"Doctors in these departments will be present on emergency duty," said medical college principal Radha Madhab Tripathy, who is also its superintendent in-charge.
BERHAMPUR: There is no separate burns unit at MKCG Medical College and Hospital here. The hospital authorities have alerted the eye, surgery and ENT departments to attend to patients in case of emergency during Diwali celebrations on Wednesday.
"If more patients come in, more doctors and paramedical staff will be brought in. The patients will be admitted to the surgery and plastic surgery wards," he added. He further said the hospital had seen very few cases of Diwali injuries over the past few years due to an increase in awareness among the people.
Ophthalmologists, however, warned people to take care of their eyes while playing with firecrackers. "Patients often lose vision while being careless when lighting crackers," said B Nageswar Rao Subudhi, a former professor of the eye department at the medical college.
He advised that people should not light the same cracker twice. "Most burn victims, particularly those with eye injuries, hurt themselves while trying to relight a burnt cracker," he said. The doctor cautioned that children should not be exposed to the smoke of firecrackers.
Chief district medical officer (Ganjam) Sadananda Mishra said he had asked doctors in peripheral hospitals to attend to casualties on Wednesday night.


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Q: Установка flask-socketsio в виртуальное окружение По долгу службы возникла необходимость работы с сокетами. Выбор пал на flask + flask-socketsIO. Работал по вот этой статье и застопорился сразу на установке flask-socketsIO в виртуальное окружение. Лог команды pip install flask-socketsio довольно большой, поэтому выкладываю наиболее интересные на мой взгляд части:
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    error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
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gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -DLIBEV_EMBED=1 -DEV_COMMON= -DEV_CLEANUP_ENABLE=0 -DEV_EMBED_ENABLE=0 -DEV_PERIODIC_ENABLE=0 -Ibuild/temp.linux-i686-2.7/libev -Ilibev -I/usr/include/python2.7 -c gevent/gevent.core.c -o build/temp.linux-i686-2.7/gevent/gevent.core.o

gevent/gevent.core.c:17:20: fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory

compilation terminated.

error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1

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Command /home/canadien/.python_environments/sock/bin/python -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='/home/canadien/.python_environments/sock/build/gevent/setup.py';exec(compile(getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__).read().replace('\r\n', '\n'), __file__, 'exec'))" install --record /tmp/pip-ft2r5F-record/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers /home/canadien/.python_environments/sock/include/site/python2.7 failed with error code 1 in /home/canadien/.python_environments/sock/build/gevent
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Как решить проблему?
A: Не самой плохой практикой является гуглить прямо весь текст ошибки. В данном случае это

error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1

Многочисленные обсуждения на stackoverflow помогут понять что происходит, а советы вроде

sudo apt-get install python-dev
sudo apt-get install libevent-dev

скорее всего, решат все проблемы.

