Over the years I have been privileged to attract amazing and diverse group of buyers and collectors which many of them are very close friends .We either were friends to start with or my work connected us.
It is extremely encouraging for me when I sell my work and I know that I create a special bond with the people that hang a piece of my soul on their wall.
I have dedicated this section of my website to my beautiful supporters .Some have been those key figures that have been with me from the begining encouraging me to keep going and others have joined my collectors gang recently and helping me grow and connect .
Many are artists themselves or true supporter and collector of art, I have short bios or text included undereach image but as the webs it's template is designed for artworks only it doesn't allow hyper links or flexibility with text.please copy paste the links to check the websites .
This is an ongoing project and many have not yet sent me their selfportrait but I'm excited to finally launch this section to encourage everyone else to join in and I know that I need a seperate website dedicated to this.
Meanwhile I present to you some of my beautiful buyers ,the order that they appear is based on the time that they bought their first work from me.
"Roozbeh tries to find little beauties in life and constantly feed his curiosity, while his life keeps him busy with his job as a software architect and the usual daily routines of it. Reading, listening to music of various kinds, philosophising on life and the universe, travelling, and watching good movies are among his interests. He had the pleasure of meeting Maryam and being captivated by her work and her beautiful persona as he was still a teenager living in Tehran. He later moved to Canada and after spending about 10 years on the west coast, he decided to experience life in Europe. He now lives in the vibrant city of Munich."
Soheila Ghodstinat Is an actor, poet, writer, and lyricist who moved to Florida from London in 2011. Prior to her move, she was involved with and collaborated with many cultural and educational organizations in the United Kingdom.Her acting carrier includes performing in high standard museums such as Victoria and Albert (V&A), Tate Modern and roles in a number of theatrical performances as well as a small role in the award winning movie, "For a Moment Freedom". Her novel, "A Journey to Starland" was first published in 2003 and the second edition was published in 2005 in the United Kingdom. She has also published a collection of her poems in 2007 and 2010.
Lucy Thane is an artist film maker based in East London.
She makes character based interactive Site-Specific, Promenade and Theatrical Performance. Notable works include 7000 Year Old Woman, 2009; A Sailor went to Sea, 2010; and she is currently working on "I am not a village"
Kamran was founding member and member of the Management Board of Iranian Community Centre (ICC) established in 1983 in London to provide legal advisory service to the growing population of asylum seekers and was a founding member of United4Iran-London. He is currently a Board Member Arseh Sevom (Third Sphere) is a non-governmental organisation established in 2010 in Amsterdam, aiming to promote peace, democracy, and human rights. In his spare time, he is a Risk Director at State Street Bank in London.
Comissioned work by Mojgan Kazeroonian in 2010 a reproduction of one if my sold works .
In addition to co-running SyncPoint, an audio post production company specialising in creative film, TV and games sound design, he is currently completing a Masters in Sound Design at The National Film and TV School.
Jade French is an inclusive artist and researcher who predominantly works alongside people with a learning difficulty to explore the intersections of art, disability & social change.
Currently Jade is a Ph.D researcher at The University of Leeds conducting a collaborative study with Halton Speak Out, 'Art as Advocacy?'art gallery.
Jade also writes regularly for Liverpool based arts and culture magazine The Double Negative and for the UK wide Disability Arts Online. Jade is the project lead for the 'Arts & Social Change Network', a doctoral researcher forum spanning three Russell Group Universities in Yorkshire, and is employed as an Advisor by Positive You training.
From the long tradition of Indo-Persian miniature paintings, Saima combines techniques from historic imagery with her own contemporary and sensitive aesthetics, resulting in her unique style. Her work addressed gender, social and political issues. Technically her paintings employ subtle brush strokes and microscopic rendering technique like those from a miniature painting are painstakingly employed to produce an image, this in turn leaves poetical outlines and gives these paintings their distinctive character.
Raquel was living in our house at the time she bought the work.and now it's with her in Spain.
Pierluigi is an enthusiast about art, photography, video and digital culture.
Born in Montreal, Canada he has lived in Sydney, New York, Mexico City and Genoa, Italy. This multidisciplinary visual artist now calls London his home. Pierluigi has shown his photography and video work in art galleries and international Film Festivals, he has worked in the club land as VJ Fluid and has collaborated with many DJs and other visual artists to enhance the atmosphere of the local dance-bar scene wherever he lives.
My earliest memory of semiprecious stones is when, as a child, I went to mineralogical museum. It was magical experience, so I was returning there many times to admire this incredible formations. I spent hours there being amazed how cleverly nature has designed them. My affection for stones had fading and finally I lost my interest towards them and forgot my teenage passion.
Some years later, I have started making adorns using silk ties from my vast collection. I have background in textiles so I always admired ties for their diversity. Soon, I have started learning silversmithing and plunged into the world of working with stones and metal. Now I'm mesmerised with them again.
I work on small scale. I do believe there is more genuineness to the things made slowly and carefully, on a small, human scale. I live on small scale too.
I want to escape from dépêche fashions and must-haves bonding people to buy more and more to safeguard themselves from becoming outcasts. I have chosen to live in the World of simple pleasures of doing and making things with my own hands.
Making jewellery isn't a quick process. I don't wan it to be quick. Even simplest design may take long time as I connect with every single piece I make. I take my time till the moment my creation fully satisfies me. Nothing is random, nothing is rushed. I often employ an experiment or controlled accident to get satisfying result. All my work is a balancing act between accidental and carefully executed forms.


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Knife-wielding New Jersey felon jailed second time in four days after dog poop fight
On Tuesday, police in Englewood, New Jersey arrested 53-year-old Larry Dungey for the second time in four days for pulling a knife in arguments over Dungey's dogs. According to NJ.com, Dungey had only been home from jail for two days after his last arrest when police were summoned to his home for a disturbance involving a weapon.
"I really can't remember someone getting arrested twice, within days of each other, over dogs, and both times involving an assault with a knife," said Detective Captain Tim Torell of the Englewood Police Department. "This is one for the books."
Last Thursday night, Dungey was walking his dogs when they jumped on a neighbor, frightening the man and starting a dispute in which Dungey stabbed the neighbor in the hand with a six inch knife. Dungey, who has previously served time for a burglary conviction, was taken into custody and charged with second-degree aggravated assault, possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon.
Monday evening, Dungey and his roommate got into an argument about Dungey's dogs defecating in their house. The dispute quickly escalated and Dungey grabbed a knife and threatened to stab the man before fleeing.
The roommate called police, who arrested Dungey when he returned home at 1:00 a.m. Tuesday and took him back to the Bergen County Jail, where he was charged with domestic violence assault by menace and more counts of weapons possession.
Dungey is currently being held on $81,500 bond.
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In this article we are going to demonstrate how the UBI works "under the hood" by looking at the underlying game logic.
The game makes some vast simplifications of how a national economy works – it is after all designed to be a learning experience rather than a mirror of how the world actually works.
The imaginary country, country, Lilliput, has 10 million inhabitants.
We use the concept of support quote. This is the ratio of people in work to people outside the workforce. To simplify matters we include everyone in the workforce of working age even if they can't work or can't find work.
UBI comes out of social costs as the logic of the game rests on the supposition that there is little room to take UBI from essential services. The graph below was generated based on UBI increasing from 50% of subsistence level by 10% per round ending up about 50% of the average wage.
You will notice that State income increases when UBI is paid out. This is because the simulation takes into account that VAT is collected from UBI-takers spending their income.
State income comes from three sources: VAT, tax on work (see below for a more detailed explanation) and "Other". Other includes tax on capital. In our scenario other remains at 20% whilst players can decide on tax on work and VAT. The engine produces graphs like the one below. The example comes from a test run where VAT is raised slightly, and all other taxes remain at the same level.
Another vast simplification is wages and taxes. In our fictive country we use the Swedish model where of the total wage costs, 30% go to employer's tax, 30% go to municipal and state taxes and 40% is left to spend.
We use Lilliput dollars as a unit of accounting, very roughly one dollar is one Euro. So the average wage is $L 3000 a month and the subsistence level is $L 1000. We also assume a normal wage distribution curve, which is not the case in developed economies but it simplifies calculations.
To demonstrate how decisions in the game show up in the graph engine, wages are given a start position of 50, and UBI and the minimum wage are plotted accordingly. VAT here is 25% at the start, raised at subsequent rounds, as is UBI. UBI after VAT and Wages after UBI are compared in this way.
If you or your organisation would like to take part in a UBI simulation, please contact us via the CONTACT page.
Read more about our UBI simulation here.


