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Broadridge Appoints Julie Flack to Lead Australia Business
posted October 22 2018
New York and Sydney and Hong Kong and Tokyo and Singapore, October 22, 2018 – Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR), an S&P 500 company and global Fintech leader with $4 billion in revenue, today announced the appointment of Julie Flack as General Manager of its Australia business, responsible for driving growth of Broadridge's sell-side and buy-side businesses in Australia and New Zealand. Flack will directly manage all Broadridge associates in Australia and she will report to David Becker, Head of Asia Pacific. Her remit will also include product management across Asia Pacific, including defining product strategy and planning and in this role will report to Nidhi Singh, Vice President, Global Product Management.
Flack comes to Broadridge with more than 20 years of financial services industry experience encompassing roles across futures & options, derivative operations and e-commerce. She joins Broadridge from Deutsche Bank, where she helped build the bank's post-trade business, most recently as Director, Head of Listed Derivatives, Australia and Head of Clearing Product Development & Client Solutions, Asia Pacific. In her earlier days with Deutsche, she led the Priority Client Management division for Asia Pacific and prior to this served as Head of Global Client Operations for the Australia business.
"We are excited to welcome Julie to the Broadridge team and look forward to working with her to enhance Broadridge's strong presence across Asia Pacific markets," said Becker. "She is a highly regarded financial markets professional with a wealth of knowledge across electronic trading platforms and post-trade delivery mechanisms and channels with strong ties throughout the region."
"I am thrilled to join Broadridge in Australia and work with the team across Asia Pacific," said Flack. "I have worked closely with regional teams in Singapore, Tokyo and Sydney in the past and look forward to building upon Broadridge's international expansion going forward."
The appointment comes at a time when Broadridge has seen strong growth in Asia Pacific, especially from global banks and brokers and increasingly from regional players, as well as asset management firms. Flack's appointment is part of significant investments Broadridge is making in the Asia Pacific region, which the company sees as a key driver of growth."
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from enum import Enum

from dpl.core.connections import Connection

class Thing(object):
    """
    Базовый абстрактный класс для всех объектов системы ("вещей")

    Гарантии:
    * текущее состояние объекта храниться в буфере
    * текущее состояние обновляется автоматически и всегда актуально
    * состояние объекта не изменяется, если подключение потеряно
    * при обновлении состояния объект оповещает об этом всех подписчиков
    * объект обладает свойствами is_available и last_updated
    * is_available обозначает готовность объекта к приему команд и/или
      считыванию новых значений
    * last_updated - время, когда объект был обновлен
    * обладает методами disable и enable
    * disable переводит объект в состояние "недоступен" и
      останавливает автоматическое обновление состояния
    * enable инициирует восстановление соединения и, как следствие,
      переводит объект в состояние "доступен"
    * наследники могут обладать дополнительными полями, в которых
      содержится расширенная информация о текущем состоянии (например,
      текущее значение сенсора, текущий трек и плейлист плеера и т.д.)

    Классы-наследники могут расширять реализацию и добавлять как новые
    методы, так и новые свойства.
    """

    class States(Enum):
        """
        Возможные состояния объекта,
        переопределяется в каждом из наследников
        """
        unknown = None

    def __init__(self, con_instance: Connection, con_params, metadata: dict=None):
        """
        Конструктор
        :param con_instance: экземпляр соединения
        :param con_params: параметры доступа к соединению
        :param metadata: метаданные объекта (см. свойство metadata)
        """
        self._con_instance = con_instance
        self._con_params = con_params
        self._metadata = metadata
        self._on_update = None
        self._on_avail_update = None

    @property
    def metadata(self) -> dict or None:
        """
        Метаданные объекта. Например: ID, название, описание и т.д.
        :return: словарь с метаданными либо None
        """
        return self._metadata

    @property
    def state(self) -> States:
        """
        Текущее состояние объекта
        :return: объект типа self.States
        """
        raise NotImplementedError

    @property
    def is_available(self) -> bool:
        """
        Доступность объекта для использования
        :return: True - доступен, False - недоступен
        """
        raise NotImplementedError

    @property
    def last_updated(self) -> float:
        """
        Возвращает время, когда объект был обновлен в последний раз
        :return: float, UNIX time
        """
        raise NotImplementedError

    def to_dict(self) -> dict:  # Fixme: CC30
        """
        Метод, возвращающий копию объекта в виде словаря
        :return: словарь-копия значений из свойств
        """
        result = {
            "state": self.state.name,
            "is_available": self.is_available,
            "last_updated": self.last_updated
        }

        result.update(self.metadata)

        return result

    @staticmethod
    def __is_good_callback(func) -> bool:
        """
        Проверяет, является ли аргумент допустимым функтором
        :param func: функтор либо None (для отвязки текущего ф-ра)
        :return: bool
        """
        return isinstance(func, callable) or func is None

    @property
    def on_update(self) -> callable or None:
        """
        Функтор, который запускается при обновлении свойств объекта
        :return: текущий зарегистрированный функтор
        """
        return self._on_update

    @on_update.setter
    def on_update(self, func: callable or None):  # Fixme: TD6
        """
        Устанавливает функтор, который будет вызван при обновлении свойств объекта
        :param func: функтор, принимающий два аргумента:
                     * ссылку на изменившийся объект
                     * информацию об изменении
        :return: None
        """
        if self.__is_good_callback(func):
            self._on_update = func
        else:
            raise ValueError("func must be an instance of callable or None")

    @property
    def on_avail_update(self) -> callable:
        """
        Функтор, который запускается при изменении доступности объекта
        :return: текущий зарегистрированный функтор
        """
        return self._on_avail_update

    @on_avail_update.setter
    def on_avail_update(self, func):  # Fixme: TD6
        """
        Устанавливает функтор, который будет вызван при изменении доступности объекта
        :param func: функтор, принимающий два аргумента:
                     * ссылку на изменившийся объект
                     * информацию об изменении
        :return: None
        """
        if self.__is_good_callback(func):
            self._on_avail_update = func
        else:
            raise ValueError("func must be an instance of callable or None")

    def disable(self) -> None:  # Fixme: CC29
        """
        Отключает объект, останавливает обновление состояния и делает его неактивным
        :return: None
        """
        raise NotImplementedError

    def enable(self) -> None:  # Fixme: CC29
        """
        Включает объект, запускает обновление состояние и делает его активным
        :return: None
        """
        raise NotImplementedError

class ThingFactory(object):
    """
    Фабрика вещей. Абстрактный класс, который содержит единственный метод build
    """
    @staticmethod
    def build(con_instance, con_params: dict, metadata: dict=None) -> Thing:
        """
        Метод, который возвращает готовый объект типа Thing,
        построенный на основе заданной конфигурации
        :param con_instance: экземпляр connection'а
        :param con_params: параметры доступа к connection'у
        :param metadata: метеданные (имя, описание, тип объекта)
        """
        raise NotImplementedError

