Khan, A., H. Al-Jahdali, K. L. Irion, and S. Koteyar. "Asbestos-the Silent Killer: A Review of Screening and Diagnostic Imaging of Asbestos Related Lung Disease". Chest Disease Reports, Vol. 1, no. 1, Sept. 2011, p. e13, doi:10.4081/cdr.2011.e13.


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Q: How to use http-delete from the shell Is it possible to send a HTTP DELETE request from the shell and if so, how?

A: curl -X delete URL

see (google cache, server seems slow) reference.

A: There are probably a lot of tools to do this, but the easiest, if you don't want to make sure those tools are available, might be to manually create your DELETE-request and send it to the server via telnet. I think the syntax is pretty much like this, although I've never used the delete command manually myself, only get and post.
DELETE /my/path/to/file HTTP/1.1
Host: www.example.com
Connection: close

There should be an extra newline (blank line) after the request to terminate it, but markdown won't allow me to do that. Store that in a file (or paste it in the console, if you don't want to use a script), then simply do
telnet www.example.com 80 < myRequest.txt

Of course, you can use a here-document as well.

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Question: How Can I Contact A Social Worker?
How can a social worker help families?
How can I find out if someone is a social worker?
What are the duties and responsibilities of a social worker?
How often are social workers attacked?
How long does Centrelink urgent payment take?
What can a social worker help me with?
How much do social workers earn a year?
What happens if someone reports you to social services?
How do I protect myself as a social worker?
Is social worker a stressful job?
Does Medicare pay for social workers?
How do I get a $1000 loan from Centrelink?
What is the main role of a social worker?
How do I ring Centrelink?
What are the roles and functions of a social worker?
What is a Centrelink urgent payment?
Why is a social worker calling me?
Why would a social worker come to my house?
What does a social worker do day to day?
What is an example of a social service?
How do I talk to a Centrelink social worker?
Can you refuse to speak to a social worker?
Is being a social worker dangerous?
How much is a hardship payment?
In addition to monitoring and assessing the needs of the child, social workers support the welfare of the family.
They do this by providing information and, where required, signposting families to services covering a wide range of subjects, from finance and employment to health and relationships..
Contact information can usually be found by clicking the "Contact Us" link. Contact the agency's customer service or switchboard operator line and give the person's last name. Ask the representative for the name and contact information for the caseworker assigned to individuals with that particular last name.
What does a social worker do?Identify those in need.Help people of all life stages cope with and solve everyday problems.Advocate for and develop plans to improve clients' well-being.Research and refer clients to community resources.Work with individuals, families or groups.Respond to clients in crisis situations.More items…
National prevalence rates for social workers' exposure to violence indicate that between 65% and 86% of social workers have encountered client violence at some time during their career (Beaver, 1999; Ringstad, 1995).
It allows money to be instantly transferred into a recipient's account. Previously, batch file processing delays resulted in a processing time of 24 to 48 hours.
The social workers main role is to help empower service users. We work with you and your family to tackle the negative effects of isolation, relationship difficulties, low income and lack of housing.
Job openings for Social WorkerCityAverage salarySocial Worker in Sydney NSW 174 salaries$83,355 per yearSocial Worker in Melbourne VIC 62 salaries$86,915 per yearSocial Worker in Illawarra NSW 28 salaries$81,324 per yearSocial Worker in Brisbane QLD 17 salaries$91,422 per year1 more row•Oct 16, 2020
Reporting someone to social services is nothing to fear. … Further, social services will not take any action against the person you report if they find no evidence of abuse or neglect. In fact, the report and the ensuing investigation will never become a part of the individual's record.
Remain calm and respectful with your clients. Do not raise your voice. Speak to them in an understanding manner, but maintain your authority and firmness should the situation call for it. Do not let them know if you are scared.
The social work field is rewarding, but it can also be demanding and emotionally taxing at times. … These job demands can factor into risk for burnout, defined as "a syndrome with dimensions of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced feelings of personal accomplishment" (Lloyd et al., 2002).
Not all social workers are approved to provide services under Medicare. … While this service is valuable, Medicare will only cover the services of clinical social workers who diagnose and treat mental, emotional and behavioral illnesses.
How do I borrow money from Centrelink?Sign in to myGov and select Centrelink.Next, click Apply for Advance.You will, now, be shown if you're eligible to apply or not.If you're eligible, click Get Started.Follow the steps to lodge your application.More items…
Social workers are responsible for helping individuals, families, and groups of people to cope with problems they're facing to improve their patients' lives. One aspect of this is teaching skills and developing mechanisms for patients to rely on to better their lives and experiences.
Contact us by calling +61 1300 1MYGOV (1300 169 468). Select Option 1.
Social Workers are often involved in teaching people about resources and how to develop particular skills such as budgeting, the caring discipline of children, effective communication, the meaning of a medical diagnosis, and the prevention of violence.
An urgent payment is an early delivery of a recipient's entitlement, which is made because the recipient is in severe financial hardship as a result of exceptional and unforeseen circumstances. Urgent payments result in a lower subsequent payment on the recipient's usual payment delivery day (1.1. D. 55).
Social workers become involved when someone from the community calls to report a concern about a child. The Child, Family and Community Services Act requires social workers to investigate child protection reports. These calls may come from professionals such as police, hospital staff and teachers.
In most cases, social worker visitations are performed to provide supervision to families who have been separated due to abuse, neglect, abandonment or drug and alcohol abuse. Social workers who work in child welfare settings are probably the most common providers of visitation services.
Social workers spend their days helping people with complicated psychological, health, social, or financial problems. They assist families in need and people who are the victims of abuse. They provide counseling, advice, and direction for people who would otherwise have no way of bettering their situations.
Social services include the benefits and facilities like education, food subsidies, health care, police, fire service, job training and subsidized housing, adoption, community management, policy research, and lobbying.
If you don't usually call Centrelink, you can call the Employment Services line on 132 850. Then, ask to speak with a social worker. This line's open from 8 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday.
You can refuse services. If you think the plan is not right for your child and family you should explain this to the social worker and other professionals. … If the social worker is not worried about your child's well-being, they may close the case.
Violence against social workers has become an inherent risk of the profession and undeniably one that needs to be addressed on a national scope. Social workers are frequently sent alone and unarmed to dangerous situations in neighborhoods that police do not enter without a partner and a gun.
Universal Credit hardship payments are paid at 60% of your usual UC payment. If your reason for applying for a hardship payment is particularly severe, you could get up to 80% of your normal payments. Circumstances in which you might a higher payment could be because you or your partner is pregnant or seriously ill.
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Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997)