Photo Left: The finalists for the 2016 Massachusetts Nonprofit Excellence Awards. Photo Right: Kristy Lee of New England Cable News with BELL CEO Tiffany Cooper Gueye and YMCA of Greater Boston CEO James Morton at the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network's Nonprofit Awareness Day Excellence Award Ceremony at the Massachusetts State House.
Boston, MA - June 27, 2016 - BELL (Building Educated Leaders for Life) was recognized on Monday as one of four finalists for the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network's Excellence Award in Collaboration during the 8th Annual Nonprofit Awareness Day Celebration at the Massachusetts State House.
The organization received accolades for its growing Power Scholars Academy programs operated in partnership with the YMCA of the USA. The partnership effort will expand from 20 cities in 2015 to 52 cities this summer, serving more than 5,500 scholars in grades K-to-8 compared to 2,200 last year. In Massachusetts, the partnership will help BELL to serve additional scholars in Boston, Holyoke, and Brockton.
During the summer months, children who lack quality learning experiences tend to lose academic skills over the school break. Such losses - which equate to two months of grade-level skills each summer - accumulate year after year. Studies have shown that by the end of eighth grade, summer learning loss can account for 66 percent of the achievement gap between low- and high-income students.
The Power Scholars Academy program, built on BELL's evidence-based model, blends rigorous, small-group academic instruction with high-quality camp-like enrichment and community engagement activities. It operates 6.5 hours per day, 5 days per week, for 6 weeks. Y staff and teachers from public schools, who are trained and supported by BELL, deliver the program at schools for students in grades K-8 who are struggling academically and who lack access to summer learning opportunities in their community.
BELL and the Y-USA first launched the PSA summer program with a trial in 2013. The program expanded to eight cities in 2014 and then 14 in 2015. Also last summer, BELL and the Y developed the Power Scholars Camp as a second programming option for local YMCA associations in six additional cities. The Camp program adds academic instruction into the middle of existing summer-long camp programs at local Ys.
In addition to positively impacting scholars' academic performance, Power Scholars Academies and Camps strengthen scholars' social skills, keep scholars physically active, and provide scholars with nutritious meals. According to the student's teachers, nine out of 10 students increased their self-confidence and improved their attitude toward school. The Power Scholars Academy also helped nine out of 10 parents become more involved in their child's education.
PSA programs are provided free of charge to families in the communities where they operate. Local Y's, Y-USA, BELL and public school partners share responsibility for program cost. The three nonprofit organizations raise philanthropic support from local and national sources, while school districts contribute facilities, utilities, meals, etc.
The Y is one of the nation's leading nonprofits strengthening communities through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. Across the U.S., 2,700 Ys engage 22 million men, women and children - regardless of age, income or background - to nurture the potential of children and teens, improve the nation's health and well-being and provide opportunities to give back and support neighbors. Anchored in more than 10,000 communities, the Y has the long-standing relationships and physical presence not just to promise, but to deliver, lasting personal and social change. Visit www.ymca.net.
BELL is one of the nation's leading nonprofit providers of quality expanded learning programs for children in grades pre-K-8. Its mission is to transform the academic achievement, self-confidence and life trajectories of children living in low-income communities. BELL serves more than 15,000 scholars in public schools across the country through its summer and afterschool programs. Visit www.experienceBELL.org for more information.


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Levitation of disbelief
Roger Ebert June 22, 2006
Scott Mechlowicz (left) gets some sage advice from Nick Nolte, a philosophical mechanic.
If "Peaceful Warrior" were not based on a true story, I might have an easier time believing it. It's the kind of parable that is perfectly acceptable as the saga of Mr. Miyagi, but when the movie opens with the words "inspired by true events," I get edgy. I keep wondering what "inspired" means. Did Dan Millman, the author of the book that inspired the movie, really meet a man who could levitate?
What I do believe is that Nick Nolte can play a man who can levitate. Nolte sounds a note of weary clarity in the film; when he utters self-help cliches ("stop gathering information from outside yourself and start gathering information from inside"), he underplays it so well and looks so serious that we think maybe he knows this first-hand.
Nolte plays the only attendant at an all-night Texaco station that looks so old-fashioned, it could be the Fatal Gas Station in a horror movie: You know, where the sinister old scarecrow in overalls tells the kids to turn left and go down the old dirt road into the swamp. This station, however, seems well-lighted and orderly, and Nolte's character is always busy under the hood of a car. "This is a service station," he says at one point. "We offer service. There's no higher purpose."
He has such conversations with Dan Millman (Scott Mechlowicz), a character based on the author of the 1980 self-help best-seller that has inspired the movie. Dan is a gymnast on the Berkeley team, a hot-shot who's always trying out risky stuff in the gym. Once, after a nasty fall, his coach tells him: "Nobody on this planet can do what you're trying to do."
Dan is out jogging the first night he meets the Nolte character, who he eventually thinks of as Socrates. As he's leaving, he turns back and finds that Socrates is now standing on the roof of the station, 15 feet or more above the ground. How did he do that? Later, Dan also wants to know how Socrates appears in his bedroom during sex, and on top of a beam in the gymnasium. Quizzed on such puzzles, Socrates has helpful answers such as pointing to his forehead while saying, "Take out the trash, Dan."
Dan's motorcycle hits a car and he breaks his femur in 17 places. This is inspired by the real Dan's accident in which he broke his leg in 21 places. Told he will never compete in gymnastics again, he contemplates suicide, but eventually finds himself back at the service station, where Socrates shares such wisdom as, "The journey is what brings us happiness, not the destination." I was happy to hear this, because it explains what Godard meant when he said, "The cinema is not the station, the cinema is the train."
The story arc of "Peaceful Warrior" is so familiar that in addition to being inspired by fact, it is inspired by at least two-thirds of all the sports movies ever made. To quote myself (this situation has come up before): I can't give away the ending, because it gives itself away. Oddly enough, it's not the plausible stuff like the gymnastics that fascinates me in the story, but the mystery of Socrates. Does Socrates even exist? Is his gas station really there? If Dan bought himself a Baby Ruth from the candy machine, could he eat it? Of course these questions betray me as hopelessly focused on realism.
Sometimes in an imperfect movie there is consolation simply in regarding the actors. You possibly have the impression that Nick Nolte has been in a lot of commercial hits and is, or was until recently, an action star. But run his name through IMDb.com, and you'll discover that he is, and essentially always has been, an art-film actor. Yes, he had some big hits, but "48 HRS" was a breakthrough at the time, and when he does a superhero epic, it's the inventive "Hulk" by Ang Lee.
Nolte has been through some hard times, and posed for at least one mug shot that went around the world. He has picked himself up and patched himself back together, and is convincing as a wise survivor. A movie based on his life might have the same parabola as Millman's, if you substituted drinking for gymnastics. There is a sense in which the role of Socrates speaks to him more loudly than to Dan, and that sense makes the performance sort of fascinating.
All the rest is formula: The coach, the team, the training, the accident, the comeback. The fact that doubles and visual effects are used for some of the gymnastics stunts is obvious, but not objectionable, because of course they are. But it's funny, isn't it, how the most amazing stunt in the movie is performed off-screen. How did he get up there?
The Novice
See for Me
Peaceful Warrior (2006)
Nick Nolte as Socrates
Scott Mechlowicz as Dan Millman
Amy Smart as Joy
Tim Dekay as Coach Garrick
Paul Wesley as Trevor
Ashton Holmes as Tommy
Agnes Bruckner as Susie
B.J. Britt as Kyle
Ray Wise as Dr. Hayden
Victor Salva
Based on the book by
Dan Millman