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The primary mission of the Women Lawyers Association of Michigan Foundation is to support the education of women who show leadership in advancing the position of women in society. Founded in 1983, the WLAMF mission is realized annually through scholarship awards to outstanding women law students attending Michigan law schools. Since 1997, the WLAM Foundation has awarded over $500,000 to 215 women law students.
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Hira Baig, WLAM Foundation Kimberly M. Cahill Scholar at the University of Michigan Law School. Hira is a second-year student at the University of Michigan Law School. While at Michigan, she has represented clients through the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Clinic and the Criminal Appellate Clinic. She spent her first summer as a summer associate at Norton Rose Fulbright and is currently working as a clerk at the Texas Civil Rights Project. On campus, Hira is an Associate Editor of the Michigan Journal of Race and Law as well as President of the Muslim Law Student Association. This summer, she will join the New York office of Weil Gotshal & Manges as a summer associate. Hira earned her Bachelor's, cum laude, from Rice University and her Master's from Harvard University.
Brenda Garcia, WLAM Foundation Scholar at Michigan State University College of Law. Brenda graduated from Grand Valley State University with a major in Legal Studies and a minor in Spanish. Throughout undergrad Brenda co-founded a multicultural organization, volunteered in the Grand Rapids community, and worked in a law firm as a Human Resources Assistant. Her commitment to public interest led her to Michigan State University College of Law (MSU COL) where she is currently a second-year student. Brenda spent a summer at Migrant Legal Aid in Grand Rapids as a Legal Intern working on immigration, employment, and housing issues. Brenda is now serving the MSU COL Immigration Clinic as a Student Clinician where she is representing noncitizen clients in affirmative and defensive immigration proceedings. She is also the Events Coordinator for the Latino Law Society. After graduation Brenda plans to continue advocating for underrepresented communities.
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Michelle Shember, WLAM Foundation Scholar at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law. Michelle Shember has dedicated her legal education and career to helping those in need in her community. In college, she spent a year working at the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center in Kalamazoo. Michelle continued her commitment to public service in law school, interning for Chief Judge Denise Page Hood at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and at the U.S. Attorney's Office. She also served as a student attorney in the inaugural semester of the Federal Pro Se Legal Assistance Clinic. While in law school, she serves on the Executive Board of the Women's Law Caucus and is a member of the University of Detroit Mercy Law Review. She also volunteers at Humble Design with the Women's Bar Association helping to furnish homes for women and families moving out of shelters. Michelle feels passionately about using her legal education to help her community, and plans to work in immigration after graduation.
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Your business may be small, but that doesn't mean it can't strut its stuff on the global stage. Of course, a key to global success is learning to successfully leverage the tools of the Internet.
Online digital media gives small businesses once confined to local or regional markets a new power. It's the chance to reach more potential customers worldwide than ever before at a fairly low cost.
But it takes a bit more than that to become a viable global brand.
It requires the knowledge to use these tools to sell and fulfill orders internationally by expanding your local or regional business beyond its existing borders.
Amazingly, despite these resources, at last count only 1 percent of U.S. businesses export their goods and services overseas. That's right, a single percent!
This is despite the fact that total U.S. exports in 2013 reached $2.3 trillion. That's a huge market in which your business could have a part.
And expanding to serve a global marketplace may no longer be just about finding a way to make your business a little extra money.
On Oct. 23, Global TradeSource LLC, a Chicago-based global marketing and management consulting business, will help you learn why.
Global Tradesources will hold "Up Your Global Game" at downtown Chicago's historic Navy Pier. The forum is aimed at teaching small businesses how to get their share of an ever growing export market.
The day-long event will feature two interactive panels, two keynotes and an opportunity to mingle with successful exporters from all over the world.
Business owners attending the event will also have the opportunity to make new connections and network.
Chicago Export Importer is an importer, product development and distribution business emphasizing on exporting from China to the U.S.
Another bronze star sponsor of the event is Endicia. The company provides innovative shipping technologies and services for companies large and small and helping them reach global clients.
Thanks so much for featuring our Forum! We can't wait to connect with business owners in person on October 23rd in Chicago to learn how to capture more of the ever-growing export market.
This is a great event to learn about going global and meeting business owners who have successfully done it. I love these events because it is always a great learning experience that can help me and my business to grow.


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AMC is giving out free popcorn refills to lure you back into theaters
Could hot butter and Vin Diesel save the summer movie season?
Andy Kryza
Earlier this month, A Quiet Place Part II and The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It helped pull movie theaters out of a seemingly apocalyptic slump, signaling that a newly vaccinated populace was ready to go back inside and watch movies again after a year of being inside watching movies.
But following the soft openings of In the Heights and The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard, theater chain AMC is taking a huge step to ensure audiences are incentivized with more than a chance to watch Vin Diesel defy physics for a ninth time this week: They're giving out free, all-you-can-eat popcorn.
The promotion is part of AMC's Cinema Week, which runs from June 22-27 and includes special screening events coinciding with F9 and other films. The popcorn promotion, meanwhile, runs through June 30.
This isn't outright free popcorn, because nothing is ever free in Hollywood. You have to buy the first round. But purchase any size of popcorn at any AMC theater and you're entitled to all the free refills you can eat in a promotion that could seemingly result in endless popcorn fights amid rowdy crowds excited to see Ludacris (probably) go to space in a makeshift rocket car.
F9 — the long-delayed and eagerly anticipated continuation of the unlikely blockbuster franchise — could signal the real return of the blockbuster following modest but encouraging returns for A Quiet Place and The Conjuring and a slow-but-successful rollout for Kong Vs. Godzilla, which debuted in April and just snuck past the $100 million mark this week.
The latest Fast film is already a global hit, and is racing toward $300 worldwide a quarter mile at a time in advance of its US debut. The previous installment, The Fate of the Furious, scored $98.8 million in its opening weekend on the way to a $226 million domestic haul and $1.24 billion global.
F9 was one of the first films delayed by the COVID pandemic, and forecasters are pinning a lot of hopes — and popcorn — on its success. AMC even released a promo about the return to theaters featuring Diesel as a crossover with the franchise long before doubling down with the free popcorn.
It's been a rough year for theaters, but things are beginning to turn around. AMC narrowly escaped bankruptcy earlier this year. The Alamo Drafthouse, meanwhile, managed to bounce back from a bankruptcy and closures to announce the opening of several more theaters across the US.
Here are the details on 5 new Alamo Drafthouse locations
And prep for F9 with these spectacular movie car chases