reviewed by
Marty Mapes

                   ROMY AND MICHELE'S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION
                       A film review by Marty Mapes
                        Copyright 1997 Marty Mapes

*** (out of 4) ROMY AND MICHELE'S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION is nearly
flawless. That's not to say that it's great (or even good, necessarily),
but it does accomplish what it sets out to do.

It's been ten years since Romy and Michele graduated. They are still
living together, partying together, dieting together, and when there are
no cute guys, dancing together. Romy (or is that Michele?) works as a
cashier at a garage specializing in Jaguars, and Michele is unemployed.
Their lives are not defined by their jobs, but by their vanity, their
clothes, and their social life.

At work, Romy runs into her old classmate Heather (vibrantly played by
Janeane Garofalo, whom I hope we start seeing more of). Seeing Heather,
Romy realizes how much time really has passed. She talks Michele into
going back to Tucson for their high school reunion.

The two concoct a story to convince everyone back home that they are
successful businesswomen. To back up the story, they design their own
"business suits" and wrangle a Jaguar from Romy's work. When the show
up, they show up in style.

Woven into the story are the defining moments from ten years ago that
make us understand why these two are eager to return home -- both to show
themselves off and to see how their friends and enemies are doing.

ROMY AND MICHELE works well, at least in part, because it doesn't judge
the main characters too harshly. The movie is practically made of blonde
jokes, but the characters are always in on the jokes, if not telling
them. No jokes are made at the expense of their dignity.

The movie also has a joy for life that shines through all the rigors of
filmmaking. The scene that comes to mind is the fantastic pas de trois
dance scene at the end. The broad choreographed movements are funny, but
the dance continues and it's not just a joke. Romy, Michele, and their
partner (I won't give away who it is) seem to really be living life and
enjoying themselves. The rest of us, both on screen and in the audience
look on in jealous admiration of their dance of life.

Along the same lines, the events of the movie lead up to a moral, of
sorts. I feared that the moral would be some awkward lesson imposed by
the film's producer, not learned by the main characters. But when the
time came, the lesson was simple, not shallow, and quite appropriate to
the characters.

The movie gets off to a slow start. Some of the early jokes are obvious
and the timing is a little off. But even though the movie takes a while
to hit its stride, it is well worth the wait.

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Happy Friday to you! We're happy to see you back here for another recap this week and we hope you had a wonderful weekend. Around here, we've had a busy, post-holiday week as we released something brand new for you (more about that below). Okay, let's stop chatting and get into the nitty gritty of this post. Here's Chat with Nat: The Extended DID Inventory is Here!
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Even geeks and gamers who are permanently tethered to their PCs still need to shave, if only so their parents can recognize their son beneath all that facial hirsute.
Next to all the 09/09/09 product announcement hoopla this week, this little USB device probably won't even rate a blip on the tech radar. But we've always had a soft spot for USB accessories, particularly of the wacky encounter. And anything out of Thanko's USB stable merits just that as the Japanese vendor is known for putting a USB port on just about anything, from USB tie fans to USB-powered lunch boxes. Its latest target, the Electric Razor, clearly hasn't escaped that enthusiastic treatment.
That said, even geeks and gamers who are permanently tethered to their PCs still need to shave, if only so their parents can recognize their son beneath all that facial hirsute.
If you're not sure how effective a cheapo 3,500 yen ($37) USB electric shaver is in ripping trimming off those bristles, check out our sister site CNET Australia's hands-on with the iShaver. That was back in 2006, and they survived to tell the tale. That's a good thing, isn't it?