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Q: Shortest distance between a line segement and a point in three dimensions (3D) I've been building a program in MATLAB off of an excellent thread describing how to find the shortest distance between a point and a line segment in 2D (Shortest distance between a point and a line segment). I need a function that does essentially the same thing as this previously answered question but in 3D instead of 2D and in MATLAB.
None of the top comments for answers to this previous post are in MATLAB so I'm having some trouble understanding what's going on behind the scenes in this code. Maybe some of you smarter or more skilled out there can help me convert this to a 3D MATLAB code?
The line segment would be defined as two points S1 (x1,y1,z1) and S2 (x2,y2,z2) and the point is simply a single coordinate Pnt (x3,y3,z3).
EDIT: There seems to be a little confusion here. I really do mean line segments not an infinite line. I've attached the code that I'm working with. I'd like to add that this code which I've modified was originally written as part of a comment in the above linked thread and the original author Peter Karasev deserves credit for it.  As is, the code works in 2D, and I've commented in 3 lines which are a start to make it 3D (vz, uz, and at lenSqr).  My specific question is that I really don't understand what's going on mathematically with detP and how I can make detP and the subsequent if statements work in 3D.
The inputs are as defined above in the original question text.
function r = PointToLineSegment3D( S1, S2, Pnt )
% r = PointToLineSegment3D( S1, S2, Pnt )

vx = S1(1)-Pnt(1);
vy = S1(2)-Pnt(2);
% vz = S1(3)-Pnt(3);

ux = S2(1)-S1(1);
uy = S2(2)-S1(2);
% uz = S2(3)-S1(3);

lenSqr= (ux*ux+uy*uy); % +uz*uz
detP= -vx*ux + -vy*uy;

if( detP < 0 )
    r = norm(S1-Pnt,2);

elseif( detP > lenSqr )
    r = norm(S2-Pnt,2);

else
    r = abs(ux*vy-uy*vx)/sqrt(lenSqr);
end
end

A: Just define A and B and P as column vectors. Then any point X on the line AB has the form
X = A+t*(B-A)

for some value of t.
And certainly the line XP must be perpendicular to the line AB, that means the corresponding scalar product must be zero:
0 == (A+t*(B-A) - P)' * (B-A) == (A-P)'*(B-A)+t*norm(B-A)^2

This implies
t = (A-P)'*(B-A) / norm(B-A)^2

Then it is just a matter of calculating the distance XP which is
d = norm(X-P)

so
d = norm(A+t*(B-A)-P)

So you just need to use the third and the fifth line of code that I've posted here and if I made no mistake you're good to go.

A: C++ im not sure that it is right answer but some times it work)
test data: Pnt=[1 1 1]; S1=[0 0 0]; S2=[0 3 3]; ans=1.0
#include<iostream>
#include<math.h>
#include<stdio.h>
#include<vector>
#include<iterator>
#include <iomanip>

using namespace std;
int main()
{

double vx,vy,vz,ux,uy,uz,r=0,lenSqr,detP, c,tmp;
int i;
vector<double>copy;
vector<double>Pnt;
vector<double>S1;
vector<double>S2;

for(i=0; i<9; i++)
{
    cin>>c;
    copy.push_back(c);
}
for(i=0; i<3; i++)
{
    Pnt.insert(Pnt.begin(), copy[i]);
//  cout<<copy[i]<<endl;
}
    copy.erase(copy.begin(),copy.begin()+3);
    copy.shrink_to_fit();
for(i=0; i<3; i++)
{
    S1.insert(S1.begin(), copy[i]);
}
copy.erase(copy.begin(),copy.begin()+3);
copy.shrink_to_fit();
for(i=0; i<3; i++)
{
    S2.insert(S2.begin(), copy[i]);
    copy.erase(copy.begin());
}
copy.shrink_to_fit();

/*
vector<float>Pnt(3,1.0);
//for(i=0; i<3; i++)
//cout<<Pnt[i];

vector<float>S1(3,0.0);
//for(i=0; i<3; i++)
//cout<<S1[i];

vector<float>S2;
S2.insert(S2.begin(), 3.0);
S2.insert(S2.begin(), 3.0);
S2.insert(S2.begin(), 0.0);

//for(int i=0; i<3; i++)
//cout<<S2[i];
//cout<<endl;
*/

vx = S1[0]-Pnt[0];
vy = S1[1]-Pnt[1];
vz = S1[2]-Pnt[2];
//cout<<"V: "<<vx<<vy<<vz<<endl;
ux = S2[0]-S1[0];
uy = S2[1]-S1[1];
uz = S2[2]-S1[2];
//cout<<"U: "<<ux<<uy<<uz<<endl;

lenSqr= (ux*ux+uy*uy+uz*uz);
//cout<<"lenSqr "<<lenSqr<<endl;
detP= (-vx*ux ) + (-vy*uy) + (-vz*uz);
//cout<<"detP "<<detP<<endl;

if( detP < 0 )
{
//  r = norm(S1-Pnt,2)
    for(i=0; i<3; i++)
    {
        tmp=pow((S1[i]-Pnt[i]),2);
        r += tmp;
//      cout<<"r: "<<r;
    }
    r = sqrt(r);
    cout<<fixed<<r;
}

else if( detP > lenSqr )
{
//  r = norm(S2-Pnt,2);
    for(i=0; i<3; i++)
    {
        tmp=pow((S2[i]-Pnt[i]),2);
        r += tmp;
//      cout<<"r: "<<r;
    }
    r = sqrt(r);
    cout<<fixed<<r;
}
//if(detP <= lenSqr || detP>=0)
else
{
//  r =norm( abs(cross((S2-S1),(S1-Pnt)))/sqrt(lenSqr));
    float i1,j1,k1;

i1 = uz*vy-uy*vz;
j1 = ux*vz-uz*vx;
k1 = uy*vx-ux*vy;
//cout<<"I J k: "<<i1<<j1<<k1<<endl;
r=sqrt(pow(i1,2)+pow(j1,2)+pow(k1,2))/sqrt(lenSqr);
cout<<fixed<<r;
}

return 0;
}

A: For future users who find this question, this is the code that I've made to work in 3D in MATLAB. This does not work for an infinite line only a line segment.
function r = PointToLineSegment3D( S1, S2, Pnt )
% r = PointToLineSegment3D( S1, S2, Pnt )

vx = S1(1)-Pnt(1);
vy = S1(2)-Pnt(2);
vz = S1(3)-Pnt(3);

ux = S2(1)-S1(1);
uy = S2(2)-S1(2);
uz = S2(3)-S1(3);

lenSqr= (ux*ux+uy*uy+uz*uz)

detP= -vx*ux + -vy*uy + -vz*uz;

if( detP < 0 )
    r = norm(S1-Pnt,2);

elseif( detP > lenSqr )
    r = norm(S2-Pnt,2);

else
    r =norm( abs(cross((S2-S1),(S1-Pnt)))/sqrt(lenSqr));
end
end

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Mercenaries - any new Steam achievements planned?
Thanks for mentioning Founders in the game credits!
Beta 4 0.72 Quantum Leap (Enlightenment V) research per planet bonus off by a factor of 10?
Noob question: What is the criteria for military victory?


Children of authoritative parents were found to be less spiteful and agressive while children of permissive and authoritarian parents were found to have higher levels of anger.
Household chaos and a lack of routine was found to impact on children's ability to regulate emotions, particularly for children with low stress hormone levels.
Influenza vaccines were shown to significantly reduce infections in children aged between two and four who attended day care.


My sister keeps on giving me all the updates about pujo over phone. She told me all about her shopping plans, the two tops she picked up from the new store near my house, the pandal that is yet to come up, the excitement in her class about the dabangg moves and how will it culminate during pujo. Yes! another year, another pujo which I am going to miss. I remember my 1st year in NALSAR when my parents came down to Hyderabad to celebrate the pujo with me. On Ashtami morning I visited one of those heavily sponsored Bengali Association Pujos in the city. To say the least, I was heartbroken. Pujo for me or for that matter for every one from Calcutta does have many more connotations of jhari mara, phuchka khawa, maddox, notun sari, hal fashiner juto, shoe bites, biriyani, chinese and many more attached to it than the very obvious religious rituals. I worship the goddess Durga through out the year (though it never assumes the ritualistic skyscraper levels which some of my friends indulge in), but for me pujo is special for it's never to be understood enigma. what do they call..ah! yes, pujor gondho. For the first time that year, I had cried in front of the idol. The emotions had the better of me because I missed Calcutta, home and everything that a nostalgic bong feels. My family was there to comfort me. and thanks to them I managed. Since then I have missed many more and this year will not be an exception. But for me during those 4 days- time comes to a stand still and moves to a time when the sky donned up a darker shade of blue- the time when shoshti mornings meant mapping up all the best idols in the city, lunch in china bowl while cracking sad jokes, navami nights meant baba's dhunuchi nach followed by the jog dance for which we gulped down biriyani at bedwin and ran twinkle toed to grab front row seats. The time when Ashtami mornings meant the grouping up of girls- me, didibhai, mam didibhai, masume, pamela to fight with the boys over the charge of the microphone…..To tell you the truth, I think am growing old. Pujo has put me in a time bubble out of which I am yet to come out. I doubt whether all my friends will be that free on a shoshti morning now. I am sure they wont be. Our half yearly get togethers (when I get home) are pushed back to that weekend when they are free from office.
Today I was having a conversation with a junior form 1st year (fresh blood you see!) and like every other conversation where two bongs are involved it gradually turned towards the revered topic of Durga Pujo. He was talking about Maddox Square, girls and the aura. That's when I realised, the grass had been really greener on that side. Only that the patch of green is long past me.
I so wish my NALSAR years do not end…this fifth year mirth continues. Eighteen till I die? what say? eh!