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Fair Labor Standards Act: An Overview of the Basic Provisions and Recent Developments
by Sheila Gladstone, Sarah Glaser, and Emily Linn
The Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") is a federal employment law that establishes many of the workplace wage and hour standards employers should be familiar with, including minimum wage, overtime pay, record keeping requirements related to tracking hours worked, and child labor standards. There are also special rules that apply to public employers, including guidance on fire and police activities, volunteer work, and the offering of compensatory time instead of cash overtime payment.
The Department of Labor's ("DOL") Wage and Hour Division ("WHD") administers the FLSA and frequently issues regulations and other guidance for employers on how to comply with the wage and hour rules. Over the last year, there have been a number of updates from the DOL, which we will outline below. Notably, the most recent rules coming out of the DOL, including final rules clarifying the test for independent contractor classification, revisions to the tipped employee regulations and an updated rule on joint employer status have either been revised or rescinded by the new Biden Administration.
Before we discuss the current status of the new rules and other guidance, we first want to remind employers of the basic provisions of the FLSA.
Overview of the Fair Labor Standards Act
Federal Minimum Wage
The FLSA established a federal minimum wage, which is currently set at $7.25/hr. This is a floor, meaning that states and other local entities can adopt a higher minimum wage, though Texas has not. There is a separate minimum wage for tipped employees. Tipped employees must be paid at least $2.13/hr in direct wages; however, their total pay when taking into account a tip credit must still equal the $7.25/hr federal minimum.
Recently, there has been a legislative push to increase the minimum wage, including through the Raise the Wage Act of 2021 and in a House version of the American Rescue Plan Act. While the final version of the stimulus package did not include any increase, the Biden Administration and Democratic lawmakers have indicated they will continue to push for an increased minimum wage.
Overtime Pay
The FLSA requires that covered, non-exempt employees be paid overtime pay at time and a half, for hours worked over 40 hours in any seven-day work week (with some work period differences for police, fire, and hospital staff). Employers should define their seven-day work period in writing, preferably in an employment manual or other personnel policies. Employers should also clearly indicate whether an employee can flex their time within the work week, and for public sector employees, whether they will offer compensatory time, rather than cash overtime pay.
When classifying workers as either exempt or non-exempt from overtime requirements, an employer must first determine whether an employee is paid on a salaried, and not hourly basis, and meets the salary minimum to be considered exempt under the FLSA's executive, administrative and professional exemptions, also known collectively as the "white collar exemptions." For a discussion about the latest white collar exemption salary minimum, see below.
Employees earning more than the minimum salary must also meet a duties test in order to be classified as exempt.
To qualify for the executive exemption, the person must manage the enterprise or a department within the enterprise, must regularly supervise 2+ employees, and have the authority to hire or fire other employees (or their recommendations as to hiring/firing are given particular weight).
To qualify for the administrative exemption, the worker's primary duty must be the performance of non-manual work directly related to the management or general operations of the employer, and the employee must exercise discretion and independent judgment on matters of significance.
There are two types of professional exemptions, the learned professional and creative professional. To qualify for the learned professional employee exemption, the person's primary duty must be performing work requiring advanced knowledge, defined as work predominantly intellectual in character and requiring consistent exercise of discretion and judgment. The advanced knowledge must be in a field of science or learning and must be customarily acquired by prolonged, specialized instruction. To qualify for the creative professional employee exemption, the person's primary duty must be the performance of work requiring invention, imagination, originality or talent in a recognized artistic or creative field.
Notably, the 'white collar' exemptions do not apply to employees who perform manual labor or other repetitive tasks with their bodies, or to most police, fire fighters, paramedics or other first responders (even if the employee is high ranking, titles aren't enough to guarantee exemption; rather, the position must truly be a policy-making desk job). Foremen who primarily do the non-exempt work of those they supervise are not exempt.
There are several other types of exemptions, including a computer employee exemption and an outside sales exemption, each of which come with their own list of primary duties that must be met to qualify.
There is also a highly compensated employee exemption ("HCE"), which states that employees whose total compensation is more than a prescribed minimum threshold are considered exempt from the FLSA if they perform at least one of the duties of any of the white collar exemptions described above. The salary minimum for HCEs was recently updated. See below for the latest numbers.
Recordkeeping and Posting Requirements
Under the FLSA, employers are responsible for keeping accurate timekeeping and pay records of all non-exempt employees. Further, employers must display official posters outlining the provisions of the FLSA in a conspicuous place in all their establishments. Employers can download FLSA posters and other required notices, along with guidance regarding the same, here.
Child Labor Rules
The FLSA includes workplace protections for minors. The FLSA regulations outline the number of hours that youth under 16 years of age can work, including prohibiting work during school hours, and includes a list of hazardous job duties prohibited for young workers. The Texas Workforce Commission ("TWC") has issued additional rules about child labor that employers should be cognizant of if they are employing workers who are under 18 years old.
New FLSA Rules and Guidance
Below is a summary of some of the DOL's latest wage and hour rules and guidance.
New Guidance on Volunteer Time (effective Mar. 14, 2019).
In March 2019, the DOL issued an opinion letter on volunteer time (and whether the time should be included in hours worked for the purposes of calculating overtime pay). The DOL has indicated that it is okay to not pay employees for volunteer work representing the employer outside of work hours, so long as several conditions are met:
The volunteer work must be truly optional, with no pressure to participate and no employment consequences for employees who choose not to volunteer.
The volunteer work must not be of the same nature as the work the employee is employed to perform. For example, a payroll employee who volunteers to cut the checks for vendors and contractors used to staff a charity event, would be performing volunteer work identical to her normal job functions for the employer.
The volunteer work must be for a civic or charitable purpose.
An employee cannot waive or otherwise volunteer to work overtime.
Minimum Salary for Exempt Employees (effective Jan. 1, 2020).
On January 1, 2020, the DOL's final rule became effective, updating the minimum earning thresholds for white collar and highly compensated overtime exemptions. The rule increased the minimum salary threshold for the white collar exemptions to $35,568 a year ($684 per week), and for the Highly Compensated Employee ("HCE") exemption the minimum was increased to $107,432 per year.
Calculating Regular Rate of Pay for Overtime Calculation (effective January 15, 2020).
Last year, the DOL clarified that certain employee perks and benefits are not included in the regular rate of pay when calculating overtime rate, including:
Nominal non-cash gifts (e.g., coffee, snacks, coffee cups, t-shirts, raffle prizes).
"Perks" and conveniences for the employee (e.g., on-site massages, recreational facilities, wellness programs, tuition payments).
Discretionary bonuses not based on some pre-established, objective criteria.
Payments for time not worked (e.g., paid time off, on-call pay, etc.).
Reimbursements for business expenses.
Retirement and insurance plan contributions.
See additional guidance to assist employers in calculating an employee's regular rate of pay here.
Proposed Independent Contractor Rule Rescinded
On January 7, 2021, the DOL published a final rule clarifying the standard for employee versus independent contractor status under the FLSA. As a reminder, the FLSA provisions only apply to employees, not independent contractors. The standard was more lenient for employees to classify workers as independent contractors excluded from the FLSA. The rule was set to take effect on March 8, 2021; however, pursuant to President Biden's regulatory freeze, the final rule was delayed and the DOL has since announced that it plans to rescind the rule.
In its place, we anticipate a more stringent independent contractor test, possibly similar to California's "ABC" test, which has been adopted in some iteration by almost two-thirds of the states. The "ABC" test requires that in order to be classified as an independent contractor, the worker must meet all three of the following factors:
The worker is free from control or direction in the performance of the work;
The work is done outside the usual course of the company's business and is done off the premises of the business; and
The worker is customarily engaged in an independent trade, occupation, profession, or business.
March 2020 Joint Employer Status Rule Rescinded
On March 16, 2020, the DOL's final rule revising and updating regulations interpreting joint employer status under the FLSA went into effect. As a reminder, entities that meet the joint employer test are jointly and severally liable to employees for any FLSA violations. The new rule established a four-factor balancing test for deciding whether two entities were considered joint employers. The DOL has rescinded this new rule, and in its place, we anticipate a new joint employer rule which will likely adopt a more expansive definition of joint employer status.
This article was prepared by Lloyd Gosselink's Employment Law Practice Group: Sheila Gladstone, Sarah Glaser, and Emily Linn. If you would like more information, please contact Sheila at 512.970.5815 or sgladstone@lglawfirm.com, Sarah at 512.221.6585 or sglaser@lglawfirm.com, or Emily at 214.755.9433 or elinn@lglawfirm.com.

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The C programming language is the (direct or indirect) predecessor of many modern programming languages, although it is still actively used and developed. It is very similar to C++, except that C is not object oriented. That is, it will only support simple data structures which have no member functions.
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Everything about a man in Dhoti & Punjabi: Nobel Prize 2019 Winner Abhijit Banerjee from India
58 years old Abhijeet Banerjee was born into the well-educated family of Mumbai, India. He is an American Economist by profession. Apart from it, Abhijit is a Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
In 2019, Abhijit Banerjee was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics along with tow co-researchers Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer. He received the 2019 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Science in Memory of Alfred Nobel at the ceremony held in Stockholm, Sweden.
During the ceremony, Abhijit Banerjee wore a black bandhgala paired with traditional dhoti. In addition, his wife Esther Duflo peek a Saree for the ceremony. He has represented India with his traditional wear at an international level.
Abhijit Banerjee Age, Family, Wife, Marriage, Children
Abhijit Banerjee was born on 21 February 1961 and is 58 years old in 2019. He was born to the Dipak Banerjee and Nirmala Banerjee. His father has earned a PhD in economics at the Centre for Studies in Social Science, Calcutta.
Abhijit Banerjee was married to Dr Arundhati Tuli who is a professor at MIT. Both the couple Abhijit and Arundhati had one son together. Later they got divorced.
In 2015, Banerjee married to his co-researcher Esther Duflo. Both together have two children. He was a joint supervisor of Duflo's PhD in economics at MIT in 1999. Abhijit and Esther have received a Nobel Prize in 2019.
Abhijeet Banerjee hails from the highly educated family of India. His father was a Ph.D. in economics and her mother Nirmala Banerjee was a professor of economics.
Abhijit did schooling from South Point High School, Kolkata. Next, He took admission to the University of Calcutta and completed a B.Sc degree in economics in 1981.
Next, Abhijit completed his MA in economics at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in 1983.
For further study, he went to Harvard University in 1988 for PhD in economics.
He mainly works on development economics. In 2004, he was one of the elected fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Next in 2009, He honored with Infosys Prize for social science.
In 2012, Abhijit received Gerald Loeb Award for Business Book with co-author Esther Duflo for the book Poor Economics.
Following year, He got the Bernhard-Harms-Prize from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
Nobel Prize 2019 in Economics
In 2019, Abhijit Banerjee was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics, together with Esther Duflo and Michel Kremer for their work in alleviating global poverty.