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Ruben Mata went on trial on November 20, 2006, in Santa Clara County, CA. He was charged and found guilty of three counts, summarized here:
a) Penal Code section 288(b)(1) Lewd or lascivious act on a child by force, violence, duress menace and fear.
b) Penal Code section 269 Aggravated sexual assault of a child under 14 and 10 or more years younger than the defendant, by violation of penal code section 288a, Oral Copulation, by force, violence, duress, menace and fear.
c) Penal Code section 269 Aggravated sexual assault of a child under 14 and 10 or more years younger than the defendant, by violation of penal code section 288a, Oral Copulation, by force, violence, duress, menace and fear.
Ruben Mata received 6 years for the first count and 15 for the second and 15 for the third.
Sentencing took place January 24, 2007, at the San Jose Hall of Justice.
Mata was sentenced to 36 years to life. He was not eligible for parole.
Mata died in prison on October 2, 2007.
OBITUARY from The Fresno Bee, Fresno, California at: http://www.fresnobee.com
MATA, RUBEN ROSALES — Services for Ruben Rosales Mata, 62, of Parlier will be at 10 a.m. Monday October 8 at Wallin's Parlier Funeral Home. Mr. Mata, a minister, died Tuesday, October 2, 2007.
Mr Mata labored in the following areas although the list is not comlete:
1982-83 Mexico, Guadalajara, Jalisco
1984-85 California List; Resting Parlier, CA
1985-86 California, Bakersfield
1986-87 Nevada, Northern
1987-88 California, Fresno
1989-90 California, Riverside
1990-91 La Paz, Baha California S (California List)
1992-93 Mexicali, Yuma & El Centro (CA List)
1995-96 To New Mexico (CA List)
1996-97 California, Bakersfield & Fresno
1998-99 California, Santa Maria & San Luis Obispo
1999-00 California List
2000-01 California List: Resting or helping as able, Parlier, CA
2002-03 Not found on List for California, et al
2007 Died October 2, 2007


SAP means Systems Applications and Products in Data Processing. It was started in 1972. It is also name of the ERP software as well as the company. It comprises of much number of integrated modules. It covers virtually with every aspect of the business management. It has more than 140000 installations with 25 specific business solutions and has more than 75000 peoples in 120 countries. It comes easier when while integrating when comparing to other departments. SAP includes modules like SAP MM, SAP PP, SAP HANA, SAP PP, SAP FICO, SAP BASIS, SAP ABAP, SAP BW, SAP BI, SAP HR, SAP SCM and SAP SD.
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One of the KFC diners is situated at 79 Station Road Addlestone, post code KT15 2AR, Addlestone. It is part of the county of Surrey. This branch's internal name is Addlestone - Station Road. Its customers come from neighbouring towns like New Haw. This spot is normally open on: Monday 11:00 - 22:00, Tuesday 11:00 - 23:00, Wednesday 11:00 - 23:00, Thursday 11:00 - 23:00, Friday 11:00 - 23:00. At weekends: on Saturday 11:00 - 23:00, on Sunday 11:00 - 22:00.


Explain it to me plz..
Discussion in 'iMac' started by rest44, Aug 23, 2007.
What´s the diference betwin a Core 2 Duo 2.4 for desktop and a Core 2 Duo at 2.4 for laptop (like the ones on the iMac).
I understand the laptop processors are designed to save energy and produce less heat.
But what´s the diference in performance? If there is one. Aren´t those 2 running at the same speed?
If they are similar in performance I don´t understand where are people complaining about laptop processors the iMac. If they are not similar, how big is the diference?
I really lack of knowlege in this area, and need some help from people who REALLY know this. Thanks.
The confusion is mostly due to the fact that there aren't a whole lot of sites out there doing comparison benchmarking between laptop and desktop processors. In this case, Intel's current lineup of cpu's all the way from the laptop parts to the server parts are based on the same centrino-derivative architecture. Clock-for-clock they're all the same, save for differences in bus speed (which are mostly insignificant).
So, a 2.4 laptop part is going to be basically the same as the 2.4 desktop part, but built to take less power to run (and be a lot more expensive).


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A seemingly innocent conversation soon turns into a nightmarish and dangerous reality for tennis star Guy Haines when he meets Charles Bruno on a train journey.
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Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) has launched the latest addition to its portfolio of next generation sequencing (NGS) products, xGen® Universal Blocking Oligos.
By incorporating these oligos into target capture experiments, users can decrease the complexity and increase throughput of their target capture experiment without degradation of performance.
Blocking oligos are commonly used to enhance the performance of capture experiments, through the prevention of cross-hybridization between adapter sequences. Adapters ligated to the DNA library before enrichment can hybridize to each other and cause an increase in off-target reads.
Blocking oligos bind to these adapters to prevent non-specific binding. However, when multiple samples are processed simultaneously, each adapter requires a unique blocking oligo, increasing the complexity of the experiment.
xGen Universal Blocking Oligos are able to bind to all indexed adapters using a single oligonucleotide sequence, removing the need for multiple oligos. As a result, researchers can more readily multiplex their experiments for cost-effective enrichment of 1000s of samples.
Universal Blocking Oligos join xGen Lockdown® Probes, which are individually synthesized 60-120 nucleotide 5'-biotinylated capture oligos, as part of a growing offering of NGS products. Each probe is designed to enable high depth sequencing and analysis of specific regions of the genome.
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Washington is loosening its ties to Rwandan President Paul Kagame, long a favorite of the donor community, amid allegations his government is stirring violence in neighboring DR Congo, analysts say.
Last week, in a statement slipped out without fanfare late Sunday, the United States said it was freezing its modest $200,000 in 2012 military aid to Rwanda — a move experts say represents a major shift in long-held US policy.
"As we have repeatedly said to the government of Rwanda, we have deep concerns about Rwanda's support to the Congolese rebel group that goes by the name M23," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said.
The M23 are Tutsi ex-rebels from the Rwanda-backed National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP).
They were integrated into the regular army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2009 as part of a peace deal that followed their failed 2008 offensive on the Congo's eastern city of Goma.
But the ex-rebels mutinied in April, demanding better pay and the full implementation of a March 23, 2009 peace deal, and have been engaged in running battles with the Congolese army in the eastern Nord Kivu region.
Kinshasa accuses Kigali of sponsoring the rebellion — a complaint supported by a UN panel, which said in June that Rwanda was supplying the rebels with arms and soldiers.
US State Department war crimes investigator Stephen Rapp even told the British daily The Guardian this week that Kagame could one day find himself charged with war crimes. The Netherlands also cut its military aid to Rwanda.
"It is really the first time we have heard strong words spoken against Paul Kagame in Rwanda by the US government. There is a real shift," said Richard Downie, expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
"This is a real change in tone. Rwanda will find itself in a unusual and uncomfortable position right now," he told AFP.
Since Kagame took up the reins of power of his African nation in 1994 ending a bloody genocide which left some 800,000, mainly Tutsis, dead, Rwanda "has been the darling of donors' community for so long," Downie said.
Former British prime minister Tony Blair is a special advisor to Kagame, and has been a steadfast supporter of Rwanda's development through his Africa Governance Initiative.
But the winds began to change in June with the publication of the United Nations report.
John Campbell, from the Council on Foreign Relations, said: "The report the UN experts produced provided a clear evidence of Rwandan meddling in Eastern Congo. It is a careful and credible report.
There have long been tensions between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Rwanda has been accused on several occasions of aiding Tutsi forces in DR Congo to combat Hutu rebels on its western border. It charges the Hutu rebels with joining the 1994 genocide and says they remain a threat to their country.
Kigali sent troops into the DR Congo from 1996-1997 and then between 1998 to 2002, before moving to act through proxy militias, experts say.
French journalist and expert on the region, Pierre Pean, told AFP the US decision could mark a major shift in regional policy.
It could "perhaps signal the beginning of the end for the soldier Kagame and his license to kill and pillage since 1994 as well as a revision of American policy in the Great Lakes region," he said.