The plan to dismantle and privatise the NHS, and the welfare state was planned years ago by the Conservative Party, their chums and their business partners, long before the General Election. Three generations have been born into the finest of Labour's creations, and are so now familiar with it that they have come to believe it is an intrinsic part of life in Britain, so that to imagine life without it seems surreal. Basically, complacency has set in. Voters believed Cameron's lies, didn't listen to them as apathy reigned, or if they did they had lost all faith in an impotent voting system, and the supposed democratic system which so many fought to preserve.
of a serious conflict of interest. Tricky questions are asked about the profits which American insurance giant Unum (1) stands to make from its massive media push on income protection cover, promoted as the answer to the latest tough welfare reforms the insurance company Unum.
Think Left's post, "Who said, "The NHS will be shown no Mercy"? " (2) discussed documented evidence of public meetings as long ago as 2007, which David Cameron was aware of, and yet there was denial. If any one of us were to perjure ourselves in a court of law, it is most probable that we would be found guilty of perverting the course of justice or fraud. How have we come to be in a situation where in the highest court in the land, in the House of Commons where laws are made, it is permissible to lie? Is it surprising that apathy results? And in the recent case of the Workfare programme, (3) where the government have been found have acted unlawfully, how can we tolerate the abuse of power such that laws can be changed retrospectively to let themselves "off the hook"?
This radio broadcast (4) on Radio New Zealand's Saturday Morning on Saturday 15 September 2012 presents facts about the BBC and British Press avoided to tell.
Wealthcare: UK govt bill opens up NHS to private profiteering" shows the BBC, how it failed to inform or adequately analyse, the implications of the Health and Social Care bill.
A bill restructuring the UK health service has been passed by parliament in spite of mass protests against the controversial reforms. Opposition accuses MPs of pandering to private interests, signing the death warrant of free healthcare in the UK.
In March 2013, Dr Lucy Reynolds (6) from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine talks frankly about the future of the NHS.
Unlike in the 1980s, when they fell for the bribes, – see article "If you see Sid"(7), – people are beginning to realise the trap, and the implications of handing over essential services such as water and energy to profiteers. What else do they seek to own? Our schools, our prisons, our armies, our fire-fighters, our communication systems and our health-care? What power remains? The blackmail caused by fear of homelessness, starvation and disease? To allow such powers to control school curriculum is permit brainwashing a population. To control healthcare, so that only those who can pay can survive is the ultimate power.
The fear and the challenge for future governments is how to reverse the process which has resulted in transfer of the power from 99% of the people to a very rich minority. In such a case, the world lives in a plutocracy (10), where control rests with few. In order to protect their assets, they have ensured states sign up to treaties far beyond the terms of current governments. We see inexcusable waste resulting where people are unemployed, a manufacturing industry which has been dismantled, and a dependency on cheap imports. All this is to suit financial markets.
It is not enough to do nothing. Being silent and hoping you'll be the one who survives is the action of a fool, as previous wars have taught. Ostrich Politics is no answer. There is no easy solution to reverse the global crisis, and civilisations have fallen before, but we ignore it at our peril.
Where there is division of society, there can be no recovery. When man fights man, where women are silenced by oppression, we are doomed. But there are more of us. Their power is money. Ultimately money is nothing more than a tool. True power comes from the earth, the resources in it, and the labour of people to work the land.
Positive Money puts forward policies where money becomes a tool again, and is put to use to get the real economy working again. The idea of people working for banks like hamsters on treadmills is not only unsustainable, but so obviously immoral and unworkable, and ordinary people know this. We must insist on honesty from the politicians whose job it is, is to work for the people.
A better framework for international co-operation for social development.
We need to build a world where we recognise true values, with Macroethics (see New Economics Perspectives) (15) , and without that we all are doomed, and that will be the destiny for every one of us.
Welfare Reform and the Insurance giant Unum.
Owen Jones : Independent: Why did so many Labour MPs accept this brutal, unforgivable attack on vulnerable people?
Think Left on MMT – The UK is not broke and does not need to borrow to reverse cuts.
New Economics Perspectives: Without and Effective Macroethics, our Civilisation is doomed.
Is George Osborne failing or Succeeding Brilliantly?
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Seems UNUM and Wicks has been mislaid, nice dreaming, Burnham will reverse eh, the blind leading the blind indeed , you will all be taking out PHI no matter who is in power.