I live in Provo, Utah, which is located between the beautiful Wasatch Mountains to the east (a part of the greater Rocky Mountain Range), and Utah Lake to the west. I'll be changing this photo every few weeks to share the beauty and variety of my surroundings. Unless otherwise noted, all photos are by Venita* who also holds the copyrights.
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Q: Сделать поле, разметку и заполнить Javascript
Подскажите пожалуйста, как реализовать:

*

*Нужно сделать поле 5х5, 10х10 (не принципиально), я делал каждую клеточку отдельно <div> блоком, но как дальше не знаю..

*Есть допустим кнопка (сгенерировать квадрат), он появлялся над полем(как всплывший элемент) и мышкой перетягивать его в нужную область, как только он в нужной области, он прикрепляется как на картинке.

*И самое тяжелое, что я не могу раздуплится, так это, если при перетягивании квадрат не соприкасается с квадратом рядом стоящим, красного или если квадрат синий, синего цвета, то он возвращается на место, обратно в центр или если мышка ушла за границы поля, тоже квадрат возвращается на центр.
Это задал преподаватель сделать, а подача материала ужасная :( Нужно реализовать на Javascript + (jQuery) + Css + Html(без бутстрапа, хотя не принципиально).
Вот правила:

*Бросьте 2 кубика.

*Сделайте прямоугольник со сторонами, сгенерированными кубиками

*Прямоугольник должен быть присоединён к вашей существующей территории.

*Первый прямоугольник игрока помещается в угол, прямоугольник соперника - в противоположный.

*Если вы не можете сделать сгенерированный прямоугольник, вы пропускаете ход.

*Игра считается оконченной, когда все пространство заполнено.

*Побеждает тот, у кого большая территория.
Проконсультируйте как вообще это можно сотворить, уже второй день бьюсь, никак не получаеться..
Помогите с созданием Поля и перетаскиванием квадрата с место на место, остальное думаю справлюсь

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At the end of January 2015, we hit the road for the first time in our musical careers on a national tour to introduce our album (and our faces) to the rest of South Africa.
Our aim for the tour was to showcase our music and our performance in a theatre styled sit down show i.e. take it to the theatres as they used to play shows in the late 50's. We kicked off at our home ground in Cape Town at Origin Coffee Roasting. It's always a great privilege to collaborate with them and we love their rustic venue. The next day we hit the road, slightly nervous but crazy excited – first stop: George. After a radio interview the morning we went to the Oakhurst Insurance George Arts theatre for setup. It's an old school building which they converted into a 200 seater theatre. We had a blast and the outcome blew our minds! We would not have dreamed to have so many people to come and see our shows (its not like we are at all that well known anyways)? Thanks for coming!
Next stop was The Rupert Theatre in Graaff-Reinet. This was in Esté's home town in the Great Karoo. Everyone in the "dorp" knew Esté as the little girl with the angelic voice – performing from a very young age at all the social events the "dorp" had to offer. Thus we had a great combination of old and young alike in the audience. It was a definite highlight for us. We even had to carry in 20 extra chairs since the tickets sold out too early…WHAATTTT??? We feel so honoured to play sold out shows – it is both nerve wrecking and incredibly awesome at the same time!
Valley of Desolation – Esté embracing the fresh Karoo air!
Next stop was Bloemfontein. Traveling through the States of Freedom was great! The landscape allows one to take in endless amounts of "vlaktes". It gave me a sense of rest. We had the most beautiful night at Innie Skuur theatre. We knew that this will be our last intimate sit down theatre show and therefore enjoyed it a little extra!
The most beautiful Free State sunset – taken while waiting for the show to start!
Johannesburg was the next stop. The next day we played our gig at the Factory on Grant in Norwood, JHB as part of their launch of the "Nice Guys Sessions". We had some lovely craft beers. A thunderstorm broke out and they had to move the stage – but as you know, "the show must go on". We again played for an all new crowd (DAUNTING, yet PRIVILEGED). Joburg was a great experience – loved the vibe, loved the people!
The next day we played alongside a few other well-known local acts at the Railways Café in Pretoria at their "Arts in the Yard" event. We had a great time! We ended the tour off with peace in our hearts that we gave it our all and played our hearts out.
During this tour we shared our stories, our music, and our time with so many people but what we received in return is much more than we could have hoped for – people blessed us by coming to support our shows and allowing us to showcase what we have for their enjoyment – that was our exceedingly great reward… At the end of each show – we ended off with a mash-up song we do by combining Pie Jesu and Viva la Vida. We do this to showcase me and Esté's diverse backgrounds in music (Esté is a classically trained singer and I come from a garage rock band). After each show people requested us to please do a recording and video of this – this is very hard since it is driven by our live performance… but we will definitely put some thought into it!
We should do this more often – go travel and see our beautiful country of South Africa and catch up with friends on the way. Special thanks should be given to all who opened their homes and hearts for us! Petrus & Jo-Ané Paulsen (George), Johan & Anna Nell (Graaff- Reinet), The Lombard's (Cradock), Gerda van der Merwe (Bloemfontein), Marlene Willemse (Clarens), Jan-Louis & Kara Du Toit (JHB) and the De Villiers family (JHB)!
A BIG shout out and special thank you to our sound engineer and his wife – Pierre and Vicki De Villiers. A band is only as good as their sound team ;). You have really inspired us and kept our hands up when we were tired.
Pierre and Vicki De Villiers. We left Cape Town as the band and the crew and returned as friends.
We also want to thank and honour every venue where we played – the professionalism, creativity and well looked after theatres and buildings warmed our hearts!
We are so incredibly thankful for all who have supported us and enabled us to make this tour a success. Thanks for allowing us to dream big. Our lives are enriched and we feel honoured to have been given the opportunity to showcase our God given talents to you. Finally – Thanks to God for keeping us safe on the road and blessing us with talents to glorify His name!
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT TOUR!


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Q: ExtJS - Get a selected value of a grid on a click of a button I am a newbie to Ext JS so I am finding a little difficulty in getting this simple logic.
I have a Grid in a tab panel. I have added two buttons 'Add' and 'Update' at the and of this grid. On click of 'Add', I would like to see the value of selected row.
Code is as below:
Ext.define('XYZ.view.PlantInformation', {
      extend: 'Ext.panel.Panel',
      alias: 'widget.plantinformation',

      requires: [
        'XYZ.view.PlantInformationOldViewModel1',
        'Ext.tab.Panel',
        'Ext.tab.Tab',
        'Ext.grid.Panel',
        'Ext.grid.column.Column',
        'Ext.view.Table',
        'Ext.toolbar.Spacer'
      ],

      viewModel: {
        type: 'plantinformation'
      },
      height: 500,
      width: 800,
      layout: 'fit',
      title: 'Plant Information',
      defaultListenerScope: true,

      items: [{
        xtype: 'tabpanel',
        activeTab: 0,
        items: [{
            xtype: 'panel',
            scrollable: 'true',
            title: 'Plant',
            items: [{
              xtype: 'gridpanel',
              itemId: 'PlantTab',
              scrollable: true,
              bodyBorder: true,
              bind: {
                store: 'PlantStore'
              },
              columns: [{
                xtype: 'gridcolumn',
                dataIndex: 'ID_PLANT',
                text: 'Plant ID'
              }, {
                xtype: 'gridcolumn',
                dataIndex: 'DS_PLANT',
                text: 'Plant Name',
                flex: 1
              }],
              dockedItems: [{
                xtype: 'panel',
                dock: 'bottom',
                width: 100,
                layout: {
                  type: 'hbox',
                  align: 'stretch',
                  pack: 'end'
                },
                items: [{
                  xtype: 'button',
                  flex: 1,
                  text: 'Add',
                  listeners: {
                    click: 'onButtonClick'
                  }
                }, {
                  xtype: 'tbspacer',
                  flex: 1
                }, {
                  xtype: 'button',
                  flex: 1,
                  text: 'Update'
                }]
              }],
              listeners: {
                select: 'onGridpanelSelect'
              }
            }]
          },

        ],

        onButtonClick: function(button, e, eOpts) {
          var grid = Ext.getCmp('PlantTab');
          var selection = grid.getSelectionModel().getSelection()[0];
          alert(selection);
        },

        onGridpanelSelect: function(rowmodel, record, index, eOpts) {

        }

      });

I'm getting a error:

Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'getSelectionModel' of undefined

What am I doing wrong to gt this simple thing?
Thnaks in advance !

A: If you want to retrieve your component with Ext.getCmp, then replace:
itemId: 'PlantTab'
with:
id: 'PlantTab'
in your grid config.
id is global, itemId is scoped within the parent container.