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LNG Market News - Japan
(Source: Nikkei Asia 29/Nov/2021)
Japanese power companies bet on 'zero-emission thermal'
Industry tries to buy time for fossil fuel plants as pressure to go green mounts
TOKYO -- At Japan's biggest coal-fired power plant, Hekinan, plans are underway to transform one of its generators to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by 20% by 2024. The ultimate goal for the plant's operator, JERA, is to make its thermal plants carbon neutral by burning alternative fuels such as ammonia and hydrogen.
Doing so, the thinking goes, will allow these facilities to keep operating despite increasing environmental pressure to phase out fossil fuels.
JERA, a joint venture of Tokyo Electric Power Company and Chubu Electric Power, owns about half Japan's thermal power capacity for coal, oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG). The company is aiming for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
"[We] are looking to combine renewable energy and thermal power ... while making good use of existing assets," Ryoichi Ozaki, manager of JERA's technology development unit, told Nikkei Asia regarding the company's strategy.
Ammonia and hydrogen are seen as cleaner alternatives to coal because they do not emit carbon dioxide when burned. Using them as fuel for thermal power plants is part of the "zero-emission thermal" approach that has gained support of the Japanese government.
"Converting existing thermal power generation into zero-emission power generation is a necessary path," Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said in his speech at the U.N. Climate Change Conference, COP26, in Glasgow, Scotland, in November. Japan has formally made ammonia and hydrogen part of its latest energy policy, and will launch projects worth $100 million to convert fossil fuel-fired power plants to zero-emission thermal power in Asia.
JERA may also take its zero-emission ambitions abroad. When it announced a $1.58 billion investment in Philippine utility Aboitiz Power in September, JERA President Satoshi Onoda said the company "will consider introducing zero-emission thermal [technologies] at Aboitiz Power's power plants in the future."
Other power companies and equipment manufacturers are also betting on the ammonia- or hydrogen-fueled thermal power as part of their green transitions.
J Power, a smaller domestic peer of JERA, plans to gradually phase out coal-fired power and achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Its approach includes a process known as coal gasification, which turns coal into a gas to extract the hydrogen locked inside, which is then used as fuel. It is also working to offset carbon emissions through carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS).
Like JERA, J Power, is feeling the heat on fossil fuels. Just this year, it cancelled a plan to build a new coal fired power plant in Yamaguchi Prefecture, in western Japan. And Japan's power plant operators are not the only ones facing a dilemma.
The Asia-Pacific region still mostly relies on fossil fuels for power, accounting for 79% of global coal demand, according to the International Energy Agency. At the same time, many governments, including those of Japan, South Korea and China, have pledged to reach carbon neutrality in the not-too-distant future.
That leaves companies in the region facing the risk that their hefty investments in fossil fuel power become stranded assets -- essentially worthless.
Carbon Tracker, a British think tank, estimates that listed operators of coal-fired power plants have $121 billion of assets globally at risk of becoming stranded, if the world reaches net-zero emissions by 2060. Of the plant operators, 90% are listed on Asian stock exchanges. Some of the most exposed companies include India's NTPC, Korea Electric Power and J-Power, which has about $4 billion of assets at risk, according to a recent Carbon Tracker report.
But there are questions over whether zero-emissions thermal is the answer to this problem. "We do not consider CCUS, nor any co-firing option [in the asset risk assessment, because] in the short term, they are not economically feasible," Lorenzo Sani, a power analyst with Carbon Tracker, told Nikkei Asia.
There are also technical hurdles to overcome. In the case of JERA's Hekinan trial, for example, the retrofitted boiler can burn a fuel mix of up to 20% ammonia. The technology to burn 100% ammonia is not yet available, according to Ozaki, who added that it would "very likely require major remodeling of the boilers" to do so.
The issue of cost is a particularly tricky one for power companies in Japan, experts say. "As a premise, the cost inevitably rises [to achieve] carbon neutrality," compared with conventional coal and gas combustion, said Ryosuke Torii, a partner at Boston Consulting Group.
Japan's industry ministry estimates that by 2030, the cost of building and operating new solar power plants could become cheaper than any other source of energy, at 8.2 yen (7 cents) per kilowatt-hour. The cost of coal and gas fired power are estimated at over 10 yen per kilowatt-hour, while onshore and offshore wind could range between 9.9 yen to 26.1 yen.
Even if renewable energy becomes cost competitive, however, Japan will still need to add a substantial amount of battery storage capacity or maintain a baseload of thermal power for times when the wind isn't blowing and the sun isn't shining, according to Torii. This could change the cost calculation.
"It is very possible that the cost of renewable energy will not decline as much in Japan [as in the U.S. or Europe]," he said.
"Batteries are also expensive, so zero-emission thermal could be cheaper, compared with them," he added.
Torii suggested that for some, relatively younger facilities, companies might be better off "extending their life by making investments to reduce carbon, such as mixed combustion, CCUS or better efficiency."
Equipment makers like Mitsubishi Heavy Industries are also turning to zero-emission thermal to guard against leaving its customers with devalued assets. MHI's coal-power clients are shifting to LNG, using the company's combined-cycle gas turbines. LNG is seen as a cleaner alternative to coal, but it is still a fossil fuel.
MHI's current gas turbine systems for LNG can be fueled by up to 10% hydrogen, which cuts their carbon dioxide emissions by the same amount.
While power plant operators and equipment makers continue to explore zero-emission thermal, environmental organizations often dismiss such technologies as CCUS and mixed combustion.
"It is risky to include these in any concrete plans because if they are not realized in time, these plans fall apart, when it will be too late to limit the warming of the Earth," said Eri Watanabe, a finance campaigner at 350.org Japan.
Greenpeace Japan has also criticized ammonia co-firing as "experimental [and] in its technological infancy." The environmental pressure group, in a recent report, said the technology is aimed merely at "extending the life of coal-fired power plants" and is "a bailout to thermal coal-based corporations and turbine manufacturers."
There are also debates over how the ammonia or hydrogen are obtained in the first place. Extracting ammonia and hydrogen from fossil fuels emits carbon dioxide, which has to be offset, while obtaining ammonia or hydrogen using renewable energy is costly.
"When it comes to 2050, it is necessary to consider nascent technologies, to a certain degree," said BCG's Torii. Still, companies should not bet on one scenario, "because that would be an inflexible plan."