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For Trump, Tax Fraud Case Just One Of Several Legal Problems
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York jury convicted Donald Trump's company of tax fraud Tuesday, a verdict that could damage the Republican politically and adds to an already long list of legal headaches as he mounts another run for president.
While Trump was not personally charged in the Manhattan district attorney's tax case, he faces other inquiries. They include a criminal investigation over top secret documents found at his Florida estate, probes in Georgia and Washington into his efforts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election, and more probes in New York.
Trump has denied any wrongdoing and says he is being targeted by Democrats trying to keep him from reclaiming the White House.
Here's a look at the probes underway in different states and venues:
The Justice Department is investigating the retention of top secret government documents at Trump's Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago, and potential efforts to obstruct that probe.
As part of that inquiry, agents and prosecutors have spent months interviewing multiple people close to Trump, including an aide who was seen on surveillance video moving boxes of documents at the property.
A grand jury in Washington has been hearing evidence in the investigation. Prosecutors last month granted limited immunity to one close Trump ally to secure his testimony.
Attorney General Merrick Garland last month named Jack Smith, a veteran war crimes prosecutor who previously led the Justice Department's public integrity section, to serve as special counsel over the Mar-a-Lago investigation and key aspects of a separate probe into efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
2020 ELECTION AND CAPITOL RIOT
The Justice Department is investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and efforts to overturn the election Trump falsely claimed was stolen.
Federal prosecutors have been especially focused on a scheme by Trump allies to elevate fake presidential electors in key battleground states won by President Joe Biden as a way to subvert the vote, issuing subpoenas to multiple state Republican party chairmen.
Federal prosecutors have brought multiple Trump administration officials before the grand jury for questioning, including the former Trump White House counsel and a top aide to Vice President Mike Pence.
In a sign of the expanding nature of the investigation, election officials in multiple states whose results were disputed by Trump have received subpoenas asking for communications with or involving Trump and his campaign aides.
The Justice Department investigation is running parallel to a probe by a U.S. House committee which held several public hearings about efforts by Trump and his allies to overturn his 2020 election loss. That House committee doesn't have the power to file criminal charges.
Trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.
After his 2020 election loss, Trump called Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and urged him to "find" the votes needed to overturn his narrow loss in the state.
That Jan. 2 phone call is part of an investigation by a prosecutor in Atlanta. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has said she is contemplating subpoenaing Trump for his testimony.
Among those who have been questioned by the special grand jury are former New York mayor and Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani and Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. The special grand jury is expected to wrap up its investigation soon and to provide recommendations to Willis.
Prosecutors have also advised Georgia Republicans who served as fake electors that they are at risk of being indicted. They signed a certificate asserting Trump had won the election and declaring themselves the state's electors, even though Biden had won the state and a slate of Democratic electors had already been certified.
Trump and his allies have denied any wrongdoing, and he has repeatedly described his phone call to Raffensperger as "perfect."
New York Attorney General Letitia James has sued Trump and the Trump Organization, saying it misled banks and tax authorities about the value of assets like golf courses and skyscrapers to get loans and tax benefits.
That lawsuit, which is pending, could lead to civil penalties against the company if the Democratic attorney general prevails. She wants $250 million and a ban on Trump doing business in New York.
In the meantime, a judge has appointed an independent monitor to watch the company.
The Manhattan district attorney's office says it is also still pursing a parallel criminal investigation into Trump's business dealings.
District Attorney Alvin Bragg recently named a new senior prosecutor to oversee that probe, which had appeared to be heading toward a possible indictment when the Democrat slowed things down after taking office in January.
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In this article, you will learn about the burning of popular tokens such as SHIB, LUNA and ETH, as well as the reasons for burning them.
240 million SHIB destroyed on Christmas
Bigger Entertainment's team spread information that during the partywhich aired live on their YouTube channel on Sunday (December 26), the amount in 239 600 144 SHIB was sent to address zero and permanently withdrawn from circulation.
The company began burning Shiba Inu crypto tokens in October this year, according to Bigger Entertainment recording studio owner Stephen Cooper. Bigger Entertainment sells NFTs, merchandise and event tickets for cryptocurrencies, allowing the SHIB army to do its part to destroy it. In addition, users can listen to music tracks on the project's website, which also helps burn the second largest cryptocurrency of memes.
On December 26, the last incendiary party of this year took place. According to a tweet and a YouTube video stream, 239,600,144 SHIB tokens were burned or sent to a dead address from which these coins cannot be withdrawn or spent. This is equivalent to 9183 USD to Fiat.
Over 800 Million SHIB Burned Since Mid-Autumn
Initially, Cooper hoped to burn one billion coins and in several tweets urged the SHIB community to support the initiative with $ 5 each. However, his enthusiasm was not shared, and only a fifth of a billion was burned.
In total, since October, Cooper has burned 880,983,100 SHIB tokens. This equals $ 33,741.60
370.4 million SHIB burned per day
Over the past 24 hours and ten hours, various organizations have burned a total of 370.4 million Shiba Inu coins, according to data provided by Etherscan.
Among transactions, the largest transaction in 9 110 280 SHIB, several transactions for a million coins and the rest of the transactions are less than a million.
As reported by U.Today last week, December 21-22, 706 million Shiba Inu were sent to address zero, thus giving SHIB a small boost.
Earlier, Stephen Cooper tweeted that over the next 60 days, the SHIB burning rate will double as the project has just begun to explore new ways to burn these meme tokens.
$ 2.7 Billion LUNA Was Burned Due to UST Demand
Nearly $ 2.7 billion worth of LUNA tokens were burned in December due to a surge in demand for UST, according to Terra Analytics. LUNA has set a record high in $ 104.27 December, after which it decreased slightly. According to CoinGecko, LUNA is trading at a price of $ 98.68, which is 26% more than in the past seven days.
According to Terra Analytics, the decline in supply at the beginning of December was 94,243,648 units. The difference from the current supply reduction is almost 27 million.
Currently, 102.71 million LUNA tokens have been burned at the end of September since the Columbus-5 update took effect. In addition to interoperability, the Columbus-5 update introduced a new mechanism for linking stablecoins to their fiat value: every time a UST is created, an equivalent amount of LUNA is burned.
This gives a direct correlation between the two assets, so that "as demand for UST rises, the price of LUNA rises as well."
LUNA, Terra's own blockchain asset, has risen in value by 18134% per year, according to CoinGecko. Terra is ranked ninth among cryptocurrencies in terms of market capitalization.
Terra UST flips DAI to reach $ 10 billion market cap
Terraform Labs Co-Founder and CEO, Do Kwon, shared the news that Terra has reached $ 10 billion in market cap, making it the first decentralized stablecoin to reach this level. Having reached this milestone, UST has dramatically changed the market cap of MakerDao's DAI of $ 9.3 billion.
TerraUSD (UST) is a one-of-a-kind algorithmic stablecoin in which coins are burned or minted to keep the value of the coin at the desired price. The algorithm will automatically burn a batch of coins to increase the deficit, thus raising the price of UST.
Burn Ethereum (ETH)
It is believed that the ETH rate kept from falling, thanks to the mechanism of burning part of the miners' commissions, launched on August 5 with the introduction of EIP-1559 as part of the London hard fork. From the beginning of its operation to the time of Christmas on December 24th, the network was destroyed 1 million ETH or $ 4.2 billion
Considering decentralized finance in separate areas, it is worth highlighting NFT. It was transactions with non-fungible tokens that provided the largest volume of ETH flaring according to EIP-1559, exceeding all transactions in the Ethereum network by this indicator.
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House Latest: Ga. state senator to replace late John Lewis
Posted: Nov 3, 2020 / 12:56 PM EST / Updated: Nov 4, 2020 / 01:06 AM EST
U.S. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn introduces Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jaime Harrison of South Carolina at a campaign rally on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020, in Hollywood, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 House races (all times local):
A Georgia state senator has been elected to the U.S. House to replace the late congressman John Lewis, a civil rights icon who died in July.
Georgia state Sen. Nikema Williams is the chair of the Georgia Democratic Party. She beat Republican Angela Stanton-King in the Atlanta-based district.
The 42-year-old Williams is set to join two other Black women, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and 2018 gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams, as among the state's most recognizable, influential Democrats.
Williams said she wants to use federal power to provide more subsidized health care and guarantee voting rights.
Stanton-King, 43, is a reality TV personality and outspoken supporter of President Donald Trump.
A special election runoff to become Lewis' short-term replacement takes place next month, but the winner of that race will only be in Congress until Williams is sworn in on Jan. 3. Neither Williams nor Stanton-King is running in the special election.
HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE 2020 HOUSE RACES:
Democrats are pushing to seal control of the House for two more years as they bank on their health care focus, dominant fundraising and broad suburban indignation with President Donald Trump to make their majority in the chamber even larger.
— Trump, Biden cede stage to voters for Election Day verdict
HERE'S WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON:
Republican Maria Elvira Salazar has defeated Democrat Donna Shalala for a House seat in Florida.
Salazar, a Spanish-language television newscaster, won in her second try for the office after Shalala prevailed in 2018.
The district covers much of the central Miami area and has generally been considered Democratic. Salazar sharply criticized Shalala for failing to timely report several stock sales as required.
Shalala previously served as President Bill Clinton's secretary of Health and Human Services. Shalala also is a former president of the University of Miami and chancellor at the University of Wisconsin.
Salazar, a Cuban-American, attacked Shalala for comments in which the incumbent called herself a "pragmatic socialist." Shalala later said she meant to say she was a pragmatic capitalist.
"We know that socialism, it means 'burning hell,'" Salazar said.
Democrat Deborah Ross has won an open House seat in North Carolina. She's the second Democrat to win an open House seat after a court order required North Carolina to redraw its congressional map ahead of the 2020 election.
Ross was helped by new boundaries in the Raleigh-area district.
The seat is currently held by Republican Rep. George Holding, who announced his retirement last year.
Ross, a lawyer, is a former member of the North Carolina House, where she served as majority whip and in other leadership roles.
Ross most recently ran for elected office in 2016, when she failed to unseat Republican Sen. Richard Burr.
Republican Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez has won a House seat in Florida, defeating freshman Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell.
Gimenez, a former firefighter, prevailed in a district that stretches from the Miami suburbs to Key West. The seat has swung back and forth between Democrats and Republicans for several elections.
The Cuban-born Gimenez was helped by President Donald Trump's strong appeal to Cuban voters. Gimenez made restoring the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic one of his top campaign issues.
Florida has long been a COVID-19 hotspot, with more than 16,000 deaths in the state, including more than 3,500 in Miami-Dade County.
Mucarsel-Powell, who is originally from Ecuador, also stressed recovery from the pandemic as a major priority.
Democrat Kathy Manning has won an open House seat in North Carolina over Republican Joseph Lee Haywood.
Manning's victory in the state's 6th Congressional District was expected after a court ordered the state to redraw its congressional map ahead of the 2020 election. Republican Rep. Mark Walker did not seek reelection after the order.
The pickup by Manning in the area that borders Virginia furthers Democrats' goal of retaining their majority in the House. Manning, an attorney and small business owner from Greensboro, unsuccessfully ran in 2018 for the seat in District 13, where she lost to Republican Ted Budd by 6 percentage points.
Haywood is a GOP activist who previously worked as the party chairman in the district.
President Donald Trump's former White House physician is heading to Congress.
Republican Ronny Jackson has won a House seat in West Texas, where he moved after leaving the White House in 2018. The solidly Republican district is currently held by Mac Thornberry, one of six GOP congressmen in Texas retiring this year.
Jackson was a surprise pick by Trump to lead the Department of Veteran Affairs in 2018. But his nomination was derailed by allegations of drinking on the job and over-prescribing drugs, claims that he has strongly denied.
Jackson returned to the White House medical office, retired from the Navy in 2019 and launched his bid for Congress, winning Trump's endorsement. Jackson defeated Democrat Gus Trujillo.
Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene, who expressed racist views and support for QAnon conspiracy theories, has won a House seat in Georgia.
President Donald Trump boosted Greene's candidacy, calling her a "future Republican Star."
Greene was heavily favored in the conservative district even before Democratic challenger Kevin Van Ausdal suddenly dropped out in September, saying he was moving out of state.
Greene is a businesswoman and political newcomer who's gained large followings on social media in part by posting incendiary videos and comments. She has claimed in online videos that Black and Hispanic men are being held back by "gangs and dealing drugs," alleged an "Islamic invasion" of government offices and accused Jewish billionaire George Soros of collaborating with Nazis.
Democrats are hoping to cement control of the House for two more years with perhaps an even larger majority.
They are banking on anxiety over the pandemic, suburban indignation with President Donald Trump and a fundraising advantage.
Over a dozen incumbents of both parties from safe districts have been easily reelected as polls are beginning to close in some eastern and Midwestern states. But early results aren't conclusive yet in hotly contested districts in Virginia, Georgia, Ohio and North Carolina.
Democrats are aiming to seal control of the House for two more years this Election Day.
They're banking on voters' dismay over the pandemic, broad suburban indignation with President Donald Trump, and dominant fundraising to make their majority even larger.
Republicans are hoping to oust at least some of the 29 Democrats in districts Trump won in 2016, most of them freshmen. But nearly all Democratic incumbents in potentially vulnerable districts have been outspending their GOP challengers, often by vast margins.
Both parties' operatives agree that the GOP is mostly playing defense and will be fortunate to limit Democratic gains to single digits.12:45 p.m.
The third-ranking Democrat in the U.S. House is predicting Democrats will pick up as many as a dozen House seats.
Majority Whip Jim Clyburn told reporters outside a polling place in Columbia, South Carolina, on Tuesday that he believed it would be a "good night for Democrats" up and down the ticket.
Clyburn says, "Holding the House would just be status quo. Winning the Senate would make it good."
Democrats control the House 232-197, with five open seats and one independent. It takes 218 seats to control the chamber. Republicans control the Senate.
Clyburn has expressed concerns about voter suppression. He says President Donald Trump has been "literally stoking flames of indecision, unrest, threatening violence."
Clyburn says the nation's division "didn't start with Trump, and it won't stop with Trump."
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she's "absolutely certain" that Democrats will "solidly hold" onto their House majority.
On an Election Day conference call with reporters, the California Democrat said "this election is about nothing less than taking back the soul of America, whether our nation will follow the voices of fear or whether we will choose hope."
Pelosi and Rep. Cheri Bustos say the party is reaching deep into Trump country to win seats. Bustos is chair of the campaign arm for House Democrats, who are well positioned to try to add longtime GOP seats in Long Island, Arkansas, Indiana and rural Virginia.
Bustos says Democrats "are going to see some wins in those deep red districts."
Pelosi says she's confident Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden will win the White House from President Donald Trump.
Biden has spent the day visiting Pennsylvania. Trump had a phone interview on Fox News Channel.
Find AP's full election coverage at APNews.com/Election2020.