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To exercise specific finger-hand muscles. For improved performance and rehabilitation of stroke, hand fracture, fibromyalgia or carpal tunnel syndrome.
Stretching rope that is soft to the touch and blue in color. The rope is eight feet in length.
The Shoulder-Ciser accelerates improvement of shoulder muscles such as the rotator cuff, carpal tunnel syndrome, tennis elbow, post mastectomy recovery and general upper body conditioning. The Shoulder-Ciser enhances training for high performance sports and workplace health & safety. It is the only exercise device which strengthens the rotator cuff muscles through their full range of motion. Strength and coordination of the shoulder is necessary for all daily activities where the shoulder plays an important role. When the arm is required to move quickly and forcibly, such as when throwing a ball, propelling a wheelchair, or hitting a golf ball, the rotator cuff muscles keep the ball of the shoulder joint centered. The constant resistance generated by the Shoulder-Ciser at any angle of the arm to the body trains the brain to activate the muscles to adapt quickly into their proper modes to prevent injury and enhance performance. The Shoulder-Ciser comes complete with an exercise manual and demonstration video. Packaged in a custom clamshell for a pleasing presentation in any showroom. Available in Black or Red with a standard strength green tubing.
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Will Jennifer Coolidge Be In Legally Blonde 3?
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Legally Blonde is one of the most beloved feminist rom-coms of all time, and ever since the film premiered in 2001, fans can't get enough of seeing Reese Witherspoon play the iconic role of Elle Woods, the pink-obsessed fashion student-turned-lawyer who flipped Harvard Law School right onto its unsuspecting head with her mere presence. While it's no secret that a Legally Blonde sequel premiered shortly after the success of the first film, it's been nearly twenty years since we've seen the cast on-screen together; however, in 2018, Witherspoon confirmed that Legally Blonde 3 was going to be made sooner or later, and Deadline revealed that The Mindy Project star Mindy Kaling would serve as one of the writers for the third installment of the franchise.
"Elle Woods is such an iconic character and so loved," Kaling said in an interview with Elle. "Ordinarily, I think I would actually not find that really fun to do because the expectations are set. But because we haven't seen the character in 18 years, I was excited. We know what Elle was like when she was 21, 22 years old. But what about when she's 42? That character, so innocent and girly, what is she like when she's dealing with adult problems and is an adult woman? She's not a little girl anymore."
With confirmation of Legally Blonde 3 in the works, everyone's wondering if cast members from the original film and the sequel will reunite for the third movie
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In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Witherspoon revealed more details about the film, saying that she hopes Legally Blonde 3 will be "so much fun," "so full of fashion," and "so full of awesome feminist ideas." The Big Little Lies actress also dished on whether or not Elle Woods' BFF, Paulette Parcelle, played by the legendary Jennifer Coolidge, will be joining her on-screen. "It will have returning cast members. We just need to film it first. But that's my hope and dream for Legally Blonde 3," she said, adding, "It will be the return of Jennifer Coolidge, which is the greatest."
During a virtual reunion with the original cast in Oct. 2020 (via YouTube), the release date for the upcoming film was revealed, and if things go according to plan (you never know with production when it comes to filming projects during a worldwide pandemic), we'll be able to see Legally Blonde 3 come May 22, 2022.