Music	noon – 6 p.m.
Grease Pole	noon – 5 p.m.
Kids Wheelbarrow Race	1-2 p.m.
Kids Potato Sack Race	2-3 p.m.
Kids Three-legged Race	3-4 p.m.
Kids Water Balloon Toss	4-5 p.m.
Craft Show	10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Carnival	11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
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Grease Pole	noon – 4 p.m.
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"Disney on Ice" New Zealand Tour will have "Moana" Segment Performed in Maori Language
The Disney on Ice shows by Feld Entertainment (via Ice Follies and Holidays on Ice, Inc.) and Disney have been entertaining audiences around the world for close to 40 years now. What's great about the productions is that they're renewed annually, so repeat attendees are sure to see something new when they get to see it regularly, year to year.
This year's Disney on Ice presentation, "Dare to Dream," features new ice-choreographed interpretations particularly of 2016's animated film "Moana." What's more amazing perhaps is, as the tour goes worldwide and performs in New Zealand, they're planning to do the "Moana" segment in the Maori language.
New Zealand is the primary home of the Maori, a Polynesian people who also contribute in the islander depiction seen in Disney's "Moana." In fact, the film even got an official version dubbed in te reo Maori, with Maori New Zealander actress Rachel House reprising her role as Moana's Gramma Tala from the original English.
Nicole Field, producer of Disney on Ice "Dare to Dream," said the decision to use the Maori language for the "Moana" segment in the country is a salute to the movie's cultural significance in the Pacific island nations, and to the people of New Zealand who flocked to watch "Moana" during its premiere in 2016.
The show will be held in three cities during its New Zealand stop. The "Moana" in te reo Maori will be done in one performance of the whole "Dare to Dream" production for every city it's in. Tickets for the show will go for as low as NZ$33 starting April 1, not an April Fools.
Anyway, here are the stops of the Disney on Ice 2019 tour in that country.
Auckland – August 2-4, Spark Arena
Hamilton – August 8-11, Claudelands Arena
Christchurch – August 17-18, Horncastle Arena
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package org.apache.syncope.client.cli.commands.task;

import java.util.Arrays;
import javax.xml.ws.WebServiceException;
import org.apache.syncope.client.cli.Input;
import org.apache.syncope.common.lib.SyncopeClientException;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

public class TaskExecute extends AbstractTaskCommand {

    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TaskExecute.class);

    private static final String EXECUTE_HELP_MESSAGE = "task --execute {TASK-ID} {DRY-RUN}\n"
            + "          Dry run: true / false";

    private final Input input;