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7 Virtual Reality Games You Need To Play This Year
Recently, virtual reality gaming has been taking off, especially since the announcement of the launch price for Oculus Rift. And now, more and more games are including compatibility with VR devices like PlayStation VR, HTC Vive and the Oculus Rift. But if there were any virtual reality games I felt like anyone had to try this year, it would be these.
1. ADR1FT
Let's be honest; ADR1FT was made for virtual reality. I was lucky enough to be able to demo the game at E3 with a VR headset and let me tell you, the YouTube videos you see published everywhere don't do the actual VR gameplay justice. Now I've played a lot of horror games in my time and I know what true horror feels like, but I've never had a game scare me like ADR1FT did. You're lost in space, floating around with no recollection of what the heck happened to you and no idea how you're going to get yourself out of this mess. And when your oxygen starts to run out...well that's the most terrifying part of all.
2. Alien: Isolation
Even though this game has been making the rounds on VR for awhile, now that the devices will finally begin to launch, Alien fans can experience the already-terrifying game in virtual reality for themselves. Many have commented on the horror experienced while playing through Alien: Isolation on VR. If there's any type of game that's going to do well in virtual reality, it's going to be horror games, hands down. But this game has a little more action than some of your atmospheric jump-scare titles. Needless to say, this is a must for VR fans.
3. Slender: The Arrival
When I said horror games were going to do well on VR, I meant it. Atmospheric indie games like Slender: The Arrival that rely heavily on the environment to invoke fear are maybe some of the scariest games you can play in virtual reality. Slender: The Arrival of course has already released for PC and consoles, but many haven't gotten the chance to really experience it in VR since, obviously, VR devices haven't yet been released to the public. With the sudden appearances of Slenderman and a small circle of light to guide yourself around in the dark, this is definitely one of those horror games you'll want to try out on an Oculus Rift.
4. Golem
For me, the best part about sitting down to play a game is being able to immerse yourself into another world and really revel in the story. In Golem, one little girl does just that as she takes control of a golem and wanders across mystical lands. Only, thanks to PlayStation VR, players will be able to control the little girl who is controlling the golem. The game was announced in December, but there hasn't been much information released since then. All I can say is I am intrigued and want to know more about the story, like why or how the little girl received the ability to control the golem in the first place.
5. Edge Of Nowhere
Edge Of Nowhere Virtual reality games tend to do extremely well when the gameplay is atmospheric. In Edge Of Nowhere, you play a man, named Victor, on a mission to rescue a team lost in the Antarctic. While the obvious threats are the weather and the terrain, you also will have to make sure you stay grounded psychologically, because all of that white can start to play tricks on your mind. Who knows what you might see out there. Edge Of Nowhere introduces a kind of mystery that keeps itching at you until you've completely solved it, and games like that always manage to pull me back in.
6. Lucky's Tale
I know this isn't the type of game I'd really think of when talking about virtual reality titles, but trying a platformer in VR does sound interesting. Especially one that looks to play as smoothly as Super Mario Bros. When it comes to VR, I've always said that atmospheric games deliver the best experiences, but who's to say playing a platformer won't be just as fun if not more entertaining than on a TV screen? Lucky's Tale will be releasing for free with the launch of the Oculus Rift, so if you've got a Rift pre-ordered, you'll be able to try out Lucky's Tale for free. What a deal.
7. Chronos
The thing that intrigues me about Chronos is that it's described as an "atmospheric RPG that chronicles one young hero's lifelong quest to save their homeland from a great evil." While skills and abilities advance as you go on through the game, so does your character's age. The art style is unique and playful and reminds me a little of Journey. What's interesting about the gameplay is that each time your character journeys in the Labyrinth, you age another year. Apparently, you're supposed to feel the effects of age, too, as you start out young and ready to take on the world and slowly change as the years stack up. The Gunfire Games' website says you grow more attuned to magic as you age. Knowing my obsession with atmospheric gameplay, I think this would be a wise choice when choosing what VR games to try out first.
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China urges NO PANIC despite huge warnings new flu strain could be next pandemic
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Chinese scientists are now pleading for authorities to "urgently implement" measures to prevent the virus from spreading. The virus has been analysed and is known to have made the adaptation to allow it to infect humans. China's Centre for Disease Control and Prevention published a report on Monday that said the virus had "all the essential hallmarks of being highly adapted to infect humans".
There has been no sign yet that it has developed the deadly attribute to spread from human to human.
Chinese firebrand foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told a daily news conference on Tuesday that Beijing had everything under control.
He advised the populace to not worry and that the spread of the contagion will be contained.
He said: "We will take all necessary measures to prevent the spread and outbreak of any virus."
The deadly pathogen has been given the name G4 EA H1N1 and it is genetically descended from the H1N1 strain that caused a swine flu pandemic in 2009.
Mutations within this deadly new strain allow it to bind successfully to the cells of the human respiratory system.
This influenza virus that has circulated among the cramped conditions of Chinese factory-scale pig farms has the potential to become a global pandemic.
Researchers from China have concluded that the virus has already infected an estimated 10.4 percent of pig farmworkers in the country.
A paper released by US science journal PNAS said that these farmworkers had fortunately tested positive for antibodies to fight against the virus.
However, Chinese researchers warned in the paper: "Controlling the prevailing G4 EA H1N1 viruses in pigs and close monitoring in human populations, especially workers in the swine industry, should be urgently implemented."
Veterinary officials say the chances of the virus going on to mutate into a human to human contagion are small.
But, the Chinese government is taking swift measures to try and reduce the spread of the new influenza virus.
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A pig farmer from North China's Hebei Province who owns 10,000 hogs spoke to the Chinese state tabloid the Global Times of the new regulations being enforced by the central government.
He said: "All employees need to be sterilized before entering the farm and the feed sampling is closely monitored.
"There has been no large-scale swine flu outbreak in the history of China so I am not too worried about it."
Another pig farmer from eastern China told of his concern that African Swine Flu may creep back into the country and inflate an already precarious situation.
He said: "Half of the sickened pigs in our farm died last year.
"Now we disinfect the piggery every day.
"All workers must wear isolation suits, which are also disinfected daily."
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Japan issues arrest warrants for ex-U.S. soldier, two others for Ghosn escape
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese authorities on Thursday issued arrest warrants for a former U.S. special forces soldier and two other men on suspicion of smuggling former Nissan Motor Co boss Carlos Ghosn out of Japan. Warrants were issued for former U.S. Green Beret Michael Taylor and two other men, George-Antoine Zayek and Peter Taylor, prosecutors […]
Brazil manufacturing PMI falls to 50.2 in December from 52.9 in November: IHS Markit
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Federal Registers
Standard on Powered Platforms for Building Maintenance; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements
Fed Register #:
72:57072-57074
Standard Number:
[Federal Register: October 5, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 193)][Notices]               [Page 57072-57074]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr05oc07-81]
[Docket No. OSHA-2007-0062]
Standard on Powered Platforms for Building Maintenance; Extension
of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information
Collection (Paperwork) Requirements
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public comment concerning its proposal to extend
OMB approval of the information collection requirements specified in
its Standard on Powered Platforms for Building Maintenance (29 CFR
1910.66).
DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by
December 4, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Electronically: You may submit comments and attachments
electronically at http://www.regulations.gov, which is the Federal
eRulemaking Portal. Follow the instructions online for submitting
Facsimile: If your comments, including attachments, are not longer
than 10 pages, you may fax them to the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693-
Mail, hand delivery, express mail, messenger, or courier service:
When using this method, you must submit three copies of your comments
and attachments to the OSHA Docket Office, OSHA Docket No. OSHA-2007-
0062, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, Room N-2625, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20210. Deliveries (hand, express mail,
messenger, and courier service) are accepted during the Department of
Labor's and Docket Office's normal business hours, 8:15 a.m. to 4:45
p.m., EST.
Instructions: All submissions must include the Agency name and OSHA
docket number for the ICR (OSHA-2007-0062). All comments, including any
personal information you provide, are placed in the public docket
without change, and may be made available online at http://www.regulations.gov.
For further information on submitting comments see
the "Public Participation" heading in the section of this notice
titled SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
Docket: To read or download comments or other material in the
docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov or the OSHA Docket Office at
the address above. All documents in the docket (including this Federal
Register notice) are listed in the http://www.regulations.gov index;
however, some information (e.g., copyrighted material) is not publicly
available to read or download through the Web site. All submissions,
including copyrighted material, are available for inspection and
copying at the OSHA Docket Office. You may also contact Theda Kenney at
the address below to obtain a copy of the ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theda Kenney or Todd Owen, Directorate
of Standards and Guidance, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-3609,
200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202)
693-2222.
