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Photo by courtesy of/courtoisie de Music Managers Forum. From left to right/De gauche à droite: Daniel Caesar, Charlie Andrews (Fondation SOCAN Foundation), Matthew Burnett
SOCAN Foundation sponsors Banner Year Award for Daniel Caesar and his managers/producers/co-writers
The Music Managers Forum (MMF) presented Daniel Caesar and his managers/producers/co-writers Matthew Burnett and Jordan Evans with the Banner Year Award – sponsored by The SOCAN Foundation – at the 2018 MMF Honour Roll dinner on May 8, at the Bymark Restaurant in downtown Toronto. Charlie Wall-Andrews, Executive Director of the Foundation, attended the celebratory dinner, held during Canadian Music Week, where the MMF presented the honour to Caesar and Burnett, though Evans was unable to attend.
The award recognizes the meteoric rise of the JUNO-winning, Grammy-nominated R&B and soul singer-songwriter Daniel Caesar this year. Caesar released his critically acclaimed debut album Freudian in 2017. Co-managers Matthew Burnett and Jordan Evans also co-produced the album, and co-wrote several of its songs. Freudian featured the No. 1 Urban AC hit "Get You," became the No. 1 iTunes R&B/Soul album, and earned national television performances for Caesar in the U.S., on The Late Late Show with James Corden, Late Night with Seth Myers, and one with Chance the Rapper on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Two songs, "Get You," and "First World Problems" even made it onto former U.S. President Barack Obama's year-end list for 2017. Caesar's debut world tour is selling out everywhere, including a five-night run at The Danforth Music Hall, in his hometown of Toronto.
Others recognized at the 2018 MMF event were manager Susan de Cartier, of Starfish Entertainment, who received the Honour Roll Award, and Live Nation Canada chair Riley O'Connor, who garnered the Brian Chater Pioneer Award.
SOCAN congratulates its members Daniel Caesar, Matthew Burnett and Jordan Evans on their latest success!
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SOCAN honours Daniel Caesar, co-writers with No. 1 Song Awards
For Billboard, MuchMusic chart-toppers "Get You," "Best Part," "We Find Love"
SOCAN honours Jordon Manswell with No. 1 Song Award
For co-writing Daniel Caesar's chart-topping "We Find Love"
Drake, Daniel Caesar earn 2019 Grammy Awards
Shawn Mendes performs with Miley Cyrus on live broadcast
Photo by Brad Ardley. Left to right / De gauche à droite: Kobalt's / Tom Andrews, Jordan Bent, Domenico Scialo / de Kobalt
SOCAN presents awards to Kobalt Music Publishing
SOCAN presented a 2017 SOCAN Award and two No. 1 Song Awards to representatives of Kobalt Music Publishing U.K., at the SOCAN Toronto offices, on May 10, 2018 – while they were visiting our country during Canadian Music Week, to meet with various organizations with which they're affiliated.
Kobalt was honoured with the International Award from the 2017 Montréal SOCAN Gala, for publishing "Kiss Me," performed by Olly Murs, and co-written by SOCAN members Yannick Rastogi and Zacharie Raymond, along with Gary Derussy (SACEM), Taio Cruz (PRS), Olly Murs (PRS), Steve Robson (ASCAP), and Lindy Robbins (AMRA).
Kobalt was also recognized with a SOCAN No. 1 Song Award for publishing "Bend," performed by Ria Mae, which topped the CBC Radio 2 Top 20 chart on July 13, 2017. "Bend" was co-written by Ria Mae, Joel Stouffer, Adam King, and Serena Ryder, and co-published by Nettwerk Music Group Inc., and Universal Music Publishing Group Canada.
Finally, the publisher was honoured, as well, for their work with "Not Nice," performed by PARTYNEXTDOOR, which peaked on the MuchMusic Countdown on Jan. 20, 2017. "Not Nice" is co-written by PARTYNEXTDOOR, Drake, Noah "40" Shebib, Paul "Nineteen85" Jefferies, Carlo "Illangelo" Montagnese, Andrew "Dre Skull" Hershey (ASCAP), Dwayne "Supa Dups" Chin-Quee (ASCAP), and Adidja "Vybz Kartel" Palmer (BMI). The song is co-published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing Canada, EMI Music Publishing, and Warner Chappell Music Canada Ltd.
SOCAN CEO Eric Baptiste; Senior Account Executive, Publishers, Daryl Hamilton; and Assistant Manager, Member Accounts, Gary Laranja presented the honours. SOCAN congratulates Kobalt on these great successes!
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SOCAN presents No. 1 Song Award to Nick Henriques, Ultra Music Publishing
For co-writing, co-publishing Loud Luxury's "Body" (featuring Brando)
30th Anniversary SOCANs shimmer with songwriting, composing, music publishing success
Honourees include Carly Rae Jepsen, Chad Kroeger, Ed Robertson, Murda Beatz, Drake, Frank Dukes, Jack Lenz, Red Brick Songs, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Jessie Reyez
SOCAN presents two No. 1 Song Awards to Universal Music Publishing Canada
For Shawn Mendes' global hits "Mercy," "There's Nothing Holding Me Back"
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Triple winner Rose Cousins earns Song of the Year honour at 2018 East Coast Music Awards
Story by Howard Druckman | May 9, 2018
Rose Cousins earned the honours for both Album and Folk Recording of the Year, for her critically acclaimed Natural Conclusion, as well as Song of the Year for "Grace," at the 2018 edition of the East Coast Music Awards (ECMAs), the gala ceremonies of which were held on Thursday, May 3, at the Scotiabank centre in Halifax.
Participants at the SOCAN Song House at East Coast Music Week 2018. Left to right. Charlie A'Court, Kayo, SOCAN's Aidan D'Aoust and Melissa Cameron-Passley, Gee Clarke, Andrew Rodgers, Group Leader Ralph Murphy, Emile Landry, Matt Steele, Stephen Green, Hilary Ladd, Daniel Walker, Rachel Beck, and Jordan Musycyn.
SOCAN CEO Eric Baptiste presented Joel Plaskett with the award for Songwriter of the Year (Plaskett also won Studio of the Year for his New Scotland Yard), Andrew Staniland won Classical Composition of the Year for The River Within Us, and the Francophone Recording of the Year was Jacques Jacobus' Le retour de Jacobus. Venue of the Year was The Carleton Music Bar & Grill in Halifax – proudly Licensed To Play by SOCAN – which has persisted against all odds, under the guidance of Mike Campbell.
Besides Plaskett, other double-winners were Atlantic Canadian veteran blues-rocker Matt Minglewood, who won the Fans' Choice Entertainer of the Year, and whose Fly Like Desperados – his first studio album in more than 10 years – tied with Mike Biggar for Blues Recording of the Year. Opera singer Measha Brueggergosman, originally from Fredericton, earned both the Bucky Adams Memorial Award and Gospel Recording of the Year, for Songs of Freedom.
As part of the week leading up to the awards ceremony, renowned, veteran songwriter Ralph Murphy led the SOCAN Song House at East Coast Music Week 2018, May 2-3. Twelve songwriter participants from Atlantic Canada were selected to participate, gaining valuable insight into the craft of writing a hit song. Daniel Walker, Rachel Beck, Emilie Landry, Kayo, Gee Clark, Matt Steele, Jordyn Musycyn, Andrew Rodgers, Stephen Green, Hillary Ladd, Charlie A'Court, Andrew Waite.
Rachel Beck enjoys receiving her SOCAN No. 1 Song Award for "Reckless Heart," presented during the SOCAN "Friends & Family Bash" at the 2018 ECMAs. Left to right: Stan Meissner, President and Chair of the SOCAN Board of Directors; SOCAN's Melissa Cameron-Passley and Michael McCarty; Rachel Beck; SOCAN CEO Eric Baptiste; and SOCAN's Rodney Murphy.
In addition to the workshop, the East Coast Music Awards, in partnership with the Atlantic Presenters Association, will present the second annual SOCAN Song House Tour –a "block booked" tour that features five of the SOCAN Song House workshop's participants (one from each Atlantic region), and also features the new work developed during the Song House.
SOCAN presented a Songwriters' Circle from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 6, in The Schooner Room at Casino Nova Scotia. Hosted by Alan Doyle, the session featured engaging songs and captivating stories from Doyle, Rose Cousins, Reeny Smith, Jenn Grant, Carleton Stone (of Port Cities), and Lennie Gallant.
SOCAN also hosted a "Friends & Family Bash" on Friday, May 4, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Murphy's Restaurant, gathering together our East Coast members and local industry friends. The event included a SOCAN No. 1 Song Award presentation for Song House participant Rachel Beck, whose "Reckless Heart" reaching the top of the CBC Radio 2 Top 20 Chart, on March 8, 2018.
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Dan Mangan wins songwriter honour at 2019 Western Canadian Music Awards
Also Rock Artist of the Year at WCMAs, held during BreakOut West
East Pointers earn SOCAN song honour at 2019 East Coast Music Awards
Classified, Dutcher win multiple awards; SOCAN hosts Song House; presents No. 1 for "Hold Fast"
Dennis Ellsworth wins Song, SOCAN Songwriter honours at PEI Music Awards
Vishtèn, East Pointers take home three trophies each