    public TaskExecute(final Input input) {
        this.input = input;
    }

    public void execute() {
        if (input.parameterNumber() == 2) {
            try {
                boolean dryRun = true;
                if ("false".equalsIgnoreCase(input.secondParameter())) {
                    dryRun = false;
                } else if ("true".equalsIgnoreCase(input.secondParameter())) {
                    dryRun = true;
                } else {
                    taskResultManager.notBooleanDeletedError("dry run", input.secondParameter());
                }
                taskResultManager.printTaskExecTOs(Arrays.asList(
                        taskSyncopeOperations.execute(input.firstParameter(), dryRun)));
            } catch (final WebServiceException | SyncopeClientException ex) {
                LOG.error("Error executing task", ex);
                if (ex.getMessage().startsWith("NotFound")) {
                    taskResultManager.notFoundError("Task", input.firstParameter());
                } else if (ex.getMessage().startsWith("DataIntegrityViolation")) {
                    taskResultManager.genericError("You cannot delete task " + input.firstParameter());
                } else {
                    taskResultManager.genericError(ex.getMessage());
                }
            } catch (final NumberFormatException ex) {
                LOG.error("Error executing task", ex);
                taskResultManager.notBooleanDeletedError("task", input.firstParameter());
            }
        } else {
            taskResultManager.commandOptionError(EXECUTE_HELP_MESSAGE);
        }
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}


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September 2018 /
By Donna Hoke
We're back in the kitchen where new fashions, conveniences, and materials enter the market at a staggering rate. The good news is that, because kitchens are one of the most expensive rooms to make over, their design is often less about trend than evolution. But if you're looking to redo—a little or a lot—here's some of the more recent innovations and designs.
Banquette seating
You go to restaurants and request a booth, but then, at home, stick to the table-and-chair model. You don't have to. Bench/booth seating is finding its way back into the kitchen in styles not seen since the eighties. A particularly popular option is having a comfy bench on one side and chairs on the other, so everybody's happy and you still make good use of space. Pillows make a nice addition to the bench, particularly if it rounds a corner.
Eat-in kitchens
We've finally admitted that we don't use the formal dining rooms and instead find ourselves crowded around even the smallest kitchen table. New designs are embracing that and making room for even larger tables in the kitchen. Of course, the aforementioned banquette seating makes it easier to work with smaller spaces, as well.
You've seen them sneak into the bathroom, but now, in streamlined and simple kitchens, black faucets and lighting fixtures are adding to the aesthetic. Black doesn't show dirt—a bonus in the kitchen—but be sure to throw in other black accents to prevent a single one from being jarring. Matte black stainless appliances are on the rise and complement this design choice. Of course, all that black means pops of color create sharper lines and contrasts.
For those who want a little less severity, darker hues are a stylish substitute for black. Yep—we're back to navy and hunter green.
Flat front cabinetry
Adorning cabinet fronts with hardware, curlicues, molding, and add-ons seems as if it's always been the trend, but the move toward clean looks has given way to flat cabinet doors that show off nothing but the materials or a color. Cabinets become a backdrop rather than the focus.
No upper cabinets
We're such slaves to storage that it's logical that this idea hasn't really presented before now. But with larger, eat-in kitchens and a slimming down of stuff, it's here. Kitchens without upper cabinets feel big, open, airy, and—because we're not used to the look—bare. But consider that none of your other rooms have walls cluttered with storage; it makes sense. Also consider what you can use those walls for instead, like vaulted ceilings, windows, and art.
Built-in sinks
One of the most practical innovations to come along in a while, the built-in sink could be an expensive proposition, but there's nothing not to love about it. An upgrade from the undermount—which alone is far superior to the overmount that allowed dirt to crust under the lip of the sink—this built-in takes it to the next level by making sink and counter seamless, elegant, and easy to clean.
Everywhere you can afford it, basically. But consult a designer before investing; marble can look messy if it's not done right.
Not just for countertops, but walls and islands as well. Be careful not to go too light in color, or you might get a prison effect. Fortunately, concrete is a versatile material that can be customized with texture and color that best suit your taste.
Square was never really out, but now it's really in. If you haven't updated your kitchen since the eighties, you're in luck! To be uber trendy, go with square Spanish tiles. You can even use them on the floor, where ceramic flooring is taking over.
Hidden range hoods
Because who ever thought those metal monstrosities above the island were attractive?! Now they're tastefully camouflaged by cabinetry, marble, and plaster.
Statement light fixtures aren't going anywhere, but under cabinet lighting adds layers that allow optimal lighting for both cooking tasks and atmosphere.
Integrated appliances
A cousin to hidden range hoods, integration puts all the appliances in the closet, so to speak. The result is a kitchen that doesn't look like a kitchen. Instead, it's a relaxing room that's just as aesthetically pleasing as the rest of the home when you need it to be, but a fully functioning food prep and cook place as well.
Smart kitchens
Everything from motion sensors on your faucets—so you can wave your hands under them just like you do in public restrooms—to refrigerators that tell you when you've run out of milk are making high-tech kitchens straight out of The Jetsons. See Tech House on page 92 for the latest kitchen smart sense.
Pet-friendly kitchens
We've long childproofed homes, but pet-centric homeowners are now seeking kitchens with feeding stations, built-in sleeping areas under the islands, or toys in corners.
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package ru.job4j.comparator;

import org.junit.Test;

import static org.hamcrest.core.Is.is;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.greaterThan;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.lessThan;
import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;