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October 1, 2019By Lance Baily
7 More Must Know Clinical Simulation Key Terms
Over the past several months HealthySimulation.com has been sharing crucial "must know" clinical simulation key terms every Sim Champion should know. From leading industry vendors to key simulator types, and from unique simulation products to specialized methodology terms — these pages are dedicated to breaking down helpful vernacular. Share these with your entire program to help ensure you are all on the same page! Following these 7 new terms, we share the previous articles highlighting even more helpful terms to know!
EMS Simulator: An EMS Simulator is a medical simulation tool or device used to depict emergency scenarios for education and training purposes. By using an EMS Simulator, trainees and learners alike can practice procedures and treatments that may be involved under high-stress emergency circumstances. Below are the benefits of using EMS Simulators, and a brief outline of just some of the many different types of simulation devices available to Emergency Medical Service educators in the field.
Simulaids: Simulaids is a trauma moulage production company that has provided cutting edge training solutions for over 50 years. The company has been producing trauma moulage products since 1963, making the Simulaid-brand among the first commercially available wounds for EMS practice. Based in New York, the company follows all Centers for Disease Control (CDC) protocols and manikin instructions to maintain the highest quality products. This work is all done in an attempt to improve health care education, healthcare simulation and patient safety through more realistic training aids. Important to note is that that Simulaids is a brand of Nasco Healthcare.
Level 3 Healthcare: Level 3 Healthcare is a division of Level 3 Audio Visual, LLC, an audiovisual technology company located in Mesa, Arizona with over 22 years of experience installing a/v equipment. Level 3 Healthcare currently offers specialized medical simulation audiovisual equipment solutions as they relate to the fields of nursing, emergency medical services, interdisciplinary studies, allied health, dentistry and veterinary care. The company states online that Level 3 Healthcare founders realized that audiovisual consulting within medical simulation was an important, yet missing piece of the overall "puzzle" of simulation. Thus, the company sought out to become a solution provider, along with our powerful partnership with SIMStation, a recording and debriefing solution.
Brain Surgery Simulator: Brain Surgery Simulators are a unique surgical simulation technology advancing the education, training, and practice of neurosurgeons around the world. As medical simulation technology advances and expands, so do the opportunities in the field of healthcare and treatments overall–including neuroscience. In recent years, such advancements in clinical simulation have led to the completion of practical tests using highly advanced Neurosurgery Simulators. The development of such highly promising simulators has brought together both neuroscientists and software engineers engaging in close collaboration to create greater training and education modules.
Laerdal's vSim: Unveiled and demonstrated at the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH) conference in 2014, vSim is a line of simulation products for nursing students to learn patient scenarios through virtual modules. Co-developed by Laerdal Medical and Wolters Kluwer Health's Lippincott Williams & Wilkins division, the nationally recognized scenarios that vSim depicts are all tied to core nursing school curricula. They were selected to help ensure that students are prepared for all possible real-world scenarios and confident enough in their abilities to act.
Medical Manikin: Typically, Medical Manikin products and training solutions in Medical Simulation will use high fidelity patient simulators, encompassing manikins capable of breathing, producing life-like sounds and heart tones and that will exhibit palpable pulses. In addition, Medical Manikins will usually connect to or include a monitor that is able to represent EKG, pulse oximeter, arterial waveforms, pulmonary artery waveforms, anesthetic gases and other healthcare basics.
Virtual Reality in Medicine: Virtual Reality in Medicine is a three-dimensional teaching tool used across the field of healthcare as a means of both education and instruction. Virtual Reality commonly refers to simulated environments in which learners can experience visual stimuli delivered via computer graphics and other sensory experiences. This advancing technology allows learners to obtain the knowledge and understanding necessary to perform a number of tasks and procedures involving the human body, without ever having to practice on a live patient.
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Lance Baily, BA, EMT-B, is the Founder & CEO of HealthySimulation.com, which he started while serving as the Director of the Nevada System of Higher Education's Clinical Simulation Center of Las Vegas back in 2010. Lance is also the Founder and acting Advisor to the Board of SimGHOSTS.org, the world's only non-profit organization dedicated to supporting professionals operating healthcare simulation technologies. His new co-edited Book: "Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation: Operations, Technology, and Innovative Practice" is available now. Lance's background also includes serving as a Simulation Technology Specialist for the LA Community College District, EMS fire fighting, Hollywood movie production, rescue diving, and global travel. He lives with his wife Dr. Abigail Baily in Las Vegas, Nevada with their newborn daughter and two crazy dachshunds.
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The seven-speared diadem that defines the crown represents the seven seas that hug the shores of the seven continents of the World.
Her torch illuminates the path towards enlightenment where knowledge is nurtured by empathy and understanding.
Emma Lazarus under the wake of the ferry. . .