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent (i.e., employer) burden, conducts a
preclearance consultation program to provide the public with an
opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing information
collection requirements in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program ensures that
information is in the desired format, reporting burden (time and costs)
is minimal, collection instruments are clearly understood, and OSHA's
estimate of the information collection burden is accurate. The
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (the OSH Act) (29 U.S.C.
651, et seq.) authorizes information collection by employers as
necessary or appropriate for enforcement of the Act or for developing
information regarding the causes and prevention of occupational
injuries, illnesses, and accidents (29 U.S.C. 657). The OSH Act also
requires that OSHA obtain such information with minimum burden upon
employers, especially those operating small businesses, and to reduce
to the maximum extent feasible unnecessary duplication of efforts in
obtaining information (29 U.S.C. 657).
Paragraph (e)(9) of the Standard requires that employers develop
and implement a written emergency action plan for each type of powered
platform operation. The plan must explain the emergency procedures that
employees are to follow if they encounter a disruption of the power
supply, equipment failure, or other emergency. Prior to operating a
powered platform, employers must notify employees how they can inform
themselves about alarm systems and emergency escape routes, and
emergency procedures that pertain to the building on which they will be
working. Employers are to review with each employee those parts of the
emergency action plan that the employee must know to ensure their
protection during an emergency; these reviews must occur when the
employee receives an initial assignment involving a powered platform
operation and after the employer revises the emergency action plan.
According to paragraph (f)(5)(i)(C), employers must affix a load
rating plate to a conspicuous location on each suspended unit that
states the unit's weight and its rated load capacity. Paragraph
(f)(5)(ii)(N) requires employers to mount each emergency electric
operating device in a secured compartment and label the device with
instructions for its use. After installing a suspension wire rope,
paragraphs (f)(7)(vi) and (f)(7)(vii) mandate that employers attach a
corrosion-resistant tag with specified information to one of the wire
rope fastenings if the rope is to remain at one location. In addition,
paragraph (f)(7)(viii) requires employers who resocket a wire rope to
either stamp specified information on the original tag or put that
information on a supplemental tag and attach it to the fastening.
Paragraphs (g)(2)(i) and (g)(2)(ii) require that building owners,
at least annually, have a competent person: Inspect the supporting
structures of their buildings; inspect and, if necessary, test the
components of the powered platforms, including control systems;
inspect/test components subject to wear (e.g., wire ropes, bearings,
gears, and governors); and certify these inspections and tests. Under
paragraph (g)(2)(iii), building owners must maintain and, on request,
disclose to OSHA a written certification record of these inspections/
tests; this record must include the date of the inspection/test, the
signature of the competent person who performed it, and the number/
identifier of the building support structure and equipment inspected/
tested.
Paragraph (g)(3)(i) mandates that building owners use a competent
person to inspect and, if necessary, test each powered platform
facility according to the manufacturer's recommendations every 30 days,
or prior to use if the work cycle is less than 30 days. Under paragraph
(g)(3)(ii), building owners must maintain and, on request, disclose to
the Agency a written certification record of these inspections/tests;
this record is to include the date of the inspection/test, the
identifier of the powered platform facility inspected/tested.
According to paragraph (g)(5)(iii), building owners must use a
competent person to thoroughly inspect suspension wire ropes for a
number of specified conditions once a month, or before placing the wire
ropes into service if the ropes are inactive for 30 days or longer.
Paragraph (g)(5)(v) requires building owners to maintain and, on
request, disclose to OSHA a written certification record of these
monthly inspections; this record must consist of the date of the
inspection, the signature of the competent person who performed it, and
the number/identifier of the wire rope inspected.
Paragraph (i)(1)(ii) requires that all employees who operate
working platforms be trained in the following: (A) Recognition of, and
preventive measures for, the safety hazards associated with their
individual work tasks; (B) General recognition and prevention of safety
hazards associated with the use of working platforms; (C) Emergency
action plan procedures required in paragraph (e)(9) of this section;
(D) Work procedures required in paragraph (i)(1)((iv) of this section;
(E) Personal fall arrest system inspection, care, use and system
performance. Paragraph (1)(1)(iii) requires that training of employees
in the operation and inspection of working platforms be performed by a
competent person. Paragraph (i)(1)(iv) requires that written work
procedures for the operation, safe use and inspection of working
platforms be provided for employee training.
Upon completion of this training, paragraph (i)(1)(v) specifies
that employers must prepare a written certification that includes the
identity of the employee trained, the signature of the employer or the
trainer, and the date the employee completed the training. In addition,
the employer must maintain an employee's training certificate for the
duration of their employment and, on request, make it available to
OSHA.
Emergency action plans allow employers and employees to anticipate,
and effectively respond to, emergencies that may arise during powered
platform operations. Affixing load rating plates to suspended units,
instructions to emergency electric operating devices, and tags to wire
rope fasteners prevent workplace accidents by providing information to
employers and employees regarding the conditions under which they can
safely operate these system components. Requiring building owners to
establish and maintain written certification of inspections and testing
conducted on the supporting structures of buildings, powered platform
systems, and suspension wire ropes provides employers and employees
with assurance that they can operate safely from the buildings using
equipment that is in safe operating condition.
The training requirements increase employee safety by allowing them
to develop the skills and knowledge necessary to effectively operate,
use, and inspect powered platforms, recognize and prevent safety
hazards associated with platform operation, respond appropriately under
emergency conditions, and maintain and use their fall protection arrest
system. Training certification permits employers to review the training
provided to their employees, thereby ensuring that the employees
received the necessary training. In addition, the paperwork
requirements specified by the Standard provide the most efficient means
for an OSHA compliance officer to determine whether or not employers
and building owners are providing the required notification,
certification, and training.
II. Special Issues for Comment
OSHA has a particular interest in comments on the following issues:
Whether the proposed information collection requirements
are necessary for the proper performance of the Agency's functions,
including whether the information is useful;
The accuracy of OSHA's estimate of the burden (time and
costs) of the information collection requirements, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
The quality, utility, and clarity of the information
collected; and
Ways to minimize the burden on employers who must comply;
for example, by using automated or other technological information
collection and transmission techniques.
III. Proposed Actions
OSHA is requesting that OMB extend its approval of the information
collection requirements contained in the Standard on Powered Platforms
for Building Maintenance (29 CFR 1910.66). The Agency is requesting to
retain its current burden hour total of 135,656 hours associated with
this Standard. The Agency will summarize the comments submitted in
response to this notice and will include this summary in the request to
OMB.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Title: Standard on Powered Platforms for Building Maintenance (29
CFR 1910.66).
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 900.
Frequency: On occasion; initially, monthly, annually.
Average Time Per Response: Varies from 2 minutes (.03 hour) to
disclose certification records to 10 hours to inspect/test both a
powered platform facility and its suspension wire ropes, and to prepare
the certification record.
Total Burden Hours Requested: 135,656.
Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $0.
IV. Public Participation--Submission of Comments on This Notice and
Internet Access to Comments and Submissions
You may submit comments in response to this document as follows:
(1) Electronically at http://www.regulations.gov, which is the Federal
eRulemaking Portal; (2) by facsimile (FAX); or (3) by hard copy. All
comments, attachments, and other material must identify the Agency name
and the OSHA docket number for the ICR (Docket No. OSHA-2007-0062). You
may supplement electronic submissions by uploading document files
electronically. If you wish to mail additional materials in reference
to an electronic or facsimile submission, you must submit them to the
OSHA Docket Office (see the section of this notice titled ADDRESSES).
The additional materials must clearly identify your electronic comments
by your name, date, and the docket number so the Agency can attach them
to your comments.
Because of security procedures, the use of regular mail may cause a
significant delay in the receipt of comments. For information about
security procedures concerning the delivery of materials by hand,
express delivery, messenger, or courier service, please contact the
OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693-2350 (TTY (877) 889-5627). Comments and
submissions are posted without change at http://www.regulations.gov.
Therefore, OSHA cautions commenters about submitting personal
information such as social security numbers and date of birth. Although
all submissions are listed in the http://www.regulations.gov index,
some information (e.g., copyrighted material) is not publicly available
to read or download through this Web site. All submissions, including
copyrighted material, are available for inspection and copying at the
OSHA Docket Office. Information on using the http://www.regulations.gov
Web site to submit comments and access the docket is available at the
Web site's "User Tips" link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office for
information about materials not available through the Web site, and for
assistance in using the Internet to locate docket submissions.
V. Authority and Signature
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health, directed the preparation of this notice. The
authority for this notice is the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3506, et seq.) and Secretary of Labor's Order No. 5-2007 (72 FR
31159).
Signed at Washington, DC, on October 2, 2007.
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.