/**
 * ListCompareTest.
 *
 * @author Dmitriy Serov
 * @version 0.1
 * @since 19.08.18
 */
public class ListCompareTest {
    /**
     * Test.
     */
    @Test
    public void whenStringsAreEqualThenZero() {
        ListCompare compare = new ListCompare();
        int rst = compare.compare(
                "Ivanov",
                "Ivanov"
        );
        assertThat(rst, is(0));
    }

    /**
     * Test.
     */
    @Test
    public void whenLeftLessThanRightResultShouldBeNegative() {
        ListCompare compare = new ListCompare();
        int rst = compare.compare(
                "Ivanov",
                "Ivanova"
        );
        assertThat(rst, lessThan(0));
    }

    /**
     * Test.
     */
    @Test
    public void whenLeftGreaterThanRightResultShouldBePositive() {
        ListCompare compare = new ListCompare();
        int rst = compare.compare(
                "Petrov",
                "Ivanova"
        );
        assertThat(rst, greaterThan(0));
    }

    /**
     * Test.
     */
    @Test
    public void secondCharOfLeftGreaterThanRightShouldBePositive() {
        ListCompare compare = new ListCompare();
        int rst = compare.compare(
                "Petrov",
                "Patrov"
        );
        assertThat(rst, greaterThan(0));
    }

    /**
     * Test.
     */
    @Test
    public void secondCharOfLeftLessThanRightShouldBeNegative() {
        ListCompare compare = new ListCompare();
        int rst = compare.compare(
                "Patrova",
                "Petrov"
        );
        assertThat(rst, lessThan(0));
    }
}