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How Week 17 affected Vikings LT Riley Reiff's bonus
Jack White, Vikings Wire
In terms of long-term goals for the Vikings, it doesn't make a ton of sense to have had Riley Reiff play vs. the Lions in Week 17.
Both Minnesota and Detroit were eliminated from playoff contention already. Reiff was on the reserve/COVID-19 list this week as well. He's a veteran, so it's not like the Vikings have to develop him, either.
Reiff was not removed from the reserve/COVID-19 list before the game. The Vikings still won without their veteran left tackle. So how does that affect Reiff? Well, he lost $1 million in bonus money, due to the way his contract is structured.
There is a bonus he can receive that's related to his snap count. Prior to this game, Reiff had played 100% of the offensive snaps for the team for a total of 1002. Reiff needed to end the year with having played 93.75% or more of the team's offensive snaps in order to get a $1 million bonus.
With Reiff not playing in the game, he needed Minnesota to have 66 offensive snaps or less in order to collect the bonus. The Vikings ended up running 80 offensive plays, dropping Reiff's season snap count total below the necessary amount.
It's not all bad, though. Reiff still picked up a $1 million bonus for playing 86% of the Vikings' snaps. They could also still give him the additional money, but with the way his contract is structured at the moment, Reiff just got a tough break at the end of the year.

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Cincinnati Children's Ranked Among Nation's Best by U.S. News
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center ranks third in the nation among all Honor Roll hospitals in U.S. News and World Report's 2011 Best Children's Hospitals ranking.
Cincinnati Children's is the only hospital in Ohio to make the Honor Roll list and one of only 11 in the United States. The Honor Roll includes hospitals that excel in at least four of the 10 specialties ranked.
Cincinnati Children's is ranked in the top 10 for all pediatric specialties – a distinction shared only by Children's Hospital Boston and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. The specialties and Cincinnati Children's rank are:
Pulmonology 2
Nephrology 3
Neonatology 3
Orthopedics 5
Diabetes & Endocrinology 6
Neurology & Neurosurgery 8
Cardiology & Heart Surgery 9
The higher a hospital's score, the more Honor Roll points it receives. Cincinnati Children's received 16 points, behind only Boston and Philadelphia, which received 20 points each.
The new rankings recognize 50 children's hospitals in 10 specialties. Seventy-six hospitals are ranked in at least one specialty.
"We're honored to be ranked among the best children's hospitals in the nation as a result of our strength in clinical care, research, and education," says Michael Fisher, president and CEO of Cincinnati Children's. "We strive to provide outstanding care across the spectrum of pediatric specialties – and we do it with a focus on quality, safety, family experience and value. Even so, we're never satisfied and will keep working to be the leader in improving the health of children in our community and around the world."
Now in its fifth year, Best Children's Hospitals pulls together clinical and operational data from a lengthy survey, completed by most of the 177 hospitals asked to participate. The survey asks hundreds of questions about survival rates, nurse staffing, subspecialist availability and many more pieces of critical information difficult or impossible for those in charge of a child's care to find on their own. The data from the survey is combined with recommendations from pediatric specialists on the hospitals they consider best for children with challenging problems.
"We salute Cincinnati Children's," says Health Rankings Editor Avery Comarow. "The goal of the Best Children's Hospitals rankings is to call attention to pediatric centers with the expertise to help the sickest kids, and Cincinnati Children's is one of those centers."
Jim Feuer, 513-636-4656


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Hello my American saving friends. Earl E. Bird is back with part 2 of this 4 part series, which gets down and dirty with annuity terms. I'm here to break through the clutter of financial jargon so you don't have to. Camilla Cat has no hair on her tongue, no pun intended, and gets right to what Americans, like you, need to know in order to build a solid nest egg for your future.
Camilla Cat: What is a fixed annuity?
Earl E. Bird: It's a fixed rate product that provides tax advantages and contractual guarantees. I like to call it a "tax-deferred nest egg." Your interest, if left untouched, grows tax-deferred like a 401k or IRA. The minimum guarantees in your policy give you a rate that your money can't earn below. For example, a fixed annuity with a 3 percent minimum guarantee will never earn less than 3 percent for the life of the annuity owner. What other product gives you interest rate guarantees for your lifetime?
Camilla: Can I just buy a bank certificate of deposit (CD)?
Earl: Sure you can but no bank CD offers you the features a fixed annuity policy could. The annuity policy provides benefits like interest and income guarantees, annual partial withdrawals, and estate planning options like how to pay your heirs at the time of your death.
Camilla: Great information Earl but aren't rates too low right now to purchase a fixed annuity?
Earl: True, rates are low right now but never too low to purchase a fixed annuity. Too many savers get caught up in interest only mode when purchasing a fixed annuity. As stated, you buy a fixed annuity on its services and not the interest yield. After all, fixed annuities offer guarantees that solidify your nest egg even in a low-interest environment. However, the interest you do earn gives you no volatility or account value fluctuations like a mutual fund.
Camilla: How long do I have to keep my money in a fixed annuity?
Earl: Usually four years on the short end, and ten years on the long end. But I seldom recommend any products over seven years because that's long enough to lock up your funds in one product with no product options permitted. You can always withdraw your funds prior, however expect a surrender penalty for early withdrawals. Some products guarantee you will never receive less than your original deposit on any full surrender. I find this feature very valuable when interest rates are historically low like today. A fixed annuity is a long-term "retirement tool," and virtually no annuity owner surrenders the annuity and takes their money. Most hold on to their annuity or transfer to other annuity products for their lifetime.
Fixed rate products belong in every investment portfolio. Of those fixed rate products, a percentage belongs in a fixed annuity. A fixed annuity makes sense for savers of any age.


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An ill-health retirement medical are used to assess if an employee can retire on the grounds of ill-health.
An employee is able to apply for early retirement on the grounds of ill-health at any age, however this application doesn't mean they are automatically eligible. To determine whether an employee is eligible for early-retirement they must undergo an ill-health retirement medical.
If the results of the retirement medical confirm that the employee cannot continue to work due to their ill-health then they will become eligible for early pension and other concessions.
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Kentucky unemployment rate drops from October
17 December 2020 - Tom Latek (Kentucky Today)
FRANKFORT (KY) — Kentucky's unemployment rate last month had a significant drop from October, but still remains above the pre-pandemic level of a year ago, according to figures released by the Kentucky Center for Statistics on Thursday.
The preliminary November 2020 unemployment rate was 5.6%, down 1.7 percentage points from the previous month, but up 1.3 percentage points from the 4.3% recorded for the state in November 2019.
The civilian labor force was 1,998,601 in November, an increase of 36,929 individuals from October. The number of people employed in November increased by 67,391 while the number unemployed fell by 30,462.
In a separate federal survey of businesses that excludes jobs in agriculture and people who are self-employed, Kentucky's seasonally adjusted nonfarm employment increased by 1,000 jobs in November over the previous month but was down 100,600 jobs or 5.2 percent compared to November 2019.
"Kentucky's unemployment rate improved as more workers reported having a job in November than in October," said Mike Clark, the University of Kentucky's Center for Business and Economic Research Director. "However, non-farm employment showed mixed results across sectors. Employment gains in sectors such as manufacturing, and transportation, warehousing and utilities were offset by new losses in retail, and accommodations and food services. While, on net, employment continued to improve, November's employment showed that several sectors still face significant challenges."
The best performer was manufacturing, which jumped 2,500 jobs from October to November, or one percent. Employment in durable goods manufacturing accounted for most of the gains, expanding by 2,300 positions, while employment in non-durable goods manufacturing increased by 200 positions. However, it was down 9,800 jobs, or 3.9%, since November 2019.
"Faced with low inventories and increases in new orders, manufacturers continued to rebuild their workforce in November," Clark explained.
The sector seeing the largest loss was leisure and hospitality, which declined by 1,700 positions from October to November, a drop of 0.9 percent. This sector has lost 12,700 jobs or 6.3% over the past year. The accommodations and food services subsector cut 4,100 positions from payrolls from October to November while the arts, entertainment and recreation subsector added 2,400 positions.
"Accommodations and food services gave back some of the jobs it recovered since April," said Clark. "Restaurants, in particular, are likely facing further reductions in capacity as colder weather sets in, leading to new cuts in payrolls."
Overall, Kentucky performed better than the nation as a whole. The U.S. Seasonally adjusted jobless rate for November 2020 was 6.7 percent, down from 6.9 percent in October 2020, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.