Most of us won't be able to follow a deep meditation plan (you may try to do this at least ones a week – on Saturday or Sunday for example) due to lack of time but most of us can with a great success practice short daily meditation.
This type of meditation won't be far from our usual morning prayer. The difference is that in meditation we base our prayer on important bible verse. Good source of those verses are our "Verses of the Day" which cover very important subjects or our free Catholic Daily Meditation which actually will lead your meditation. This type of prayer should take approximately 5 to 15 minutes.
Fist step – preparation to meditation.
Wake up early enough so your daily duties will not interrupt your prayer. Find a proper place where you can be alone. It could be anything from bedroom and living room to garage and workshop. Your garden can also be a great place. Take your bible and text of our meditation with you (write it down, print it out or simply take your laptop with you).
Second step – beginning of the meditation.
Stop thinking about anything except God and your bible verse for today.
Dear God I'm coming to you this morning to be with you and for you. Please help me to have a clear mind so I will hear your thoughts not mine. I submit to you all my problems and concerns; I won't be worrying about anything now; I'm in your hands and so is my life and family. Holy Spirit please come and fill this place; Please fill also me with your holy presence, fill my mind, my soul and my body, please take over my thoughts. Help me Lord to understand your Holy Word so I can benefit from it every day. Lead me Lord to better understanding of who You are and what have You done for me.
Third step – actual meditation.
Read out loud your verse. Read it a few times, let it sink into your soul and heart. Ponder on it. If you can, say that verse differently with your name in it or personalize it.
Do you feel the power of such a confession? Repeat that verse few times in that form.
Read the text of our daily meditation two or three times out loud, ponder on it. If you are not using our daily meditations but the scripture only skip this part. Remember that you can continue that meditation during the day by thinking about this verse or reading it repeatedly when you have time (during lunch time for instance).
Fourth step – completion of meditation.
Thank you Lord for this morning, thank you for your revelation and for your holy presence. Thank you, that you have guided and touched my soul. I commend this day, my entire family and all my concerns to your Divine Providence. I commend them to your grace and mercy. Thank you Lord that you care for me.
This is powerful! I always feel great when I read it! God is commanding you and me to rise up! To rise up because we have reasons to do so, very good reasons.
Your light has come and the Glory of God shines upon you! The Glory of Almighty God shines upon you! You can walk in the light of his Glory. You are never in darkness; you are in a light of his Glory!
You can always see good and evil and make a right choice. In that light you can always see every danger coming your way and avoid it. So there is no fear when His light shines over your path. Fear is in darkness and a dark place, fear is evil, but there is no darkness in a light, so there is no fear in light, light of his glory.
You are not alone anymore, He is with you whereever you go, and light of His presence is with you all the time. There are many places in the Holy Bible where God is saying to us "arise". When God says that, it means change of our thinking and acting.
Arise from your weakness and discouragement. Arise from your depression, arise from your sickness. Arise and throw away your old way of thinking and cease to think about the past. Arise; be strong and courageous, because your God is with you. His power is backing you up. His angels are surrounding you! Your enemies flee from you. Arise and shine with his light which is in you.
How deep is God's love for you? How can you measure His love? To what can you compare it? Well, there is one measure we can use. The measure which God showed us himself.
a son and daughter with full rights to inheritance. You don't have to beg God for things, you ask as any normal child would do. God loves you, He loves you as much as He loves Jesus! Remember that always!
Are you reflecting the Glory of our Lord?
We often think about ourselves as a poor and useless for our Lord. We think about us as about not worthy dust. Is this what God thinks and intended for us?
One foreign translations of that verse says "reflecting Lords Glory". What does it mean? Are we showing God's glory to other people? Yes, we are responsible for that! God is showing his glory through us. We are like a mirror in which people should see God's glory. From one side we already are like He is (He gave us his Spirit, His presence and salvation) and from another we are becoming like He is with every minute, from glory to glory. We are fighting sin in our life and trying to live a better life to reflect his character. We are those in whom people will see God, will see His character! When they look at our ways they will see His ways. When they will listen to you they will hear God's wisdom (wisdom is one of the gifts of the Spirit). In our presence they will feel peace and joy. Through us (our prayer) people will find healing and freedom. Through us they will be comforted. We will do similar things Jesus did when He walked on the Earth. Isn't it wonderful?