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Protesters in Shies. Photo: Ivan Ivanov
«This is our Stalingrad»
The village of Shies today is the hottest spot on the map of environmental protests in Russia. Locals and activists are standing together against the construction of a landfill for Moscow's garbage and promise to stand there until the end.
By Tatyana Britskaya
Before crossing the Vychegda river, the driver asks us to unfasten our seat belts. You never know. If you are not buckled in, you might be able to jump out of the car should something happen. The ice on Vychegda is melting under the March sun. There is a 5 ton weight limit for cars and trucks. Our car only weighs two tons but even with an experienced driver, it is hard feel too comfortable crossing. There are lots of holes in the ice. Soon driving to the other side will be impossible and there will be no crossings until the ice has gone and the ferry starts working. This means that the heavy machinery will have to stop for a time. But it will also be harder for the defenders of the barricades to get help in case of provocation. Right now, it is calm on the front line. But there is a still a round-the-clock watch and protestors defending their land against the dump site being constructed to receive Moscow's garbage are still under attack as they monitor the enemy.
Military rhetoric is the norm here. There is a sign at the entrance to the railway line that reads «Stalingrad».
«We will not back off,» explains Viktor Vishnevetsky, one of many Shies defenders. The long-closed Shies railway station is lost in the forests on the border of the Komi and the Arkhangelsk regions but today it is the hottest spot on the map of environmental protests in Russia.
Novaya Gazeta has written about the conflict in the north more than once. Since July, residents of the surrounding villages have been struggling against the construction of a huge landfill for Moscow's garbage. The dump under construction is innocently names «Ecotechnopark» but has been organized without any public hearings, expertise or authorizing documents and despite massive public decent. However, the authorities prefer to officially close their eyes to the obvious fact. According to them, there is no construction in Shies. But in fact, the work is being done around the clock, hindered only by the people standing on the roads in the way of fuel tankers like a human shield.
As of the moment, the partisan protestors' blockade around Shies has managed to stop construction and no heavy machinery has moved since February 22. It is a stalemate and neither the besieged builders nor the inhabitants standing defiantly on the roads are willing to give in. Both sides are ready to hold on to the end and first blood has already been shed.
"We say No to Moscow garbage in the Russian North," the poster in Shies sfays. Photo: Ivan Ivanov, Save Pechora Committee
One week ago, a convoy of equipment tried to break through the protest line at the Shies construction site. After smashing the hut set up as a protest HQ, activist Vladimir Kogut got knocked down by the bucket of an excavator. One Alexey Kozlov was at the wheel of the excavator and there are several stories as to what happened next.
According to Arkhangelsk pro-government news sources, the protesters dragged Kozlov out of the cab, tied him to a tree and beat him to within an inch of his life, breaking his spine and tearing his spleen.
According to eyewitnesses, Kozlov was too drunk to drive and simply fell out of the cab and landed on his face.
The police arrived about three hours after the call and the driver was evacuated by helicopter to the hospital. Kogut was not taken anywhere by helicopter and the protesters themselves brought him to Kotlas hospital. This, as in any Russian remote place, is faster than waiting for an ambulance.
Official documents say Kozlov has lost his ability speak or walk but the next day, the heavy equipment operator refused medical treatment and went home on his own two feet. There are video recordings on the web showing Kozlov calmly walking through the hospital corridors talking with nurses. The police have nevertheless opened a criminal case against the protestors charging them with assault and causing him injuries of moderate severity. Activist checkpoints have already been visited by the police.
Kogut also refused treatment but the police do not recognize him as a victim.
But the people of the region do consider themselves victims in this and are tired of being seen as no more than a garbage dump by Moscow.
Ruslan, a resident of Madmas, is indignant. «We have pregnant women here but there have been no medical helicopters for ten years. There is never any money. And they knew about this at the beginning.» Ruslan lives in a small log house, has a strong family and a good job. His son Ivan is participating in the protests along with his father. «The state has never given us a second thought. And now, they only think of us as a dumpster.»
Elena Mayle is an entrepreneur. She comes from Arkhangelsk and lives in Komi with her husband Denis. Previously, neither had gone to rallies or tried resist the decisions of the authorities. For them, as well as for the majority of the «Shies guerrillas», this is their first experience fighting back. «We first - as soon as we learned about the construction site - we conscientiously wrote complaints to all instances and waited to see how the authorities would react. When we realized that they were not going to do anything, we decided to take matters into our own hands.» Elena and her husband consider themselves citizens of the region and she jokes that God himself has told them to protect Shies, «If the worst predictions come true, ecological disaster will cover both regions.»
Businessman Viktor Vishnevetsky from Syktyvkar offers this, «Shies is a wakeup call for our community. Even pension reform did not affect people this way. This is a spark, like the shooting in Sarajevo. And this garbage deal has revealed a chain of problems including corruption, social disorder…»
Trucks in Shies. Photo: Ivan Ivanov, Save Pechora Committee
Communist Oleg Mikhailov adds, «The Komi Republic pays 151 billion (about €2 billion) in taxes a year to the federal budget, and yet only 55 remain in the regional budget. And the net profit of Lukoil Komi, our main oil producing company, is 420 billion a year. Moscow takes everything from us. They take our money, our resources and our minerals but they are only ready to give us their garbage in return.»
The Shies protest partly resembles the story of the Sun protest to fight off logging companies from destroying the Boron forests in Karelia. There, pensioners also served as partisans, standing their ground despite minus thirty-degree frosts along with activists, businessmen, teachers, journalists, firefighters, village deputies and even employees of Gazprom. The latter were working on the maintenance of a branch of a gas pipeline passing through the entire region. They don't have any gas service, by the way, in the villages.
Before going to the front line, we have to put on yellow vests. The yellow vests have nothing to do with any brotherhood with the Parisian protests, they are simply complying with the law. It is illegal to work on or along railroad tracks without a yellow vest. And it is dangerous with the speedy Moscow-Vorkuta express and the rattling the freight trains running almost every quarter of an hour. The Shies station itself has been closed for quite some time and only a few trains make 2 minute stops there. There used to be a logging village here but it closed down before the time of perestroika and the last families left in the 90s.
Now the only logging that gets done here is done by private traders and not always legally. The wild forests have retaken the territory and the nearest village is Madmas, 4 km from the railway. In the 80s, 3,000 people lived here but now there are only 700 left, mostly exiled ethnic Germans. In the 90s, most returned to Germany and only a stoic few have stayed on.
«This is my homeland, where should I go?» says Alexander Neiman, who refused to repatriate despite the requests of his 90-year-old grandmother who died in Germany without seeing her grandson. «My mother also refused to move. She said that this was her home and I will stay here too. My father is buried here and my brothers. This is my land and I will not give it up. My grandfather did not come here all the way from Berlin for me to just give up my land. And if we let these people spit on us, they will continue to spit on us.»
Neumann works in the fire department. When not on shift, he has been manning one of the roadblocks that the protesters have set up around the construction site. There are no reprisals for his participation, on the contrary, according to Alexander, when they tried to recruit locals to help with the dump site construction, the bosses there were clear that anyone who tried to work there should not plan on coming home again.
And it is no easy decision for a local to refuse to work at a construction site. Men can earn up to 60 thousand (€820) a month, and women might find 40 or 45. It's impossible to imagine such wages in the villages. But people refuse.
«We still drink the water from our wells and we collect berries and mushrooms. If we let them build this Chernobyl here, what will happen to our children?» asks Neyman.
The blockades started in the village of Madmas. Two roads intersect there and fuel and building materials can be brought to the construction site only along this road. At first they wanted to put up a roadblock right in Madmas but they had to do it in the forest. The residents were angry and didn't want any more problems on its fragile dirt and gravel road. They were not very good roads to start with but in just a few months during the summer, trucks belonging to Yuri Vasilyev, an entrepreneur from Syktyvkar working for the dumpsite, destroyed them. And though Vasiliev has promised to repair the road, nobody expects any promises to be kept.
Desperate to get help from the cops, the protesters demanded that the KamAZ trucks adhere to the rules of the road. They are technically not even allowed on the road which is not rated for heavy trucks. When the authorities turned a blind eye, the people started blocking the road by any means possible, including laying "hedgehogs", spiked metal bands, across the road to destroy the tires of the great trucks.
The flow of sand stopped on its own but the checkpoint is still there. Trucks have tried to break through a line of protesters using their bodies to block the road a couple of times. The human shield managed to stop one column of fuel trucks and then another. Then an «authoritative person» from Syktyvkar was sent. He already had one conviction in his pocket and he let the activists know that it was time to curb their protests. But the people stood their ground. And then one night some thugs showed up, tough guys with their faces hidden under balaclava. But the activists are on line and connected and in a few minutes, 70 people drove up to see what all the fuss was about. The thugs scurried back into their holes.
Basic communications here at the front is via the Internet. The Defenders of Shies social network has 18 thousand people. And they are helping finance the war. Some send 100 rubles, some send 300 and some provide food or a thermos of hot tea. It all helps.
«They are saying that in the future, this will be known as the «Chernobyl» landfill. We don't want Chernobyl here,» Yury Shigarev categorically states. Shigarev is a pensioner and is on duty all day. Pensioners are not afraid of builders or gangster thugs. And then he adds gloomily, «There is a gun in every house. We are all hunters here. Spring will come and we will be in the forest. These builders will not want to stick around.»
The project, as presented by Technopark LLC, who are the main contractors, calls for a bit more than 20 years of operation. The plan is to import 10 million tons of crushed, compressed and plastic-packed garbage from Moscow and burry it here in the Shies landfill. The waste material will be compressed in Lyubertsy and then exported north. It is clear that we cannot talk about any alternative use of waste in this form. We are talking about garbage that will simply not decompose or be suitable for any further processing.
When people found out about the project they began to rebel. At first, the authorities promised that they were not building a landfill, they were just putting together a modern waste collection system as well as new a woodworking enterprise. But this story did not last and the truth came out. The plan allocates 300 hectares of land for burial of Moscow's garbage. According to the documents, this is supposed to be forest land. But the management of «Technopark» has already cut down 30 hectares for technical buildings for unloading the trains near the Shies station. They will be burying the garbage where a thick fir grove is now standing. The documents transferring ownership of this land have never been officially approved.
The main position of the protestors is that this is an environmental catastrophe waiting to happen. The local terrain is marshy, there are swamps and peatlands all around and the depth of groundwater is only 40 cm. Should there be any spontaneous combustion from the garbage, there will be nothing to stop the fire. Or worse, if the tightness of the packaging of the garbage briquettes is broken and the putrid waste falls into the water, we are talking about polluting ground water that feeds the sources of 8 northern rivers. And if the swamps are drained, the surrounding moisture-loving spruce forests will simply die.
«Some specialist from the «Serebrenaya Taiga» Foundation told us that by 2020, they would have a forest reserve organized at this place. But instead of the reserve, there will be a cesspool, albeit a relatively modern one,» activist Sergei commented.
«People are standing up for their lives, for their natural environment. These natural forests give them everything. They live for the whole year on what they can collect during the summer. This is their way of life. And now everything is being taken away from them,» Victor Vishnevetsky explains. «Our forests are being cut down, our water and air are polluted with emissions, now our swamps are being destroyed. I do not need any documents to understand that these are swamps or that nothing should be built here. I am here!»
Victor is one of the unofficial protest partisans. His wife is a beautiful, well-groomed business woman and he has a toy store in Syktyvkar and his activities on the social networks have already harmed him. A year ago, Vishnevetsky received a 6 month suspended sentence under article 282 for reposting anti-government material on the net. But nevertheless, he has spent the last months on duty here in the Shies swamps. He has brought journalists here and is helping to keep this thing alive. He says he could have sold everything and left a long time ago. But why should he?
There is a house built on wooden posts and generously decorated with flags that stands near the railroad tracks. Ivan Ivanov, an activist from the Save Pechora Committee, one of the country's oldest environmental organizations, conducts Internet broadcasts from here. It was created by the simple residents of Komi villages in the 80s to protect the earth from oil spills. Now the Committee is involved in the Shies protests.
The Vychegda Rescue Committee, an organization modeled after the Save Pechora Committee, is here too. Ivanov goes to the construction site every day. He demands documents from guards and asks questions. In response, he gets only irritation and abuse. Today, I am invited to go with him. We are heading into ground zero.
As soon as we appear on the site, we are suddenly the center of attention for 30 large men in red berets and black uniforms who snap onto us like iron to a magnet. They are all wearing video recorders on their chests and have rubber batons on their belts. The only insignia they carry are chevrons with the inscription of the Moscow private security company «Security Guarantor».
The men need to see our documents but they will not present theirs. Finally, one of them shows his card as a private security guard. Two policemen appear. They also ask for our documents. We ask the police what the men in black are doing here but one of the district policeman only smiles and replies that they are «enjoying a pleasant walk».
Ivan comments on the illegality of the construction on their forest lands but this does not arouse anyone's interest.
«I don't know if there are any documents that say this is a protected or private forest and there are no documents saying that it's impossible to build here.» says the captain, «All we are doing is guarding the railway station. Apparently, it has become a very dangerous place.»
The site is paved with concrete slabs and there are KamAZ trucks with Moscow and Arkhangelsk numbers parked here. There is a hostel nearby for workers but it's impossible to talk to them. The guards lead the workers past us with choreographed precision and three guards block off the road to the hostel. There is a piece of paper on the door that says that the area is under protection inside and out and that the territory is under constant video surveillance.
Any questions directed towards the private security people, or «сhopiki» as they are called by activists, are answered only with a smirk and a practiced «we just came out here for a little walk». And then they start getting aggressive, pushing us back, pressing us together, obviously trying to provoke a scandal.
«You are just here for the money,» one of the guards offers, «otherwise, where did you get the Internet and satellite dish? These people are just provocateurs. They just get drunk and lie around every day…». Not one of these guys with cameras strapped to their chests shows us any photos or videos giving evidence to such claims but they have no problem pressing us more tightly trying to get us to start a fight.
We continue to inspect the area. There is a hangar sized building where, according to the activists, they are storing the imported diesel to run the generators. To speed things up, they pour it straight from a railway tanker, which is also against any rules.
One of the guards suddenly explodes, «Hey, I also need to feed my children. Why are you reproaching me?» Ivan nods and quietly tells me that most likely, the «enemy» is preparing for decisive action. There were different guards with different badges a week ago. The old ones were more peaceful.
Finally, we reach the fence, enclosing the construction from the Urdom side. We are technically in the Arkhangelsk region. Formally, the whole Shies station is within these boundaries and Komi officials justify their inaction with exactly this nuance. They say that their hands are tied and that they have no power to do anything no matter what happens. And yet, it is only 18 km from Madmas to the future landfill.
There is an sign hung on the forest side of the fence that says «No death dump!» On the Komi side, another sign reads «Putin, stop building!»
Behind the fence, we can see the scars of battle. What is left of the former command house that was crushed by Kozlov's excavator is burned. The activists say that the hot stove inside was damaged during the «battle», the coals continued to smolder and flashed the next morning.
The other side of course claims that the activists showered the excavator with Molotov cocktails. In the hospital, there was no evidence of any burns as Kozlov was chatting up the nurses on the way home from the hospital and the excavator itself is standing there unharmed. The next convoy, accompanied by both Komi and Arkhangelsk police, did manage to break through from the construction site to Urdom.
People say that one of the technical vehicles was driven by a businessman named Vasilyev, who leased the car himself. Working for Technoparek simply means greater losses for him. But why would the police of both regions choose to serve as an escort for empty private cars? Activists say that drivers had been asked for their documents while they were taking on fuel for the construction site but no one had any.
Another local businessman who contracted to work at the construction site was a certain Sidorov, who has become an object of sincere dislike for villagers. Sidorov, according to them, owns the ferry and charges 250–350 rubles for transporting a Vychegda 50-meters across the river, as astronomical price by local standards.
Sidorov was contracted to cut wood in the Shies forest. But instead of picking up some quick money, he got himself arrested. Some people from Urdom, the village closest to the construction site, filed the case against him because cutting trees is illegal without a license. Sidorov was detained, although they did not send him to the detention center. Local journalists believe that if the government somehow changes their minds, Sidorov might be locked up for quite some time.
And finally, a fire is burning 20 meters from the construction site where the men in black are «enjoying their little walk». A tent city of protesters has sprung up here and it is the first line of defense. Vladimir offers us some tea. He is over 60 now and says that he has always been loyal to the authorities and has never gotten involved with politics. But now he is working 3 days on and three days off here. He sleeps for two hours and stays on duty for two hours. And he has no intention of retreating.
«Have you seen the Stalingrad sign? That was no accident. We will never give up our land. We have nowhere to retreat. I have grandchildren here. If we allow this Moscow garbage here, they will have no life. And I'm a pensioner. I have nothing to lose. So I will stand here until the end. None shall pass.»
Translated from Russian by Adam Goodman
This story is originally posted by Novaya Gazeta and translated and re-published as part of Eyes on Barents, a collaborative partnership between news organizations and bloggers in the Barents region
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Q: How to calibrate ToF(Time-of-Flight) camera or Lidar with RGB camera I am trying to get depth of each pixel from RGB camera.
So I use ToF camera and Lidar(SICK) to get depth data through PCL and OpenNI.
In order to project the depth data to RGB image currectly, I need to known the Rotation and translation (so-called pose) of ToF or Lidar to the RGB camera.
OpenCV module provide the stereo calibration to get pose between two RGB camera.
But I can not use same way because of that depth sensor only get depth data so that corner detecton of chessboard for calibration will fail.
So...what sould I do if I want to get depth of each pixel from RGB camera.
thanks for any suggestion~~