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GLENDALE, Calif., Jan. 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. ("ApolloMed" or "the Company") (AMEH), an integrated population health management company, is pleased to announce that Apollo Care Connect, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ApolloMed, has acquired the population health management technology and operating platform of Healarium, Inc. The acquisition expands ApolloMed's medical management and care coordination capabilities and positions the company for further market expansion.
Healarium, founded in 2009, provides a cloud and mobile-based population health management platform, with an emphasis on chronic care management and total patient engagement. Among its distinctive components are a Care Management Dashboard which allows care managers to quickly focus on high-risk patients, Digital Care Plans which use evidence-based protocols, and a Personal Health Assistant, accessible via mobile or web, that allows patients to view their health data, care plans, receive alerts and to track goal progress. With one click, physicians and care managers can prescribe patients a clinically appropriate and comprehensive treatment plan. This care plan is personalized and includes daily regimens which leverage ApolloMed's expertise in clinical care, care coordination and medical risk management. Healarium's platform has reduced expenditures in patients with chronic conditions and also reduced hospital readmissions and emergency room visits. Additionally, the platform supports the requirements to satisfy the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") Chronic Care Management ("CCM") reimbursements for those Medicare enrollees with two or more chronic conditions. Healarium has the capability to aggregate data from multiple sources, including hospital and physician electronic health records. Healarium will continue to support Apollo Care Connect's growth.
"We believe that engaging patients in their own care is an important part of the changing landscape of healthcare," stated Warren Hosseinion, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. "Healarium's technology platform will further enable us to meet the new challenges in the evolving world of value-based reimbursements."
"Combining ApolloMed's clinical expertise and performance-based financial models with a robust chronic care management software platform is a powerful solution to today's healthcare needs," stated Gary Augusta, Executive Chairman of Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. "We look forward to working with our existing and future hospital, health plan and medical group partners who are looking to transition to a value-based care model."
About Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. (ApolloMed)
Headquartered in Glendale, California, ApolloMed is a leading integrated population health management company committed to providing exceptional multi-disciplinary care in the communities it serves. ApolloMed is addressing the healthcare needs of its patients by leveraging its integrated healthcare delivery platform comprised of six affiliated and complementary physician groups: ApolloMed Hospitalists, ApolloMed ACO (Accountable Care Organization), Maverick Medical Group, AKM Medical Group, ApolloMed Care Clinics and Apollo Palliative Services. ApolloMed strives to improve medical outcomes with high-quality, cost-efficient care. For more information, please visit www.apollomed.net
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Captain Donald Moran breaks through the Leopard defense to fall into the try zone as Matt Lee trails close behind for support. The ball must touch the ground in the try zone to complete a score.
Saturday Oct. 5, the Washington College Men's Rugby team lost to the Lafayette Leopards 54-24. For the Shoremen, this marks their second loss of the season as they move to a 1-2 record in the Eastern Pennsylvania Rugby Union.
After coming off a miraculous comeback win two weeks earlier, the Shoremen should have expected their team weakness was first half intensity. But history repeated itself in all the wrong ways, because all of the points scored by the Shoremen were in the second half.
Junior Captain Donald Moran did well to ensure his team's focus was high for the game.
"Usually I try to fight back the butterflies, say a quick prayer, and make small talk with the team. The main thing is to focus on the moment at hand and try not to think too far into the game," he said.
As the team took to the field and kickoff ensued, the Shoremen lacked intensity and the Leopards took advantage of them. Shoremen missed tackles, lacked speed, and didn't commit to their defensive lanes leaving gaps in lines.
Junior forward, Oladapo Olajumoke played his game with severe intensity that eventually boiled over into penalties and a suspension.
Soon after reentering the game, Olajumoke received yet another penalty for a high tackle and was ejected from the game. By default any player that is ejected from a game must serve a one-game suspension in the next consecutive game.
After the game Moran said, "Losing Dapo is huge. He may look like a big teddy bear but he is one of our hardest hitting players. His voracity and desire to compete is contagious on the field which will make him greatly missed in our upcoming game. His penalty, though unintentional, was well deserved.
Olajumoke's efforts were not in vain. In the second half, Moran found the try-zone thrice for 15-points, and junior James Stankewicz tapped the try-zone once off a breakaway for a combined 20-points. Coupled with two successful conversions, the Shoremen battled to 24 points, but by that point in the game it was too late for a comeback.
Once the Shoremen found their legs and played their style of grind-it-out rugby, they managed their opponent. Unfortunately, they lost a great competitor with Olajumoke, but have the tools they need to win.
"I want to see more intensity and passion. We only have two more games this season and we better be hungry for a win. We can beat our next opponent, but that will not happen if we play like we did in the first half of this past game. I speak from experience when I say this: It's not fun losing a rugby game, for multiple reasons. Next week I want to have some fun," said Moran with regard to next week's match-up against LaSalle.
Despite the disadvantage of losing a key forward, the Shoremen rugby squad is prepared to do battle in Philadelphia. In every game they have had a slow start. Now, with the loss of Olajumoke, the team must pick up the pieces and play their rough brand of rugby from the start. With an even shorter bench, and the possibility of no substitute ruggers, the Shoremen play for each other in Philadelphia.


Welcome to India History Online.
This is a one-stop online resource for Indian History. The goal is to bring together conclusive evidence from multiple sources into this one website for your convenience.
Until the past few decades, the standard opinion on India's history has been based on outdated theories that have now been scientifically disproved with ample literary, scriptural, archaeological, geological and genetic data. Much of this data will be presented on this website.
Today we have a world-view of India as a land of mystery that was populated by an ancient civilization of gentle, black-complexioned illiterates. These Harappans were supposedly the ancestors of the current Dravidians and were a peace-loving, spiritual people who obtained a high standard of living in north and northwestern India five thousand years ago, but who left us no literature, ostensibly because they could not read or write (??). At some point in the past (1500 BCE is the most quoted date), aggressive, white-complexioned Aryans on horseback and with chariots charged down from the mountains and conquered the hapless Harappans and imposed their language, Sanskrit and their religion, Hinduism, upon them. The central belief of the Aryan religion was the strict separation of peoples based upon race. This became the infamous caste system. Supposedly, following this "invasion" was roughly one thousand years of darkness until circa 600 BCE there arose (out of nowhere?) the Buddha, who for the first time is an Indian who actually has a name. This theory is referred to as the Aryan Invasion Theory (AIT). Sometimes it is "softened" into something called the Aryan Migration Theory (AMT) to sound less harmful, but regardless of what it is called, it is treated as an historical event of its own.
The reaction in some circles to this Western or 'Negationist' view of Indian history is equally absurd. Many in the public cling to views of ancient history that are based on religious beliefs or upon misunderstandings without a proper analysis of the facts. The mythological version of Indian history that is often propped up as a counter-balance to the AIT-version of Indian history is that India is millions of years old with each yuga (eon, age) representing hundreds of thousands of years. Therefore events described in Indian literature were composed so long ago that they cannot be dated. Although these people may mean well, they will be ignored by any audience with a sincere interest in India's ancient past and as a result, they will achieve the opposite of their goal – to undo the incorrect view of India's history and to replace it with a more credible one.
When I did my own research however I discovered that the history of India was actually well documented, but no one had combined all that information into one document following a reasonable chronology. The Royal Chronology of India timeline (spreadsheet) that I have made available for download from this website is that document. I started it in 1996 and have been updating it regularly since then. Nearly every month, someone is unearthing a new Harappan-era archaeological site in India or deciphering another ancient manuscript (of which India has the largest collection in the world – 5 million).
This spreadsheet is so full of data that it may be overwhelming, but the idea is not to read the document as if it were a novel, but rather to treat it as a reference. Just as you would search for a particular word in a dictionary, you can search for any name in India's past and chances are it is in the Royal Chronology timeline where it should be surrounded by people associated with that person and potentially with a comment describing some aspect of their life or work.
Please click on the 'Royal Chronology' tab above and then download the timeline spreadsheet. And honest study of the 18,000+ cells in this generational timeline (and the numerous comments that are viewable by hovering your mouse over those cells which have a red triangle in their upper-right corner) will take some time… but hopefully be well worth it!


