoring can increase retention and satisfaction by focusing on participant criteria, recruiting, and program engagement.
During this event, you will learn:
Types of mentoring formats that best serve DEI objectives
Mistakes to avoid when promoting your DEI-focused mentoring program
How to measure impactful mentoring programs
Lydia Frank
Vice President of Marketing, Chronus
As vice president of marketing, Lydia Frank uses the art and science of strategic storytelling to showcase the incredible power of mentorship in developing employees, transforming organizational culture from the inside out, and ensuring every employee feels connected to and supported by their organization.
Prior to Chronus, Lydia served in a number of marketing roles at PayScale. She is a strong advocate for creating more accessible paths to power for women, people of color, and other historically marginalized groups in the labor market and economy. She has been a frequent speaker and media commentator on this topic and has contributed related content to various publications including Harvard Business Review, Money, Fortune, TechCrunch.
Louis Desforges
Assistant Vice President, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, L'Oreal
Louis Desforges is the assistant vice president of DEI at L'Oreal USA, the largest subsidiary of the L'Oréal Group, the world's leading beauty company. Louis is responsible for shaping the diversity efforts for L'Oréal USA as a business imperative to build the standard in making beauty inclusive, which highlights the value of all forms of beauty while respecting and reflecting the differences of our rapidly changing marketplace.
In his role, Louis leads the veteran's strategy, a robust plan that encompasses the attraction, mentoring, retention, and development of veterans within L'Oréal. Leveraging his recruitment experience, he also leads the DEI alignment with talent acquisition in a collaborative effort to advance diverse recruitment across all dimensions. As of 2022, Louis is also head of DEI for the Luxury division - a 2,000 person organization across 8 brands, retail and commercial operations.
Elizabeth Hoban
Director of Talent Management, LMI
Beth Hoban is the director of talent management at LMI. She is a dynamic program manager experienced in leading enterprise-wide, strategic training initiatives in large complex organizations with disbursed team members and clients. She has spent her career assessing critical business issues, designing, delivering, and measuring programs in all phases of the employee life cycle.
Previously, Beth was a senior international organizational development consultant and executive coach at Asian Development Bank. She has built partnerships, grown talent, and implemented system and culture transformations for organizations big and small.
Kimbra Brookstein
Staff Program Manager, Intuit
Kimbra Brookstein is staff program manager for tech women at Intuit, an internal initiative focused on attracting, retaining, and advancing women technologists. In this role, she uses her passion both at the local and global levels to help carry out strategic programming.
In 2021, Kimbra was named to the Board of Directors of #LatinaGeeks as vice chair, named as one of the "Women Of Influence In Technology" by the San Diego Business Journal and won the Athena Pinnacle Award for "Individual In Technology." She is a connecter with deep ties to the San Diego tech scene and is passionate about providing pathways for underrepresented groups in tech.


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Academy Of Country Music Awards
Jimmie Allen And Gabby Barrett Win The ACM Awards For New Male And New Female Artist Of The Year
Host Keith Urban surprised the winners with the news and invited them to perform at the 56th Academy Of Country Music Awards on Sunday, April 18.
Posted on Apr 8, 2021 | 07:00am
Congrats are in order because the 56th Academy of Country Music Awards™ has its first winners! CBS and The Academy of Country Music® revealed that Jimmie Allen is the winner of the New Male Artist of the Year Award and Gabby Barrett is the winner of the New
Female Artist of the Year Award.
Hosted by 15-time ACM Award winner Keith Urban and ACM nominee Mickey Guyton, the 56th ACM Awards will broadcast live on Sunday, April 18 at 8/7c on CBS, and will be available to stream live and on-demand on Paramount+.
READ: Who Is Performing Live At The 2021 ACM Awards?
ACM Awards Host Keith Urban recorded a personalized video card to surprise both Allen and Barrett with the news.
"We are thrilled to present Jimmie Allen and Gabby Barrett with their first ACM Award wins," said Damon Whiteside, CEO of the Academy of Country Music. "Jimmie and Gabby have experienced tremendous success at both Country Radio and streaming already, and we are proud to recognize them for such an extraordinary start to their careers. A huge congratulations to each of them for this well-deserved win, and to all of our nominees for being recognized for their incredible contributions to Country Music. We look forward to welcoming Jimmie and
Gabby to the ACM Awards stage on April 18."
Allen and Barrett will join more than 25 artists will perform 30+ songs from three iconic Country Music venues: the Grand Ole Opry House, Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium, and The Bluebird Cafe.
Previously announced performers include Kelsea Ballerini, Dierks Bentley, Lee Brice, Brothers Osborne, Kane Brown, Kenny Chesney, Eric Church, Luke Combs, Dan + Shay, Mickey Guyton, Ryan Hurd, Jack Ingram, Alan Jackson, Elle King, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Ashley McBryde, Maren Morris, Carly Pearce, Jon Randall, Thomas Rhett, Blake Shelton, Chris Stapleton, The War and Treaty, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, CeCe Winans, and Chris Young. Additional details on the exciting performances, including unprecedented collaborations and surprising moments, will be announced in the coming days.
READ: The Complete List Of Nominees For The 56th Academy Of Country Music Awards
Watch the 56th Academy of Country Music Awards™ live from Nashville on Sunday, April 18 at 8/7c on CBS, and stream it live and on-demand on Paramount+.


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Finance Schools
In Fairfield, Connecticut
Finance faculty can choose to work at one of 2 finance schools in Fairfield. The graphs, statistics and analysis below outline the current state and the future direction of academia in finance in the city of Fairfield, which encompasses finance training at the following levels:
Fairfield Vs. Connecticut Finance Employment
Fairfield 17,760
Connecticut 39,410
Of the 39,410 finance professionals employed in Connecticut, 17,760 work in Fairfield. Between 2006 and 2010, in Fairfield, there has been a 1% decline in the number of finance professionals. As the number of finance professionals in Fairfield has decreased, overall employment in Fairfield has also decreased.
Fairfield Vs. Connecticut Finance employment growth
Grey: Connecticut
Dark Yellow: Fairfield
Finance VS. All professions salaries in Fairfield
$88,629 $88,259 $92,024 $99,609 $101,938
Light Blue: Finance in Fairfield
Dark Yellow: All Professions in Fairfield
In Fairfield, salaries for finance professionals have increased. In 2010 finance professionals in Fairfield reportedly earned an average salary of $101,938 per year. The average salary for finance professionals in Fairfield was $88,629 per year, four years earlier in 2006. This growth is faster than the salary trend for all careers in Fairfield.
Salary percentiles for Finance professionals in Fairfield
Finance professionals make a median salary of $87,512 per year in Fairfield. The difference in pay between the finance professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 131%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $48,570 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $112,362 per year.
Average Salaries for Finance professionals and related professions in Fairfield
Accounting $53,658
Finance $101,938
Risk Management $104,560
Business $115,492
Marketing $118,213
Business Administration $125,140
Business Management $132,161
International Business $139,730
Small Business $157,820
On average finance professionals in Fairfield earn salaries that are lower than the salaries earned by other professionals in Fairfield.
Finance schools in Fairfield
Many of Fairfield's finance professionals are graduates of one of the 2 accredited finance schools in the city.
Finance Programs Offered In Fairfield
Fairfield's finance schools offer 4 finance degree and certificate programs.
Student Completed Finance Degrees In Fairfield
In 2010 approximately 192 students completed finance courses.
Finance Faculty Salaries in Fairfield, Connecticut
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