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Ewa sucked into storm and lives to tell
By Linton Besser, Jano Gibson and David Braithwaite
A German paraglider survived lightning, pounding hail, minus 40-degree temperatures and oxygen deprivation after a storm system sucked her to an altitude higher than Mount Everest.
Ewa Wisnierska, 35, passed out due to a lack of oxygen and flew unconscious for up to an hour covered in ice after reaching an altitude of 9947 metres - near the cruising height of a jumbo jet.
The champion sportswoman's survival was like "winning Lotto 10 times in a row", Australia's most experienced paraglider says.
Wisnierska says experience told her she had no chance of survival, but a doctor told her that blacking out had saved her.
"It was because that I got unsconscious because then the heart slows down all the functions - it saved my life," she told ABC radio.
Froze to death
A Chinese man who flew into the same storm near Manilla in northern NSW on Wednesday did not share Ms Wisnierska's luck.
He Zhongpin, 42, was found 75 kilometres away from his launch site, and most likely suffocated or froze to death after being sucked into the storm, hang gliding experts say.
Ms Wisnierska's top speed of ascent was clocked at 20 metres per second and her descent at 33 metres per second by an on-board tracking system, she told ABC radio.
She described the violence of the storm system as "amazing".
''You can't imagine the power - you feel like nothing, like a leaf from a tree going up,'' she told the ABC.
"I was shaking all the time - the last thing I remember it was dark, I could hear lightning all around me.
"I knew I was in the middle of the thunderstorm and I could not do anything.
I knew the chances to survive are almost zero
"From the theory, I knew the chances to survive are almost zero, I knew I can only have luck, I can't do anything - and I got it."
Wisnierska had been training for the upcoming Paragliding World Championships when she was sucked into the violent storm.
She regained consciousness in mid-air up to an hour later.
"I wanted to fly around the clouds but I got sucked 20 metres per second up into it and started to spiral," she told smh.com.au.
"After 40 minutes or an hour, I woke up and I was 6900 metres.
"I was still flying but I realised I didn't have the brakes in my hand.
"I saw my hands and the gloves were frozen, and I didn't have the brakes, and the glider was still flying on its own.
"I was thinking I can't do anything so I only have to wait and hope that the clouds were bringing me out somewhere.
And then I woke up
"And then I woke up and was thinking I was maybe unconscious for one minute.
"I didn't know I was unconscious for so long."
Godfrey Wenness, the president of the Manilla Sky Sailors club and organiser of the upcoming Paragliding World Championship, said Wisnierska's tale of survival was mind-blowing.
"It's like winning Lotto 10 times in a row," he said, noting that the previous altitude survival record for a paraglider was 24,000 feet.
"[Wisnierska] flew underneath a storm cloud and got sucked up to 30,000 feet. She was unconscious for about half an hour. She regained consciousness at 20,000 feet and then flew down and landed safely.
"She was covered in ice. She suffered from severe frostbite. The temperature at that altitude was about minus 50 degrees. It's higher than Mount Everest."
Mr Wenness said her injuries were severe.
Her ears nearly got frozen off
"She's got bruises all over her body from the hail stones and she's recovering from frostbite to her extremities. She's got bandages over her head because her ears nearly got frozen off."
"She just remembers going up, lightning around her in the cloud and she doesn't remember anything until coming to again."
He said the size of the hail stones was up to 15 centimetres in diameter.
"Apples, oranges, up to rockmelon size. And her glider kept flying perfectly which is the amazing thing in this whole thing.
"Basically she can't believe that she's alive.'
Sergeant Scott Tanner of Manilla police said Wisnierska landed between Barraba and Niagra, 60 kilometres away from her launch site.
"She was treated in hospital and discharged with frostbite injuries to her face," he said.
A Bureau of Meteorology spokesman said the temperature in the storm at 9,000 metres would have been lower than minus-40 degrees.
Body found 25 kilometres from Bingara
The body of Mr He was found by the Westpac Rescue helicopter 25 kilometres south-east of Bingara in northern NSW about 2pm yesterday.
He, a member of the Chinese national paragliding team, was in training for the Paragliding World Championships, which start next week in nearby Manilla.
The paraglider, who had 10 years' experience in the sport, was last seen about 3pm on Wednesday as thunderstorms were moving into the area.
Hang Gliding Federation of Australia general manager Chris Fogg said Mr He was probably sucked into the cumulonimbus storm system and propelled to high altitude.
"We assume he was taken to an altitude where he may have suffocated and may have become radically chilled," he said.
"At the top of thunderstorms is typically where hail forms and there's lots of agitation and turbulence.
"I understand he was above 9000 metres so that's below zero [degrees].
"This system one sounds as if it was pretty strong - he could have been taken up at 1200 feet a minute and beyond. "Most pilots will try to get down to the ground before they get close to something like that."
The glider piloted by Mr He would have continued flying even if he had been unconscious, Mr Fogg said.
Mr Wenness yesterday said the paragliders were among 200 people taking part in a routine training flight.
"The other flyers in the area had given the stormclouds a "wide berth", he said.
"Maybe he was trying to thread the needle between two cells, but we don't know," he said.
Mr Wenness said more would be known after data retrieved from the GPS instruments carried by the man had been used to map out his exact flight path.
Storm cell building
Mr Wenness said the storm cell had been building since the early morning, and all paragliders had been briefed about the danger before beginning their training flights.
"You do not fly anywhere near them - not even 747s fly through storm cells," he said.
Mr Wenness said if the paraglider had deliberately steered into the storm cell, it was not just a risk but a decision that was "99.9 per cent" likely to lead to his death.
The Paragliding World Championships begin in Manilla on February 24. It is the first time the event has been held in an English-speaking country.