The L5P Lubricator is a manual, one shot lubricator of spring discharge type that is operated by pushing the operating handle down, which raises a piston and compresses a spring. Releasing the handle automatically discharges oil into the system. Oil viscosity does not affect discharge volume, but may affect system pressure.


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Q: How to install Tor (Web Browser) in Ubuntu 12.10?
Possible Duplicate:
How to install tor?

I would like to install the Tor, but I'm having some problems. I know that someone will say "This question is a exactly duplication of How to install tor?", but it's not, because the another question can not be applied to Ubuntu 12.10 as the deb command is not available anymore.
I did a research and even at the Tor's Official Website the available resource can not be applied to Ubuntu 12.10.
I tried to use the deb command (as the above question says: deb     http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org <DISTRIBUTION> main) and the Terminal says deb: command not found and when I try to install it says E: Unable to locate package deb.
I've also tried to use the ppa: ubun-tor, but it's not compatible with Quantal Quetzal, because it's too old.
I've also tried to use sudo apt-get install tor, but browser icon don't shows up after installation and if you try to use the command tor in the Terminal I get the following error message:
Nov 26 10:59:25.731 [notice] Tor v0.2.3.22-rc (git-4a0c70a817797420) running on Linux.
Nov 26 10:59:25.731 [notice] Tor can't help you if you use it wrong! Learn how to be safe at https://www.torproject.org/download/download#warning
Nov 26 10:59:25.731 [notice] Read configuration file "/etc/tor/torrc".
Nov 26 10:59:25.737 [notice] Initialized libevent version 2.0.19-stable using method epoll (with changelist). Good.
Nov 26 10:59:25.737 [notice] Opening Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:9050
Nov 26 10:59:25.737 [warn] Could not bind to 127.0.0.1:9050: Address already in use. Is Tor already running?
Nov 26 10:59:25.737 [warn] Failed to parse/validate config: Failed to bind one of the listener ports.
Nov 26 10:59:25.737 [err] Reading config failed--see warnings above.

Thanks in advance.

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A Man in Six Portraits: Franz Lehár
On December 30, 1905 in Vienna, The Merry Widow received its (somewhat rocky) first performance. It went on, of course, to become a roaring success in Vienna and soon everywhere else. Less than ten years later, all Europe was plunged into a bitter, senseless, and suicidal conflict. Looking back, can we see a foreshadowing of the abyss ahead? Perhaps—The Merry Widow seems, in retrospect, like a beautiful but bitterly ironic farewell to pre-war Europe…oh, those waltzes, the very embodiment of a lost world.
Lehár himself lived a long life that in its fluctuating fortunes seems to mirror the shifting and ultimately tragic tides of the times he lived through. In the year he was born (1870), Dickens died, Lenin was born, and Die Walküre premiered in Munich. In the year he died (1948), Gandhi was assassinated, Harry Truman was elected president, and Kiss Me, Kate opened on Broadway. Lehár was for most of his life (certainly after the stunning debut of Widow) a celebrity and was often photographed. I have chosen six images which encapsulate his fascinating journey. Some biographical notes and a few stories are appended. Acknowledgment here to Bernard Grün's biography of Lehár as well as articles in The Viking Opera Guide and The Grove Dictionary of Opera.
1: Lehár was born in Komáron, Hungary, in 1870. His father was a military bandmaster and composer of dances and marches. At the age of 12, Lehár entered the Prague Conservatory studying violin, theory, and composition…and received some advice from Dvořák ("Know what, my boy? You should hang up your fiddle and write music."). In 1888 he was called up for military service and joined the band of the 50th Austrian military regiment, playing under his father. He soon became the youngest bandmaster in the Austro-Hungarian Army. Lehár resigned military service to become conductor at the Theater an der Wien in 1902, where his operetta Viennese Women was performed in November of that year. Also that year, his waltz "Gold and Silver" was performed at a society ball and became all the rage. He composed several more operettas, with mixed success.
2: Then came 1905. The Merry Widow opened, soon becoming the greatest success in operetta history. The work heralded a newly-resplendent era for Viennese operetta through works of Lehár himself, Oscar Straus, Leo Fall, and Emmerich Kálmán. Lehár continued composing at an amazing pace but, not content with the apparent routine of the operetta genre, he was intent on developing his style. A sense of melancholy and fantasy appeared; the cohesive elegance of The Merry Widow gave way to quasi-historical exoticism coupled with comic numbers written in a more vernacular style. Lehár was unusual in his time in orchestrating his own scores, which he did with notable skill and imagination.
However, with the onset and uneasy conclusion of WWI and its social disruptions, his new works failed to attract the same wide public. His attempts of raise the quality of operetta while at the same time bringing elements of popular music into it (the foxtrot, tango, and shimmy) now brought critical cries of both pretentiousness and pandering.
3: A new era of success then arrived with his close relationship with the tenor Richard Tauber beginning in 1921. Lehár went on to write several works for him, and simultaneously Tauber made himself an international celebrity in the Caruso-Pavarotti vein. The association culminated in 1929 with the most popular and enduring of the Tauber vehicles, Das Land des Lachens (The Land of Smiles), with its unforgettable melodic effusion "Dein ist mein ganzes Herz" ("Yours is my heart alone").
4: Lehár became involved with revisions and film versions of his operettas, also composing some original film numbers. His only entirely new stage work after 1929 was Giuditta, which premiered in 1934. It was in many ways his last attempt to resolve his own musical ambitions and the essentially popular requirements of operetta. The premiere at the prestigious Vienna Staatsoper was a glittering affair…but the critical reception (for the most part) was dismissive. Operetta in the sacred house of opera! Lehár was crushed. A few months later, Austria was absorbed into the Nazi empire.
5: In 1935 Lehár founded his own publishing house, Glocken-Verlag, and acquired the rights to most of his works with the notable (and financially, deeply regrettable) exception of The Merry Widow. Thereafter he concentrated primarily on preserving his works for posterity, making several recordings of his works.
6: During WWII he remained in Vienna and Bad Ischl, and his life in this period has remained controversial. His wife, Sophie, was Jewish (although she converted to Catholicism upon marriage and was declared in 1938 an "honorary Aryan by marriage") and several of his friends and collaborators died in concentration camps. Yet he accepted honors from the Nazi government. In 1939 and 1940, he personally receieved awards from Hitler in Berlin and Vienna, including the Goethe Medal. On Hitler's birthday in 1939 Lehár gave him a leather-bound score of The Merry Widow (reportedly one of the Führer's favorites). Wrapped up in his music and shunning politics, his failure to protest Nazi atrocities later made him an object of suspicion outside Germany.
Suffering ill health, Lehár moved to Zurich in 1947. His wife died a year later, and that summer he returned to Bad Ischl where he died soon afterwards. His villa in Bad Ischl is now a Lehár museum and a memorial was erected in the Stadtpark in Vienna in 1978.
Lest we be left with this somewhat sad final glimpse of the man whose joyous and spirit-lifting music will always be with us, I would like to end with a charming, bittersweet anecdote of Lehár and his friend and colleague Puccini, as described by Lehár's brother. It occurred during a visit to Vienna by Puccini in 1920:
From his period of service at Pola, Franz spoke pretty good Italian but Puccini had very little German. But there was no problem of communication, for already during the meal the two masters were conversing almost exclusively by quoting and softly singing alternately from their works.…Then they sat at the piano and played: Puccini with the right hand, Lehár with the left. The most wonderful harmonies sound forth, Puccinisms and Lehárisms, one surpassing another in sound eff ects and original turns of phrase.…[T]hey played happily on for another hour before Puccini had to regretfully depart for another engagement.
This article has been re-published from the spring 2016 issue of BLO's Coda magazine. Please see the full issue online at www.blo.org/coda.
Posted by In the Wings at 8:33 AM
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What the hell? Did Diane read "coordinates + 2" out of the pic of Ruth Davenport's arm? I'm not getting this. Can anyone help me understand?
Yes, same here. Hopefully someone is smart enough to figure out what that was about and to please explain!
I took it as her using some sort of mnemonic tool to remember the numbers on the arm.
I think she was just using a memory technique to recall the coordinates.
I remember in the last episode that Albert said the last two numbers of the coordinates on Ruth's arm were smudged- maybe that's the reason for "coordinates +2" basically, she's maybe saying "all these numbers that I have + 2 that I don't"?
Of course she could very well just be trying to remember the numbers- who knows?!
And if the coordinates would leed them back to Twin Peaks, it sure makes you wonder what Mr C has been up to all this years. I thought he was getting away from Twin Peaks. Far away.
My thought was that she had stored the coordinates she memorized from the picture into her phone (so she wouldn't forget them) under the name "coordinates plus 2".
I'm not sure, but it was already pointed out after part 11 that when Albert shows the picture Diane looks like she's trying to read the numbers but the lip movement doesn't seem to indicate she's reading the numbers but rather saying some kind of word. Maybe that was coordinates plus 2 and there's some kind of coded words, but that's all I got.
When I saw the scene I thought there was more of this "magic phone technology" thing going on that we've seen Mr C doing.
Then I thought maybe it was a way to memorize the numbers, as in every letter representing a number in the coordinate sequence. Coordinates (11) plus 2. But that makes 13 and not 16. Unless "coordinates" + "plus" + "2" = 11 + 4 + 1 = 16.
Anyway, just rewatched the scene, and I noticed that when she finds Twin Peaks with the GPS, the sound in the background sounds just like the humming sound from The Great Northern. Yes, I know that there is also the sound of the vacuum cleaner, but if you listen closely, the sound of the vacuum cleaner slowly changes into that strange humming sound.
Didn't Cole or Albert say last week that the coordinates were in north New York, or have I mis-remembered that?
Albert started to say "...in the north[west]" but he was cut off and you never heard the "west" part.
Don't the coordinates at the end say 1956? The year the insect crawls into the girls mouth?