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How Michael Flynn's firing could help fix US foreign policy
By Zack Beauchamp@zackbeauchamp Feb 14, 2017, 2:52pm EST
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It's less than a month in to the Trump administration, and we have the first truly major scandal: National Security Adviser Michael Flynn's resignation after damning evidence emerged that he talked with the Russian ambassador about US sanctions on Russia before taking office, and then misled both the press and the vice president about it.
There are a lot of unanswered questions about Flynn's call with the Russian ambassador. It's still unclear, for example, when President Donald Trump found out about Flynn's actions. Trump said on Friday that he didn't know anything about the scandal. Then on Tuesday, Press Secretary Sean Spicer said that Trump had been reviewing the situation "daily" for a while now. But the palace intrigue shouldn't overshadow the policy implications here: This is a major, major development in the new administration's approach to foreign policy.
Flynn was the most extreme voice on Trump's foreign policy team, a striking contrast with the more stolid Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Flynn advocated for teaming up with Russia to fight ISIS, has said that "fear of Muslims is rational," and endorsed bringing back torture of suspected terrorists. He is a living, breathing instantiation of the worst foreign policy instincts of the Trump administration.
So with Flynn gone, the key voices in Trump's national security are all of a sudden a lot more level-headed. This suggests that a recent, under-heralded trend — the Trump administration floating radical ideas that quickly fall apart — might not be an aberration.
It might become the norm.
In the first three weeks of Trump foreign policy, radical ideas keep getting shelved
(Alex Wong/Getty Images)
After Trump's victory in November, foreign policy scholars and professionals were terrified that Trump would throw out the largely bipartisan approach that has shaped American foreign policy for the last 70 years. That fear was rooted in Trump's friendliness to Russia, his skepticism of traditional American alliances like NATO, and his truly extreme views on Islam.
In the weeks and months following the election, Trump and his team floated a series of ideas that, if implemented, really would have amounted to a radical reorientation of American foreign policy:
About two weeks after the election, Trump's pick for CIA Director, Mike Pompeo, tweeted that the administration would "roll back" the Iran deal.
On December 3, President-elect Trump spoke directly with Taiwan's president, which no US president had ever done. The call was reportedly part of a long-planned initiative to provoke China by threatening the "One China" policy, a US commitment to seeing China and Taiwan as one country that should eventually be reunited.
In mid-December, Kellyanne Conway told reporters that moving the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem was a "very big priority" for the administration. Every US administration had refused to do this prior to an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal, as the move would signal that the US didn't care about a two-state solution and further destabilize the situation there.
In the December 29 phone call to Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak that would eventually get him fired, Flynn reportedly implied that the Trump administration would eliminate sanctions imposed by the Obama administration as punishment for Russia's hack of the US election.
In Trump's first week as president, draft executive orders that would reopen CIA black sites and slash US funding for UN programs leaked to the press.
We're three weeks into the administration, and pretty much all of this has fallen by the wayside.
The Iran deal is still intact. Trump told Chinese President Xi Jinping, in a phone call, that he would abide by the One China policy. The Jerusalem embassy move has been abandoned, according to Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Bob Corker. Obama's Russia sanctions are still in effect. The executive orders reopening black sites and defunding the UN have both been shelved.
This pattern of reversals and backtracking has been overshadowed by scandal and controversy: stories about the Muslim ban, coverage of the Senate confirmation hearings of Trump's extreme or unqualified Cabinet picks, and bizarre incidents like Trump's call to Australia's prime minister. All of those point to real and very serious issues with the Trump administration.
But when it comes to foreign policy proper, not immigration or diplomatic etiquette, the Trump administration hasn't done much to change America's approach to the world. On key issues where it seemed like they had a plan for major revisions, they've done very little. The result is that US foreign policy is more or less the way Obama left it.
Flynn's departure could make normalcy the norm
(Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Of course, it's only been three weeks. And President Trump is famously mercurial, known for changing his mind based on the advice of the last person he spoke to.
But that's actually why Flynn's departure is such a big deal. Flynn was one of Trump's longest-standing counselors, one of the few Cabinet members who joined Team Trump during the campaign. The national security adviser is also an exceptionally important post. The NSA's key job is helping the president sort through the intelligence and policy ideas coming from various government agencies, essentially deciding what the boss sees and helping him interpret it.
Flynn, in other words, was in a unique position to fundamentally shape the way that Trump sees the world — and push him toward the more radical positions that the two of them embraced during the campaign.
Defense Secretary James Mattis, by contrast, is an arch-establishmentarian. On his first day, he called NATO allies to reassure them that Trump was committed to America's traditional approach on Russia and Europe. His first foreign trip was to visit America's chief Asian allies, Japan and South Korea, to reassure them that America still had their backs.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson appears to have a similar agenda to Mattis's. He was endorsed by foreign policy stalwarts like former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, people who deeply support maintaining the foreign policy status quo. In his confirmation hearings, Tillerson expressed opposition to some of the more radical Trump ideas (like moving the US embassy to Jerusalem and tearing up the Iran deal).
With Flynn in office, the stage was set for a major clash between leading agencies. The National Security Council, under Flynn's command, would have been pushing a radical agenda on things like Russia, ISIS, and NATO while Defense and State, lead by Mattis and Tillerson, sought to maintain the foreign policy status quo. With Flynn gone, the balance of power shifts dramatically.
It's hard to imagine someone more radical than Flynn replacing him, simply because there aren't very many people with views that far outside the mainstream who could also conceivably do the job. The names already floating around Washington for his replacement, like retired Adm. Robert Harward and retired Gen. David Petraeus, are known for having more typical views. We could end up in a situation, then, where the entire national security architecture is united in pushing Trump toward basically centrist, normal foreign policy.
This wouldn't guarantee normal foreign policy from the Trump administration. Steve Bannon, arguably the president's closest aide and the key force behind the Muslim ban, has even more aggressive foreign policy views than Flynn. But it'll be much harder for Bannon to win out if the national security adviser is aligned against him and with the rest of the foreign policy principles.
"His best weekend on foreign policy as president"
Over the weekend, you started to see what a more normal Trump foreign policy might look like.
As Trump welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to his estate at Mar-A-Lago over the weekend, North Korea tested a new missile, and the press, meanwhile, was feverishly reporting on the Flynn scandal. It seemed like a recipe for a disaster, a Trump tantrum or tweet that would embarrass the leader of a key ally — but things were actually fine.
"If you just measure on what the president actually did, this was his best weekend on foreign policy as president," says Peter Feaver, a professor at Duke University who served in the George W. Bush administration. "He had good personal diplomacy with Abe, said things about the [US-Japan] alliance the establishment wanted him to say, and he didn't overreact to North Korea. But no one is talking about that."
You could say the same thing about Trump's meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday. Trump didn't pick a public fight about NAFTA or refugees, two issues where Trump and Trudeau's priorities have come into conflict. Instead, he managed to have a snoozefest of a press conference and a pretty standard summit about women in business.
This is not to say that the Trump administration is handling foreign policy well. Feaver's bar for success is that Trump "didn't overreact" — a case of what his old boss Bush called "the soft bigotry of low expectations" if I've ever heard one. Good foreign policy presidents don't just fail to screw things up; they actually accomplish things that improve America's strategic position and make the world a better place.
But given how worried the foreign policy community was about Trump coming in, very few people in Washington would be upset if Trump's record ends up being a blank page.
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Interlochen Arts Academy Pianists to Perform on April 19
April 6, 2010 — by Hope PR
A group of 11 piano majors from Interlochen Arts Academy will perform a 70-minute recital of classical piano music on Monday, April 19, at 1 p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel at Hope College.
Selected from a department of 34 piano majors, these high school students from freshman through senior grades are from Indonesia, China, Russia, Vietnam, Japan and Korea, as well as the United States. They are touring four cities in Michigan over a two-day period.
The diverse program will feature music by Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, Ravel, Rachmaninoff, Bartok and Turkish composer Fazil Say.
One of the students is a "Gilmore Fellow" who will be performing in a master class at the Gilmore International Piano Festival in Kalamazoo.
The students will be accompanied by academy piano faculty members Dr. Michael Coonrod and Dr. Thomas Lymenstull.
The winter educational program at Interlochen includes 465 students from the United States and other countries around the world, in a vigorous academic schedule complementing a fine arts program with majors in music, dance, theater, visual arts, creative writing, and the new film, design and production major. The piano curriculum includes private lessons, master classes, chamber music, as well as piano literature, theory and keyboard skills classes.
In addition to performing in Holland, the group is also appearing in Owosso, Commerce Township and St. Joseph.
Dimnent Memorial Chapel is located at 277 College Ave., on College Avenue at 12th Street.
Address on Career Benefits of Even Basic Foreign Language Understanding
The French Cultural Studies Colloquium at Hope College will conclude its year with the presentation "The Accidental Globalist: A discussion of the significant career benefits provided by even a basic understanding of a foreign language" on Monday, April 19, at 4 p.m. in the Fried-Hemenway Auditorium of the Martha Miller Center for Global Communication.
Seniors Named to Phi Beta Kappa
Sixty-two of Hope College's graduating seniors and recent graduates are being initiated into the Zeta of Michigan chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's oldest scholastic honorary society.