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Basically, the law as written requires that federally subsidized health plans that covered elective abortions should charge a separated minimum $1 "abortion surcharge" every month and deposit it into a separate account for abortion procedures, the letter explains. The dual intent was to prevent taxpayer money from directly covering abortion procedures while creating transparency via the separate abortion charge.
"Unfortunately, in an exercise of executive overreach, the Obama Administration undermined Section 1303 by interpreting 'separate' to mean 'together' in subsequent regulatory guidance," the lawmakers wrote. "Blatantly disregarding congressional authority, the guidance stated that simply sending a single notice about the surcharge or itemizing the abortion surcharge on monthly bills would satisfy the requirement under Section 1303."
An October op-ed from Susan B. Anthony List President Marjorie Dannenfelser and Family Research Council Action President Tony Perkins explained that, as of 2018, "federally funded ObamaCare insurance plans in 24 states and the District of Columbia are permitted to cover elective abortion" with the added surcharge.
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Q: API $http delete returns 405 when calling from factory in angular This is what I have in my factory. This was working fine when I was running it in regular ajax syntax from the controller.
function endAgentSession(sessionData, tokenData) {

            var sessionId = sessionData.data.sessionId,
                access_token = tokenData.access_token,
                baseURI = tokenData.resource_server_base_uri,
                endAgentSessionPayload = {
                    'sessionId': sessionId,
                    'forceLogOff': true,
                    'endContacts': true,
                    'ignorePersonalQueue': false
                    };

            console.log(sessionId, "sessID");

            return $http({
                'url': baseURI + 'services/v6.0/agent-sessions/' + sessionId,
                'type': 'DELETE',
                'headers': {
                    //Use access_token previously retrieved from inContact token service
                    'Authorization': 'bearer ' + access_token,
                    'content-Type': 'application/json'
                },
                'data': endAgentSessionPayload
            }).then(function(res){
               return res })};
        }

This is my controller. When I call the endAgentSession function from the controller with an ng-click, it errors out to a 405..
 $scope.endAgentSession = function(){
    agentFactory.endAgentSession($scope.sessionData, $scope.tokenData);
};

What am I doing wrong? It was working w/ ajax in the controller, then seemed to break when I moved it to the factory and used a promise.
it's actually showing it' requesting a GET request in Network..
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full controller:
csMgmtApp.controller('launchedController', ['$scope', '$http', '$document', '$resource', 'agentFactory', '$timeout', function ($scope, $http, $document, $resource, agentFactory, $timeout) {

$scope.agentStatePayload = {};
$scope.sessionData = {};
$scope.tokenData = {};
$scope.startSessionPayload = {
    'stationPhoneNumber': '2223222222',
    'inactivityTimeout': 0,
    'inactivityForceLogout': 'false'
};

$document.ready(function () {
    $scope.tokenData = agentFactory.getToken();
    console.log($scope.tokenData);
});

agentFactory.startSession($scope.startSessionPayload, $scope.tokenData).then(function(res){
    console.log("sessionId", res);
    $scope.sessionData = res;
});

$scope.endAgentSession = function(){
    agentFactory.endAgentSession($scope.sessionData, $scope.tokenData);
};

}]);

It all seems to be working, except for the endSession, now..

A: I should have guessed that every time you said

regular ajax syntax from the controller

you meant you were using jQuery $.ajax previously.
The difference is that the property that sets the request method in Angular's $http is method, not type.
You can simplify it further using
return $http.delete(baseURI + 'services/v6.0/agent-sessions/' + sessionId, {
    headers: {
        Authorization: 'Bearer ' + access_token,
    },
    data: endAgentSessionPayload
});