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Ryanair must be upfront with new charge says Consumer Council
Commenting on the forthcoming two euro fare hike by Ryanair , Andy McClenaghan, Senior Consumer Affairs Officer at the Consumer Council said: "Under European Union (EU) law , when a flight is delayed or cancelled all airlines have a responsibility to ensure passengers are provided with meals, refreshments and overnight accommodation if necessary. In some cases, passengers are also entitled to compensation if their flight is cancelled. All airlines know that they must abide by EU law and therefore, they must ensure they price their fares to be able to cover the cost of providing assistance to passengers.
To avoid falling foul of the EU law Ryanair must ensure they advertise their fares in a clear and open manner[1], so passengers understand what they are being asked to pay for. The Consumer Council wants to see this latest charge included from the beginning of the ticket booking process on the Ryanair website so passengers know the total cost of the fare from the outset."
If a consumer has a complaint against an airline operating to or from Northern Ireland they are advised to contact the Consumer Council on 0800 121 6022 or email complaints@consumercouncil.org.uk
The Consumer Council has the power to investigate airline complaints on behalf of consumers.
1. Consumer Council media contact: Irene Overend, telephone, 028 9067 4816 or e-mail ioverend@consumercouncil.org.uk
2. The Consumer Council is an independent consumer organisation, working to bring about change to benefit Northern Ireland's consumers. The Council campaigns for high standards of service and protection and a fair deal for all. It also carries out research, gives advice and publishes reports and other publications. It deals with individual complaints about buses, trains, planes, ferries, natural gas, electricity, coal and water.
3. For more information, visit our website at www.consumercouncil.org.uk
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Ballerina buns, whether pinned low or high, are at once glamorous, chic and very practical. It also happens to be an updo that is very easy to achieve with a sleek straight hair texture, using the right products and few bobby pins! Whether you have a long or medium haircut, you can totally rock a ballerina bun.
Top tip – A lower bun will be easier to do with shorter hair lengths as you won't need to pin hair up that will fall out of a high bun style.
Step one: Before you start styling, brush your hair through and gently work out any knots or tangles. This will make the following steps even easier!
Step two: Apply Iron Straight Heatspray evenly from roots to ends before straightening your hair with a flat iron. This will protect your locks against heat damage (always, ALWAYS use a heat protectant!) and promote a smooth, sleek texture.
Step three: Finger-comb your hair and apply Strand-Smoother Serum Spray for an instantly sleek look.
Step four: Gather your hair back into a ponytail, securing tightly with a hair elastic. Use a brush to guide the hair, removing any bumps as you go.
Step five: Twist the pony into a bun shape and secure with as many bobby pins as you need. You want it to feel like it wouldn't move, even if you started doing the funky chicken on a trampoline. For extra detail, braid the pony before forming the bun.
Step six: Spray some Bold Control Hairspray into the palm of your hand and then smooth down the top and sides of your head to prevent and tame flyaways. Then, mist the style all over and you're done!


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Q: Storage space requirements for a varchar(40) column to store 'abcd' with charset 'ucs2' and 'utf8mb4'? I understand that if the length is > 255 it will require 2 bytes to store the length prefix. I just need to verify my assumptions. Please tell me the length prefix and the length of string('abcd') for charsets(latin1, ucs2, utf8mb4). For a varchar(20) column.
The documentaton says:

[...] For the string 'abcd', L is 4 and the storage requirement is five bytes. If the same column is instead declared to use the ucs2 double-byte character set, the storage requirement is 10 bytes: The length of 'abcd' is eight bytes and the column requires two bytes to store lengths because the maximum length is greater than 255 (up to 510 bytes). [...]

Reference: 11.7 Data Type Storage Requirements (Oracle | Docs)
I just don't understand why for 'abcd' with charset 'ucs2' it requires 2 byte length prefix even after it being less than 255.

A: abcd is all English, so:  9 bytes for ucs2; 5 bytes for utf8.  But...
UCS2 uses 2 byte per character (at least for 'western' letters).  I think it takes 4 bytes for most Asian characters.
utf8 (or utf8mb4) is a variable-length encoding.  English letters take 1 byte each; most European text takes 1 or 2 bytes per character.  Asian takes 3, sometimes 4 bytes per character.
latin1 has only 1-byte characters, so it is limited to English, plus some accented European letters.
But, but...
VARCHAR(40) stores up to 40 characters (not bytes) in whatever encoding is being used.  The disk space be 1 byte for length plus up to 4*40 bytes for text.  A long example would be 40 Emoji, taking 161 bytes.
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There is virtually no reason to use the CHARACTER SET ucs2 (or ucs4).  In particular, anything involving unicode or utf8 should use utf8mb4.
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But But But...
Re your comment about 10 bytes -- InnoDB will sometimes use 1 byte for the length, sometimes 2.  But the decision is based on all the columns in the table.  Your "40" does not force a 2-byte length, but some other column might.
The documentation says "For example, a VARCHAR(255) column ... (up to 510 bytes)".  So it needs 2 bytes since the max byte length is >255.  Your example is with "VARCHAR(40)", which is "up to 80 bytes" (<=255).


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Q: Reading from a textfile into an array into the C programming language How do I read into an array a string with space in it, delimited with semicolons from a textfile in the C programming language?
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"My Record; My Second Record; My Third"

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    for(i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
    fscanf_s(myFile, "%s", myRecords[i].title); /* this want read the records */
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    fclose...

A: The most obvious possibility would be to use the scanset conversion:
fscanf_s(myFile, "%[^;]", myRecords[i].title);


THE early queue at the box-office suggests that many who aren't season ticket holders have caught sight of who's written this week's play: Ian Pattison, progenitor of television's Rab C Nesbitt - so hopes are high for tranches of belly laughs along with the lunchtime pie and pint.
Mere seconds into this one-man monologue and Stephen Clyde has scored the first chortles of the day, banging his head off the table and cursing, in full-on character as the middle-aged Ivan, sitting at a laptop with a serious case of writer's block. The reason his creative flow is on hold? It's the tenth anniversary of his mother's death but he can't quite move on because she's still with him: there's an ornamental urn on the desk with her ashes in it, but it's inside his head that his old ma, Katie, is still alive. Filling his thoughts with memories, and reminding him of the unanswered questions he still ponders, about why he can't commit to relationships.
This is the deeply personal story Ivan wants to write but can't. He decides to tell it to us instead, with a dry, wry humour that Pattison seeds brilliantly into what becomes a touchingly bitter-sweet narrative. Clyde is soon doing all the additional voices: the doctors who deliver Katie's death-knell diagnosis, the nice caring hospice woman, but especially Ivan's unseen mother herself - and the words fill vividly with the Govan accents of a wee wumman who's had it hard but has stayed valiant. As death descends, this one-act - directed with care and understanding by Alison Peebles - brings loss centre-stage in a speech that witnesses the passing moment with a perceptive dignity. Prepare for laughter, but probably through tears.