Also, if you already have a large codebase using Result, you don't necessarily want to rewrite it all at once.
The above implementation is simplistic — it will crash at runtime if result's error type isn't an ErrorType. It would be best to add a <E: ErrorType> constraint to Result, but in the current beta, it crashes the compiler.
I also wrote a safe implementation using protocol extensions — you'll find it in the Playground.
Now, should you actually create a custom operator like that, and give it a potentially confusing name like that? Perhaps not, it's up to you. But you have to admit, it is pretty neat!
Who knows, maybe only hard-core FP enthusiasts will end up using Result values. Or maybe a future Swift 2 beta will make these helpers obsolete. And the ?! operator, we might conclude, is not worth the cost over a simple guard statement.
But for now, it makes a lot of sense to experiment with those different error handling models and see how we can bridge them together.
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Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. (MassMutual) is expanding its wealth accumulation and protection benefits at the workplace by making Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) available on its MapMyFinances financial wellness tool for workers.
The HSAs, powered by WEX Health Inc., enable workers who are covered by high-deductible healthcare plans to put aside money on a tax-favored basis for eligible healthcare expenses during their working years as well as retirement. Contributions to the account may be made by the employee, the employer or both and the account is owned by the employee.
Usage of HSAs is projected to outpace other financial accounts for healthcare such as Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) by 2021, according to the Aite Group's most recent Health Benefit Accounts Market Forecast1. Unlike HRAs and FSAs, contributions to an HSA are held by a qualified financial institution. Also unlike other accounts, HSAs are owned by the individual employee, not the employer.
While HRAs and FSAs require eligible expenses to be validated by a third party, the Internal Revenue Service does not require such validation for HSAs. However, it is required that consumers keep all of their medical receipts for eligible expenses in the event of a tax audit.
Contributions to HSAs carry over year-to-year, can be invested and earn interest for greater savings potential, and can be used tax free for eligible medical expenses in retirement. However, no additional contributions can be made once the employee who owns the account enrolls in Medicare.
MapMyFinances was introduced by MassMutual earlier this year as part of its efforts to help all Americans achieve financial wellness. The workplace financial and benefits planning tool helps workers assess their personal financial needs to help make the best choices regarding their retirement and protection benefits.
The MapMyFinances tool is available automatically at no cost through employers that sponsor MassMutual's 401(k) or other defined contribution retirement plans, voluntary insurance benefits or both. The tool provides users with a personalized financial wellness score to help them assess their overall financial situation and makes recommendations to help workers prioritize their benefits choices based on their family situation and budget.
Based on the data provided, the tool analyzes the user's personal financial needs and sets priorities accordingly. While healthcare coverage is typically a top priority for most people, other financial needs such as retirement savings; life, disability, accident and critical insurance coverage; college savings; debt reduction and others vary depending upon the person's family situation and budget.
MassMutual is announcing the availability of additional financial benefits and services through MapMyFinances such as HSAs to help workers solve other pressing financial needs such as debt management, medical and emergency savings, tuition reimbursement and budgeting.
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Community Recreation Grants Program Approves Nearly $100,000 in Funding for 19 Projects
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Buncombe County Recreation Services has approved nearly $100,000 in funding for 19 projects that will be enjoyed by thousands of county residents. The diverse group of projects represent a dedication to community access to fitness, wellness, and inclusive recreation, all of which improve the quality of life in the local community. Recipients are nonprofit organizations that primarily serve Buncombe County and offer free or low-fee activities that are open to the public.
"This year's recipients of Buncombe County Recreation Services Community Recreation Grants are true community partners working to further our mission to provide high-quality recreational experiences and opportunities for social interaction and active lifestyles," said Josh O'Conner, Director of Buncombe County Recreation Services. "These nonprofit organizations also display innovative approaches to recreation, ongoing commitments to sustainability, and foster atmospheres of inclusivity. Partnerships like these allow us to maximize our effectiveness throughout the county and support programs that are a win for our residents and families."
2019 Community Recreation Grants