Iran's army said Saturday it has deployed a suicide drone for the first time in massive ongoing military drills near the strategic Strait of Hormuz at the entrance to the Persian Gulf, reported Iranian news agency on Saturday, December 27.
Gen. Ahmad Reza Pourdastan, the army's chief commander of ground forces, described the unmanned aircraft as a "mobile bomb," according to state media, which said the aerial device is designed to strike air, ground and naval targets.
"The (suicide) drone can be used for hitting the aerial and ground targets and can carry out an attack when it identifies a suspicious target," Commander of the Iranian Army Ground Force Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan told reporters on Friday.
"This drone is like a mobile bomb, and is capable of destroying fixed and mobile targets," the commander said at the time.
"These drones can carry heavier payloads compared to the past, and the quality of their optical devices have been also improved," the commander added, describing the drones as the "Ground Force's upper-hand" in the battle field.
The six-day military exercise is being carried out over 527,000 square kilometers (850,000 square miles) near the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway through which one-fifth of the world's oil supply passes.
I'm sure Iran and other countries will like to get a hold of this one. Sounds pretty high tech. Can fly for 10 hours. That's along time. and the range is pretty far as well. The future of drones is here. Is it a good thing or a scary one?


Did you know that telling your partner they are wrong can be harmful to your relationship?
It doesn't mean that you ignore destructive tendencies in your partner like physical abuse, compulsive spending or substance abuse, for instance. But it does mean that you learn to overlook some things.
Certainly, there is a time to bring up problems in a relationship. But does your partner need to hear about every time they are wrong?
You love your partner so it's natural that you want to speak the truth about the lies your partner believes. Failing to do so would be unloving.
But should you highlight every time your partner goofs up? No, because doing so is degrading, unnecessary and demotivating.
No one likes all their faults put on the big screen. In most cases, the most compelling motivator for your partner to make a positive life change will be found by you being a consistently loving and forgiving partner knowing that you need the exact thing.
Think about it this way: Would you want a friend or parent who picks out every fault in you or one who loves you through your imperfections as you grow to be a better person?
All relationships work better when you can overlook what you can. Decide what you can overlook while still maintaining a healthy relationship.
Within the framework of a healthy and supportive relationship, something powerful is unleashed. Because there is accepting love, your partner will be able to have transparency and support to overcome issues through self-discovery—on their terms.
Not because you rehashed your partner's faults but because your partner noticed them first.
If the idea to change comes from your partner's internal dialogue rather than your constant input, they'll be way more apt to change.
They have to at least think it's their idea!
We all have a natural desire to improve as people although we sometimes face seemingly insurmountable roadblocks to that end.
Make a point to help your partner practice self-discovery instead of stifling it.
One of the best things to do is to talk about your goals, hopes and dreams. Be an active listener for your partner and work to bring out the best in your partner.
Praise your partner as much as you can. This will make it way easier to bring up topics that need to be addressed when those moments arise. You'll face a lot less resistance and defensiveness, too.
Loving action is the greatest motivator to help your partner change. It isn't found in constantly diagnosing faults as much as it may seem that way.
Need a little more help encouraging your partner to change? Be open about your own faults and the areas you personally want to improve in.
If you still need an extra boost, we would be happy to help you in this process. Healthy relationships and families are what we're all about!


It's the little things in life that bring us the most joy. A free bags of chips at the vending machine, finding money on the sidewalk and oh — that's right: Kendall Jenner's super chic new baby bangs. This little fringe is so short, so perky and so French that we are dying to get ourselves some clip-in bangs and start chopping. The Hepburn vibes are through the roof in these shots from Paris Fashion Week, and needless to say, with that red lip and those sunglasses indoors; Kendall totally knows what she's doing. That blunt edge of glossy black hair and sheer plunging neckline is modern yet so perfectly retro (all in all, very 2017). Audrey would be proud!
Come see the mini-fringe gracing Kendall's perfect face and just try not to get some of your own ASAP.
Can a hair choice be youthful and mature at the same time? Jury's out, but in the meantime, we are coveting these uniquely adorable bangs!
The fishnets! The layered diamonds! The stemless wine glass! We are not sure she knows how iconic this look is. Please bring these bangs around more often, Kendall!
Where are those scissors? The bangs-envy is getting serious.
Are you looking at us? Because we are so looking at you.
These sunnies are unending summertime eyewear inspo. Get ones like it here ($10) or right over here ($48).
So what do you think? We know these little babies were falsies because she appeared without them twice in under 24 hours afterwards. If you're intimidated by such a short snip or terrified of a slow grow-out, never fear! Fake bangs are everywhere these days. Even Kendall's not impulsive enough the truly take the baby bang plunge. Yet.