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Q: Using Rest Api In Java I am using tomcat to deploy my war file and i have some rest api calls inside my war which actually starts a http server at a different port. When i pressed back button on my browser after my api call, i get this error. How can I resolve it?

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Test Your Sonic Knowledge, Win Prizes!
Home » Competitions » Test Your Sonic Knowledge, Win Prizes!
With Sonic's 21st birthday a mere 36 hours away (At least from the British perspective!), SEGA of America is offering its US-based fans the opportunity to win some awesome prizes!
All you have to do is pop over to SEGA's blog, read the rules and then answer a handful of simple Sonic themed trivia questions! Though be warned, there are a couple of techie Tegra-3 related questions thrown in for good measure.
There's a total of 14 prizes up for grabs, with the star prize being an ASUS Transformer Prime tablet PC!
Good luck if you plan to enter! The contest ends on June 30th, so make sure to get your entries in fast.
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Phyllodytes amadoi é uma espécie de anfíbio anuro da família Hylidae. O seu estado de conservação ainda não foi avaliado pela Lista Vermelha da UICN. Está presente no Brasil.

Ver também
Declínio das populações de anfíbios

Referências

Hilídeos
Anfíbios descritos em 2017
Anfíbios do Brasil
Fauna endêmica do Brasil
Fauna da Mata Atlântica


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In Defense Of Joseph Fiennes As Michael Jackson
Andrew Hopf
Get ready, y'all, cause this is a dry one.
In 1937, fresh off of the success of her first Academy Award, Luise Rainer was awarded the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as O-Lan in "The Good Earth," the film adaptation of Pearl S. Buck's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. This historic win contained two truths, only one of which was evident on that star-studded night: Luise Rainer was the first actor to win two consecutive Oscars (Spencer Tracy lost this distinction by one short year), and Hollywood deliberately and decisively rewarded cultural appropriation/historic whitewashing.
While Luise Rainer was an undeniably incredible actress, and her role as O-Lan deserved the numerous accolades which it received, in the spirit of fair play and equal opportunity, the role, destined for greatness, should have gone to a Chinese actress. However, we must keep in mind that this was Hollywood in 1937.
A mere two years later, Hattie McDaniel, rightfully awarded the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her derided, praised, resented and beloved role as Mammy in "Gone With the Wind," was forced to enter the Cocoanut Grove through the kitchen, was buttressed against one of the rear walls, an embarrassing distance from costars Vivian Leigh, Clark Gable, and Olivia de Havilland. Yet, despite these slights, as her name was called from the podium, as she made history, she waltzed gracefully, forcefully to the stage, accepting her award, in spite of the obviously demeaning role, with the pride that an actress of her caliber both deserved and necessitated.
Hollywood cares little for racial accuracy, except when it demeans the performer. This awful truth has been proven by producers and reiterated by moviegoers time and time again, yet that great cultural mammon nestled along America's Western shores has vehemently refuted it, offering paltry substitutions, making a multitude of efforts to placate our ever-increasingly socially conscious public. And how they fail.
These are the men who paid Elizabeth Taylor a record-shattering $1 million to portray Cleopatra in the 1963 feature film.
Who cast Mickey Rooney as I.Y. Yunioshi as the horribly stereotypical, bucktoothed Chinese landlord in 1961's "Breakfast at Tiffany's."
Who believed that Charlton Heston, the gun-toting all-American, could become a convincing Moses in their 1956 production of "The Ten Commandments."
Who chose Johnny Depp to bring "Tonto," that antiquated stereotype of a sidekick, to the big screen.
These widespread slights, be they racial, cultural, or ethnological, have steadfastly remained an integral part of Hollywood's illustrious history. And now, here we are in 2016, facing what many believe to be a similar problem.
(White) British actor, Joseph Fiennes, was recently cast as Michael Jackson in a short film regarding a notorious (yet unverified) road trip undertaken after 9/11 by cultural icons Marlon Brando, the aforementioned Liz Taylor, and the King of Pop himself, Michael Jackson. Many are upset by this choice of casting.
I, however, am in full support of their choice of actor.
By September of 2001, Michael Jackson, suffering from vitiligo, had a lily-white complexion, and while the motion picture industry retains a rich history of miscasting, this choice, though not encouraged, should be accepted.
Idris Elba would have one hell of a hard time in this role.
The ultimate goal of any movie is to transport the viewer, to remove them from reality. To undermine this goal by casting a black man to play 2000s-era Michael Jackson would be unfair to those who have poured their time and efforts into making this film.
While Michael Jackson was invariably and undeniably a black man, his outward appearance was white. This presents a terribly unique situation vastly different from any of the examples mentioned above. In "The Good Earth," "Cleopatra," "Breakfast at Tiffany's," "The Ten Commandments," and "The Lone Ranger", casting racially authentic actors to portray the respective roles would have only heightened the quality (or added a modicum of quality in the case of "The Lone Ranger"), engaging the viewer and fulfilling this shared purpose of films.
To do so in this particular instance would create an insurmountable bridge between the viewer and the movie.
We are correct in demanding a racially diverse and accurate cast in our feature films. Ultimately, however, this one rare instance necessitates that color be valued over racial accuracy to produce a movie of (hopefully) quality and substance.
Let Chinese actors play Chinese characters.
Let Mexican actors play Mexican characters.
Let Joseph Fiennes play Michael Jackson.


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Q: Correct way of sending IOS Bulk push notifications in PHP I am trying to send push notification on IOS using PHP there are 300,000 device tokens
I have written a small routine, on each execution the routine send notification to 100 devices, and after 1 second delay routine is executed again  and notification is sent to next 100 devices, routine is as follows
$body['aps'] = array('alert' => 'Energy is full',
        'sound' => 'default',
        'badge' => '0'
);

$url = 'ssl://gateway.push.apple.com:2195';
$ctx = stream_context_create();
stream_context_set_option($ctx, 'ssl', 'local_cert', 'ProductionCertificate.pem');
stream_context_set_option($ctx, 'ssl', 'passphrase', 'my pass phrase');
stream_context_set_option($ctx, 'ssl', 'cafile', 'trusted_ca.cer');

$fp = stream_socket_client($url, $err,
    $errstr, 60, STREAM_CLIENT_CONNECT|STREAM_CLIENT_PERSISTENT, $ctx);
if (!$fp) { return -1;}
    foreach($OneHundredTokens as $deviceToken) {
        $payload = json_encode($body, 256);
        $msg = chr(0) . pack('n', 32) . pack('H*', $deviceToken) . pack('n', strlen($payload)) . $payload;
        $result = fwrite($fp, $msg, strlen($msg));
    }

fclose($fp);

Some time this routine works perfectly fine, and i have seen sent notifications on devices.
However some times it gives following error

Warning: fwrite(): SSL: An established connection was aborted by the
  software in your host machine.

My Questions are:

*

*Is it a correct way to send bulk notification?

*I open a connection once and write data(notification) for 100 devices, and then close the connection, or is it better to open connection for each device token and then close?

*What is causing above error?

Findings
Sent approx 90,000 push notifications (100 in single connection open and next 100 after 1 second delay)
Approx 60,000 failed (fwrite failed) with above error and approx 30,000 push were successfully sent (fwrite returned positive integers indicating number of bytes written).


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Rockhal Box
Price: 46,10€ all fees incl.
Doors: 19:00
Organised by A-Promotions
Unfortunately, TEXAS' concert, initially scheduled at Rockhal on November 24th 2020, has had to be postponed to October 16th, 2021. The venue remains the same and all tickets remain valid for the new date. It is not necessary to exchange your ticket(s).
The magical Sharleen Spiteri and her band Texas have announced a triumphant return to Luxembourg, celebrating the 30th anniversary of Southside! The band will perform the album in it's entirety plus all the hits!
THE QWEST FREESTYLE CHALLENGE
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Stonehenge, Cotswold Villages, Avebury Stone Circles.
Exploring the heart of the Cotswolds.
Glastonbury - Tor, Town and Springs. Wells - Smallest City in England.
Twilight visit to Stonehenge. Also Avebury Stone Circle & Lacock Village.


Hello everyone! WD here! I'm welcoming you all to the A9 club!
It's an anime/manga by Hitoshi Tomizawa.
It's a story that takes place in the future, where 3 girls are chosen in their schools to be "alien fighters". What they do is, when an alien space craft lands on school grounds, the girls must round them up and cage them, with the help of their new friends, Borg.
Each girl is given an alien symbiote called "borg", which resembles a frog with wings. They protect the girls in battle, and in exchange, the girls allow them to eat the sweat off their body.
They go through series of tests and personal problems and struggle to adjust to their new duties.
Yuri is the main character. She's a bit of a complainer and never wanted to be an alien fighter. She constantly turns to the other two girls for comfort.
Kumi is a smart, brave girl who is very mature for her age. She takes it as a responsiblity to look after her friends.
Kasumi is a perfectionist at everything she does, even catching aliens, and she likes it.
To find out more about this great anime/manga, check out alien9.crossrealms.net and if you're a fan, join the forum!
to post the icon, type : iconalienine : except without the spaces between the : and the letters.
To submit fan art, please send a note with the link to the image. Please submit only up to 2 images per note. 1 note per week.
so I thought I'd just post and let you all know, we're still taking club members and fan-art!!!
I had no idea there was more than like, five people who know what Alien Nine was.
Uh, so, hey. Do you know where one would be able to get A9: Emulators?


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Paragraph 117
"States Parties are responsible for implementing effective management activities for a World Heritage property. States Parties should do so in close collaboration with property managers, the agency with management authority and other partners, local communities and indigenous peoples, rights-holders and stakeholders in property management, by developing, when appropriate, equitable governance arrangements, collaborative management systems and redress mechanisms."
Theme: 2.2.5.3 - Management systems
Source: OG Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention (WHC.19/01 - 10 July 2019)
"The Committee recommends that States Parties include disaster, climate change and other risk preparedness as an element in their World Heritage site management plans and training strategies."
Decision of the World Heritage Committee 35 COM 12E
15.c) "[The World Heritage Committee encourages States Parties to] (…) be proactive in relation to development and conservation of World Heritage properties by conducting a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) at the time of nomination to anticipate the impact of any potential development on the Outstanding Universal Value."
Theme: 2.2.5.5 - Impact assessment
Decision: 35 COM 12E
Paragraph 99
"The delineation of boundaries is an essential requirement in the establishment of effective protection of nominated properties. Boundaries should be drawn to incorporate all the attributes that convey the Outstanding Universal Value and to ensure the integrity and/or authenticity of the property."
Theme: 2.2.6.1 - Boundaries
"For properties nominated under criteria (i) - (vi), boundaries should be drawn to include all those areas and attributes which are a direct tangible expression of the Outstanding Universal Value of the property, as well as those areas which in the light of future research possibilities offer potential to contribute to and enhance such understanding."
"For properties nominated under criteria (vii) - (x), boundaries should reflect the spatial requirements of habitats, species, processes or phenomena that provide the basis for their inscription on the World Heritage List. The boundaries should include sufficient areas immediately adjacent to the area of Outstanding Universal Value in order to protect the property's heritage values from direct effect of human encroachments and impacts of resource use outside of the nominated area."
"The boundaries of the nominated property may coincide with one or more existing or proposed protected areas, such as national parks or nature reserves, biosphere reserves or protected cultural or historic districts or other areas and territories. While such established areas for protection may contain several management zones, only some of those zones may satisfy requirements for inscription."
Decision of the World Heritage Committee 35 COM 8B.46
7. "[The World Heritage Committee] considers that modifications to boundaries of World Heritage properties that are related to mining activities should be considered through the procedure for significant modifications of boundaries, in accordance with paragraph 165 of the Operational Guidelines, given the potential impact of such projects on Outstanding Universal Value."
Decision: 35 COM 8B.46
"A minor modification is one which has not a significant impact on the extent of the property nor affects its Outstanding Universal Value."
Theme: 2.2.6.3 - Minor modifications to the boundaries
"If a State Party wishes to request a minor modification to the boundaries of a property already on the World Heritage List, it must be prepared in compliance with the format of Annex 11 and must be received by 1 February by the Committee through the Secretariat, which will seek the evaluation of the relevant Advisory Bodies on whether this can be considered a minor modification or not. The Secretariat shall then submit the Advisory Bodies' evaluation to the World Heritage Committee. The Committee may approve such a modification, or it may consider that the modification to the boundary is sufficiently significant as to constitute a significant boundary modification of the property, in which case the procedure for new nominations will apply."
"If a State Party wishes to significantly modify the boundary of a property already on the World Heritage List, the State Party shall submit this proposal as if it were a new nomination (including the requirement to be previously included on the Tentative List – see paragraph 63 and 65). This re-nomination shall be presented by 1 February and will be evaluated in the full year and a half cycle of evaluation according to the procedures and timetable outlined in paragraph 168. This provision applies to extensions, as well as reductions."
Theme: 2.2.6.4 - Significant modifications to the boundaries
"Before States Parties begin to prepare a nomination of a property for inscription on the World Heritage List, they should become familiar with the nomination cycle, described in Paragraph 168. It is desirable to carry out initial preparatory work to establish that a property has the potential to justify Outstanding Universal Value, including integrity or authenticity, before the development of a full nomination dossier which could be expensive and time-consuming. Such preparatory work might include collection of available information on the property, thematic studies, scoping studies of the potential for demonstrating Outstanding Universal Value, including integrity or authenticity, or an initial comparative study of the property in its wider global or regional context, including an analysis in the context of the Gap Studies produced by the Advisory Bodies. This first phase of work will help to establish the feasibility of a possible nomination and avoid the use of resources on preparing nominations that may be unlikely to succeed. States Parties are encouraged to seek upstream advice from the relevant Advisory Body(ies) for this first phase as well as to contact the World Heritage Centre at the earliest opportunity in considering nominations to seek information and guidance."
Theme: 2.4 - Upstream Process
Paragraph 122 [footnote]
"Upstream Process: In relation to the nomination of sites for inscription on the World Heritage List, the "Upstream Process" comprises advice, consultation and analysis that occurs prior to the preparation of a nomination and is aimed at reducing the number of nominations that experience significant problems during the evaluation process. The basic principle of the Upstream Process is to enable the Advisory Bodies and the World Heritage Centre to provide guidance and capacity building directly to States Parties, throughout the whole process leading up to the preparation of a possible World Heritage nomination. For the upstream support to be effective, it should be undertaken from the earliest stage in the nomination process, at the moment of the preparation or revision of the States Parties' Tentative Lists.
The purpose of the advice given in the context of a nomination is limited to providing guidance on the technical merit of the nomination and the technical framework needed, in order to offer the State(s) Party(ies) the essential tools that enable it(them) to assess the feasibility and/or actions necessary to prepare a possible nomination.
Requests for the Upstream Process shall be submitted using the official format (Annex 15 of the Operational Guidelines). Should the number of requests exceed the capacity, then the prioritization system as per paragraph 61.c will be applied."
Decision of the World Heritage Committee 41 COM 9A
4. "[The World Heritage Committee] (…) recalls that, in order to be effective, the upstream support should ideally take place at an early stage, preferably at the moment of the preparation or revision of the States Parties' Tentative Lists."
Decision: 41 COM 9A
Decision of the World Heritage Committee 29 COM 5D
"The World Heritage Committee, (…)
4. Encourages States Parties to integrate the notion of historic urban landscape in nomination proposals and in the elaboration of management plans of properties nominated for inscription on the World Heritage List;
5. Also encourages States Parties to integrate the principles expressed in the Vienna Memorandum into their heritage conservation policies;
6. Requests the Advisory Bodies and the World Heritage Centre to take into account the conservation of the historic urban landscape when reviewing any potential impact on the integrity of an existing World Heritage property, and during the nomination evaluation process of new sites."
Theme: 2.7.4.2 - Historic Urban Landscapes
Decision: 29 COM 5D
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The challenges of early adulthood are all but universal. Many live away from their families for the first time, and many more struggle to enter the workforce. Following the 2012 census, it was reported by the United States Census Bureau that nearly 19% of the population has a disability. Despite making up nearly one fifth of the population, persons with disabilities continue to face higher rates of unemployment than the rest of the population. The willingness to work is there–just not the opportunity.
Having a disability should not be equated to having a disadvantage, yet sweeping generalizations and social stigma make it difficult for many to find fulfilling employment opportunities. After ten years of operation The Friendship Circle of Pittsburgh has seen many members face new challenges as they age. To accommodate these changing needs, several programs have been introduced to help members gain volunteer experience, improve their resumes, and explore how to form meaningful relationships in an adult setting.
Within The Friendship Circle's programming, there are several unique tracks geared to accommodate the needs of older members: Friends on the Town, I-Volunteer, and Everyone Contributes. These diverse programs allow members to participate in unique experiences, explore new interests, and develop pre-employment skills through volunteerism.
While only available to current members, the Friends on the Town program coordinates group outings for young adults of all abilities. Throughout the year, these programs consist of group dinners, outings to recreational events, and trips to sensory-friendly theatre performances. To help a diverse group of friends broaden their community involvement, The Friendship Circle and the Jewish Federation Volunteer Center collaborate to organize I-Volunteer events. These volunteer opportunities are open to anyone aged 18 to 45 and enable young adults of all abilities in the community to assist a variety of community organizations.
Everyone Contributes is a growing area of Friendship Circle programming that is engaging a growing number of young adult members. Through this volunteering track, individuals with special needs are able to assist in office work and at Friendship Circle events. The office assistants work with staff to explore their strengths in the workplace and develop career skills such as organization, data entry, and program planning. In the near future, this program hopes to expand to include more members and help pair them with apprenticeship opportunities with local businesses. If interested in becoming a community partner, contact The Friendship Circle at (412)-224-4440, or info@fcpgh.org.
Although many barriers continue to prevent persons with disabilities from fully participating in adult life, partnerships between local organizations and businesses are creating greater opportunities for young adults. The transition from the structure of the education system to the unpredictability of adulthood can be tumultuous for anyone. Regardless, the Pittsburgh community is filled with opportunities for people to give back and grow as an individual, regardless of age or ability.