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BPS officials discuss reopening plans after board gives approval
As for proper spacing between students and their desks, each of the 60 school buildings has been assessed for what they call recapturing available space.
Author: Ron Plants
Published: 8:22 PM EST January 21, 2021
BUFFALO, N.Y. — We're learning more about the Buffalo Public School District's plan to begin partially reopening schools for classes on February 1. It was approved Wednesday night unanimously by the school board.
On Thursday afternoon some students were waiting for their rides home outside the Buffalo School District's Hutchinson Central Technical High School. They were some of the first allowed inside a building for instructional testing as seen in pictures supplied by the district.
This happened just after the school board's school reopening approval vote Wednesday night.
The school district's chief operating officer, Jim Weimer, issued a statement on Thursday: "We're very confident that we can bring our children back here safely."
First up to reopen on February 1 will be grades pre-K through second, and the senior class members in high school, along with some listed as highest needs students for each school.
They're being invited back to class, according to the associate superintendent of school leadership, David Hills, who says, "Those students are now going through the process. Schools have canvassed them, made multiple contacts, and each family is making the decision if they want to opt out and remain on remote instruction for the remainder of the third quarter until April 23, or if they want to accept the invitation."
Hills adds, "We are seeing people that were saying in December they didn't think they were ready to come back. And now as they're seeing the planning, they're ready to come back."
He estimates about half to 60 percent of the senior class students surveyed so far had indicated they want to return to in school classes.
The other remaining grades could be phased in perhaps over two-week intervals through March, with this repeated conditional line, which is tied to the regional status of the COVID pandemic with infection rates and medical adviser input. "Depending on the science, depending on the recommendations, then further determinations will be made."
The highest need students, predicted to be about 50 to 100 per school building, would be in class each day while others would be in a hybrid mode: two days in class per week with remote for the other days, like now open suburban districts.
There are also some senior class support groups.
"We are recapturing spaces like our libraries, things that might be typically used as computer labs. Those are being recaptured. So yes, we are recapturing, in some cases gymnasiums, depending on what works for the building."
The district also provided pictures to show show us their digital temperature monitor to check students. And of course they will follow the state's 20 percent testing mandate for anyone inside each of the district's 60 school buildings.
Hills says, "Ten percent every two weeks, 20 percent every month. And for all schools it's based on the actual address, so if you have multiple schools on a campus, we're pulling from their populations to do rolling testing of that percentage of the population."
Then what about the difficult process and decision to close a school building because of an outbreak. Hills says, "Those protocols and procedures will be firmly in place and they're being worked on right now."
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CCSO Achieves Reaccreditation
NewsBy Steven Khachigan June 22, 2022
Sheriff Hunter and Sgt. Parker at Awards Presentation On Thursday June 16, 2022, the Columbia County Sheriff's Office officially received its reaccreditation designation. The designation was awarded by the Commission for Law Enforcement Accreditation at a conference held in Orlando, Florida. Sheriff Mark Hunter and Accreditation Manager, Sergeant Chris Parker, were in attendance to…
Canine Deputy Drago Passes Away
The Columbia County Sheriff's Office is sad to report the death of Canine Deputy Drago. Drago and his handler were on a training exercise on June 14, 2022 when Drago suffered a heat-related injury. He was immediately transported to a veterinarian clinic for treatment. Drago was stabilized and began to show signs of recovery. Drago…
Former Sheriff, Ray Dyal, Passes Away
NewsBy Steven Khachigan June 6, 2022
The Columbia County Sheriff's Office is saddened to learn of the passing of former Sheriff, Raymond "Ray" Dyal. Sheriff Dyal was appointed Sheriff of Columbia County and served from May of 1984 until January of 1985. In a statement, Sheriff Mark Hunter said, we extend our sincerest condolences to the family and friends of Sheriff…
New Employees Sworn In
NewsBy Steven Khachigan May 25, 2022
Deputy Humes and Sheriff Hunter On Wednesday May 25th, a swearing in ceremony was conducted at the CCSO Operations Center. Sheriff Hunter administered oaths to three new employees. The ceremony was attended by family, friends, and CCSO personnel. Heidi Humes was sworn in as a deputy sheriff. Amanda Donaway was sworn in as an…
Inmate Death
NewsBy Steven Khachigan May 5, 2022
The Columbia County Sheriff's Office is sad to report the death of an inmate at the Columbia County Detention Facility. The incident occurred shortly after 12:00pm on May 5, 2022. Staff at the detention facility attempted to perform lifesaving measures on the inmate, but were unsuccessful. Although details of the incident are limited at this…
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What Are Nitazenes? Synthetic Opioids Linked to Rise in Deadly Overdoses
Some types of nitazenes are up to 10 times more potent than fentanyl.
By Korin Miller
Nitazenes—a new group of "powerful illicit synthetic opioids"—have been linked to a jump in overdose deaths in Tennessee, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), warned last week.
The data, shared by the Tennessee Department of Health and published in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), revealed that the number of nitazene-involved deaths have drastically increased between 2019 and 2021: There were no deaths linked to nitazene in 2019; that number jumped to 10 deaths in 2020, and rose again to 42 deaths in 2021—a fourfold increase in just a year.
The true overall prevalence of nitazene-related deaths in the U.S. is currently unknown—and even the number of associated deaths in Tennessee may be an underestimate due to low testing frequency.
But health officials have sounded the alarm about the novel synthetic opioids since they've been "increasingly recorded in toxicology reports and death certificate cause-of-death fields," the MMWR report said.
A Group of Opioids More Powerful Than Fentanyl
According to the MMWR, nitazenes are a novel group of synthetic opioids, or opioids synthesized in a laboratory. They're different from naturally-occurring opioids, like morphine and codeine, which are derived from certain varieties of poppy plants.
Nitazenes were created as a potential treatment for pain relief nearly 60 years ago, but were never approved for use in the U.S.
"They were explored in the 1960s for therapeutic use as an alternative to opioids, but their use clinically never panned out," Jamie K. Alan, PharmD, PhD, an associate professor of pharmacology and toxicology at Michigan State University, told Health.
Laboratory testing shows that some types of nitazenes were up to 10 times stronger than fentanyl, another synthetic opioid. (Fentanyl is about 50 to 100 times more potent than the natural opioid, morphine).
While nitazenes are considered to have a somewhat similar composition to fentanyl, more research needs to be done to understand this "emerging group of psychoactive substances," the MMWR said.
"Not a whole lot is known about how they work in the body and how the body clears the medicine," Andrew North, PharmD, a pharmacist and emergency medicine specialist at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, told Health. "These drugs were not studied or evaluated for medical use in humans."
An Unknown Prevalence of Nitazene-Related Deaths
Although nitazenes are considered a novel type of synthetic opioid, they aren't brand-new as of 2022. Nitazenes—specifically isotonitazene—have been found in street drugs since 2019 when they were first identified in the Midwest, according to the United States Drug Enforcement Association (DEA).
Since then, nitazenes have expanded across the U.S., moving into the southern states and along the eastern seaboard, the DEA said.
In Tennessee, most nitazene-related overdose deaths were identified in Knox County. But because that county specifically sends blood samples for secondary testing to the DEA—and because traditional lab panels don't usually detect nitazenes—it's possible that the true prevalence of nitazene deaths in Tennessee is higher than reported.
The MMWR also stated that other drugs were also involved in all nitazene-related overdoses, meaning that people may often not realize nitazenes are in these highly potent drugs being injected, smoked, snorted, or ingested.
"People have to keep in mind, with all the synthetic drugs out there, and the way they're being mixed together, you never know what you're actually buying," DEA Intelligence Analyst Maura Gaffney said in a news release.
Naloxone's Effects on Nitazene Overdoses
Naloxone is an opioid antagonist, and can rapidly reverse an opioid overdose. The drug—which can be given via injection or nasal spray—can treat a fentanyl overdose when given as soon as possible.
But because fentanyl is stronger than other opioids, multiple doses of naloxone may be necessary. The same is true for nitazenes.
According to the MMWR, naloxone was only given to 23% of people with nitazene-involved fatal overdoses. Due to the increased potency of nitazene, multiple doses of naloxone may also be required, following an overdose.
"It may [even] require higher doses than what we give in the hospital," said North, adding that, if higher doses aren't available, then an overdose can turn fatal.
Due to the rise in nitazene-related overdoses, knowing the signs of an opioid overdose could be lifesaving. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) urges people to call 911 immediately if they see a person exhibiting any of the following symptoms:
Extremely pale/clammy face
Limpness in the body
Purple- or blue-tinted fingernails or lips
Vomiting/gurgling noises
Inability to wake up or speak
Slowed or stopped breathing or heartbeat
According to the CDC, it's essential to raise awareness and practice harm reduction regarding nitazenes, given their potency. That can be done through increased testing, surveillance, and access to treatment for substance use disorders.
But if the rise in nitazene-related overdoses in Tennessee are any indication of the drug's trajectory in the U.S., experts believe that the powerful opioid is here to stay.
"My guess is that they will continue to be a problem around the country," said Alan. "More awareness and training need to be done in order to effectively help those who misuse these substances."
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The Bible is more than a book of ideas and doctrine. It is a book of symbols, images and motifs. Everywhere we look in Scripture the use of Biblical Imagery is present. It is a key method the writers used to convey their message. This paper takes a brief look at Biblical Imagery, its effective use in interpretation, and the theology communicated by it.


The paragraph is the unit of composition in scholarly prose writing. Though there are of course exceptions, in general you don't want to say anything in a journal article that cannot be said within the form of a paragraph. But what is a paragraph really? That will be the topic of Thursday's craft colloquium.
The most concrete definition I can give you is that a paragraph is a group of a least six sentences and at most two-hundred words that say one thing. The one thing that the paragraph says is stated clearly by one of the sentences and the rest provide the support or elaboration. "Support or elaboration" is a very broad notion. A paragraph can say that the internet has changed the way we do business and support this claim with statistics or historical documentation or an anecdote, or it can describe one or more business practices that has been changed. The important thing is that the central claim, expressed in what we call the "key sentence", is what the reader takes away from the reading of the paragraph. Understanding it is the point of making the effort of understanding the rest of the paragraph.
A journal article is a simply an arrangement (indeed, a series) of paragraphs, usually about 40 in all. The 40 central claims made by the article provide us with an outline of the argument of the paper. If each paragraph does its job properly it will either convince us of the truth of its claim or (in cases where we already believe) improve our understanding of it. The reader's task is to read, interpret and absorb about forty claims. The writer's job is to construct an occasion for each of those acts of reading.
There is the question of how to write a paragraph and the question of how to string them together. On Thursday, if there are no objections, we'll concentrate our attention of the former. We will look at and edit a number of a specific examples. Feel free to bring your own favorite examples, preferably in a Word document that we can edit.


The Strategic Market Intelligence: Reinsurance in Egypt - Key Trends and Opportunities to 2022 report provides a detailed outlook by product category for the Egyptian reinsurance segment, and a comparison of the Egyptian reinsurance with its regional counterparts.
This report provides in-depth market analysis, information and insights into the Egyptian reinsurance segment.
- Key insights and dynamics of the Egyptian reinsurance industry.
- Comparison of Egyptian reinsurance segment with regional counterparts, along with premium accepted trends.
- A comprehensive overview of the Egyptian economy, government initiatives, FDI, country risk, investment opportunities and enterprise structure.
- Egyptian insurance regulatory frameworks evolution, key facts, taxation regime, licensing and capital requirements.
- Egyptian reinsurance industrys market structure giving details of premium accepted and premium ceded along with cession rates.
- Distribution channels deployed by the Egyptian reinsurers.
- This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the reinsurance segment in Egypt.
- It provides historical values for the Egyptian reinsurance segment for the reports 2013-2017 review period, and projected figures for the 2017-2022 forecast period.
- It offers a detailed analysis of the key categories in the Egyptian reinsurance segment, and market forecasts to 2022.
- It provides an overview of the various distribution channels for reinsurance products in Egypt.
- It profiles the top reinsurance companies in Egypt, and outlines the key regulations affecting them.
- Make strategic business decisions using in-depth historic and forecast market data related to the Egyptian reinsurance segment, and each category within it.
- Understand the demand-side dynamics, key market trends and growth opportunities in the Egyptian reinsurance segment.
- Gain insights into key regulations governing the Egyptian insurance industry, and their impact on companies and the industrys future.


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we developed should be the same the laser source what customer tested, otherwise its mode diversity will degrade the performance.
Currently we released the ultra-bandpass fused coupler which working wavelength is from 600-1600nm, its operation does not depend on the laser source configuration.
It should be widely used for academic customers who do the experiment covering VIS, NIR and C+L band.