A social, scenic ride from Mount Vernon across the Skagit Flats to view some tulip fields before the daily crowds build, then on to Anacortes for lunch (mile 26) at the Gere A Deli. This is a lovely ride using part of the Tommy Thompson trail and will include a loop around March point for eagle spotting. Great views of Fidalgo Bay. Although this ride is a bit of a drive (approx 1 hour from Lynnwood area) this gorgeous rural loop will make your drive worthwhile.
Directions: Start location is Edgewater Park on the Skagit River, near downtown Mount Vernon. Take I-5 north, exit Kincaid Street in Mount Vernon (exit 226), take left off the exit then follow signs thru downtown for highway 536 (this will be basically a right on S. Third then bearing left onto Division to cross the Skagit River bridge). As soon as you cross the bridge take the next left on Ball Street which will dead end at the park. Restrooms available at start. Park in the gravel lot near the play area and not by the restroom building.
Please arrive and have you and your bike ready by 9:50 so the group can have a briefing and roll promptly at 10am.
Bring water and snacks. Bring money to purchase lunch. Cue sheets are online for you to print.
Weather Cancellation: Steady rain will cancel and rain or showers during the ride may amend the route. If I need to cancel the ride I will post a message in the comments section of this posting by 7am on the day of the ride and will not be at the start. Be sure to check this before you make the drive! You may call or text me at the number provided.
Pre-register: If you have a basic free Cascade account you may preregister online by selecting the Register button at the top. If you are unable to make the ride you do not need to un-register or notify me. You are also welcome to sign in at the start.
Do you have an expected finish time for this event?
3pm would be an estimate however flat tires or mechanical problems are always an unknown.
We could see a stray shower here and there but overall the forecast looks good. If you believe forecasts. See you at the ride start.


Below is a sample schedule. See below the sample for the actual schedule of each retreat open for approximately three weeks before it begins. Once you have registered, please print it to bring for reference. It will also be posted throughout the retreat center. The schedule is designed to give a general sense of the flow of the day. Actual times may vary slightly from those posted. Any variations will be announced.
There are some long sits scheduled. We encourage you to adjust your involvement with the schedule as is appropriate. Feel free to pace your involvement, particularly if this is your first retreat. Experienced meditators may want to intensify their practice by meditating alone in their rooms to avoid the frequent breaks. On the other hand, first-timers may want to sit out a few periods to rest or take a walk.
For Newcomers, the required participation is to come to the Newcomer Meeting the first evening or day, your pre-assigned online session and to attend the daily technique instruction sessions (where guided meditation, training & Q&A is offered) each morning and as many dharma talks as you choose.
Others are completely free in terms of their participation. During meditation periods each retreatant may practice whatever form of meditation they feel most comfortable with, although the talks and guided meditation are all based on Shinzen's formulation of traditional meditation techniques. Commuters are also encouraged to participate in as much of the scheduled program as possible. To receive full benefit from the retreat, we recommend commuters limit phone calls and other everyday activities while at home. Please refer to the schedule for planning your arrivals and departures each day.
Retreatants are encouraged to alternate using a chair with sitting on the floor if the discomfort of sitting becomes a problem.


:: I was fortunate to be in the audience when WIC hosted a panel on how to scale your consulting practice. These amazing speakers had very consistent advice and not necessarily what I was expecting to hear.
These 4 women have really scaled their consulting practices to thriving businesses with numerous employees and contractors. And they didn't talk about hiring more sales or business development; they talked about trust, follow-up and process.
1. Trust – As their practice began to grow, adding employees and contractors required a high level of trust that came from long standing relationships. They had to bring in people they already knew for client facing activity. If they didn't have an existing partner to consider, they would have new employees work behind the scenes to assure a common understanding of quality and client satisfaction.
2. Follow-up – Do whatever it takes to assure quality as your name and reputation are on the line. If that means daily or weekly calls, do what is necessary to make sure that personal representation of your brand is engrained in each person who represents your business.
3. Process – Once you've been down that path a few times, further growth depends upon well-documented processes. No one – even long standing collaborators – can read your mind. Take the time to clearly document client engagement, employee and contractor onboarding, and other key processes that are essential to scaling your business.


Since cash inflows and outflows vary in amounts and intervals it can often get quite confusing in trying to figure how much we can afford to spend or save during any given month. Just because you have left-over cash this month doesn't mean it's actually available for spending. This calculator was designed to convert all inflows and outflows into their monthly equivalents making it easier to see how much you can really afford to spend during any given month. And because your household is just as much a business as any traditional business, I've set up the various sections in the same way most businesses would set up their cash flow worksheet.
Starting at the top and working your way down, complete and calculate the cash flows for each of the six sections. Be sure to click on each section's "Compute..." button before going on to the next section. Once you've computed the entire worksheet, including the Cash Flow Summary, you can then go back and edit your entries. Just be sure to recompute each section after editing. Once you're comfortable with your Cash Flow Forecast you can then click on the "Create Report" button at the bottom of the worksheet. This will create a condensed report in a new window that you print out and refer to when creating your spending plan (you may have to press CTRL-P in order to print the report).
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Example Accounts: A listing of the types of cash flow items recommended for the current section.
Inflow Description: The description you want to appear on the Cash Flow Report.
# of Pmts Per Year: Enter the number of times per year you typically pay or receive the given cash flow. If you typically pay your electric bill once per month, you would enter "12" as the # of Pmts Per Year. On the other hand, if you typically pay your auto insurance once every six months, you would enter "2" as the # of Pmts Per Year.
Amt of Each Pmt: Enter the average amount of the cash flow as it corresponds to the # of Pmts Per Year. In other words, if you make two payments of $200 for auto insurance each year, you would enter "2" in the # of Pmts Per Year field and "200" in the Amt of Each Payment field.
Monthly Amount: This is a computed field that calculates the monthly amount needed to be set aside for the given cash flow account. Upon clicking on the "Compute..." button the underlying equation divides the # of Pmts Per Year entry by 12, and then divides the Amt of Each Pmt by that result. For example, if you make two payments of $600 each year, the Monthly Amount field will give a result of "100" as the amount you'll need to set aside each month in order to have the $600 available when the payment comes due.
Balance Forward: This is a computed field that will show you how much of your cash inflow total is still available for allocation. If this number is negative, it means you've allocated more outflows than the total of your inflows.


RPA offers well being sessions to primary and secondary schools using performing arts as a tool to release young people from the effects of trauma. These sessions are delivered in term time within school hours and are an additional intervention, meeting young people's social and emotional needs and assisting young people to engage in school more effectively.
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