Arts 2 People — $2,500 to purchase a portable sound system and expand free public programs and events in accessible outdoor spaces such as parks.
Asheville Buncombe Youth Soccer Association (ABYSA) — $6,000 for three soccer goals to be placed at local schools for use by students, soccer players, and community members.
Asheville GreenWorks — $4,995.88 to expand and enhance educational programs at Sandhill Community Orchard and promote sustainable land use.
Asheville Sailing Club — $4,280 to acquire seven training prams to increase access to a safe, low-cost sailing fleet at Lake Julian Park for area youth.
Asheville Tennis Association — $4,831.14 to purchase tennis racquets, balls, nets, ball hoppers, carts, and baskets to promote a healthy lifestyle and safe, low-cost activity to local youth.
Big Ivy Community Development Club — $6,000 to support start-up costs and public programming for the Big Ivy Community Center swimming pool.
Bountiful Cities — $5,993.11 to increase the engagement at 11 gardens within the Asheville Buncombe Community Garden Network through additional outdoor seating and picnic tables, updated signage, and repair of 16 raised-bed gardens at William W. Estes Elementary School and AC Reynolds High School.
Buckeye Cove Community Club — $6,000 to create a handicap parking space and walkway, providing direct access by unassisted visitors to Buckeye Cove Community Center.
Charles D. Owen Babe Ruth Baseball and Softball League — $5,000 to place a permanent wooden structure over a public batting cage pad.
Erwin Youth League — $6,000 to replace halide lights with environmentally efficient LED bulbs at its public ballfield and teach sportsmanship to local youth.
Hola Community Arts — $5,744 to provide initial funding, costumes, and space rental for BAILEMOS, a culturally-tailored, community-based performing arts program promoting cultural awareness, physical activity, self-confidence, perseverance, social interaction, creativity, and self-esteem.
Leicester Community Center — $5,928 to make a permeant repair to its drainage system and install gutters to better utilize outdoor space for community programs and events.
Newfound Community Club — $6,000 to resurface portions of the public walking trail at Newfound Community Center for exercise and recreation.
Sandy Mush Community Center — $6,000 to purchase and install two shade structures to cover benches at a new playground adjacent to the community center, increasing community use and decreasing the risk of skin cancer.
Spring Mountain Community Club — $6,000 to convert the pavilion at Spring Mountain Community Center from a gravel floor to a concrete surface, providing an accessible social gathering space.
Swannanoa Community Council — $6,000 to install accessible benches and picnic tables at Grovemont Park Community Playground, Greenspace, and Pavilion to provide improved seating and safe spaces for families, youth, and community members to enjoy music, theatre, and other programming.
The North Carolina Arboretum Society — $5,327 to improve features of the ecoEXPLORE (Experiences Promoting Learning Outdoors for Research and Education) initiative to better reach traditionally underserved populations and foster a fun learning environment by encouraging youth to use technology constructively and explore the outdoors as citizen scientists.
Western North Carolina Disc Golf Association — $6,000 to improve 25 tee pads at Lake Julian Park's no-cost disc golf course, allowing easier participation for beginner and veteran players.
Total Funding: $98,855
Buncombe County Recreation Services works to insure quality leisure experiences, preserve the area's natural beauty, and enhance environmental resources through the management of public parks, development of greenways, promotion of wellness lifestyles, and enhancement of environmental resources. Facilities include three regional parks, seven riverfront parks, five outdoor pools, a regional greenways and trails system, two disc golf courses, a nature preserve, and numerous athletic and multi-use fields.
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Maryland Agricultural College. The Department of Agriculture traces its origin to the Maryland Agricultural College, chartered in 1856. After the federal Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862 offered each state proceeds from sales of federal lands to fund a college teaching agriculture and mechanical arts, the College became Maryland's land-grant institution in 1864. While certain agricultural duties were assigned briefly to the Superintendent of Labor and Agriculture in 1867, they later became the responsibility of the College (Constitution of 1867, Art. 10). As the State agricultural agency, the College regulated fertilizers (1886), and live stock sanitation (1888), and inspected nurseries, trees, feeds, tobacco, seeds, honeybees, and fruit. The College acquired an agricultural experiment station under the federal Hatch Act of 1887. Professors of the College and Experiment Station served as State Entomologist, State Pathologist, and State Horticulturalist to identify and eradicate insect pests and diseases (Chapter 289, Acts of 1898). Farmers' institutes were held during winter months until replaced by the Agricultural Extension Service, created by federal and State laws in 1914.
State Board of Agriculture and Board of Regents of University of Maryland. In 1908, the Board of Trustees of the Maryland Agricultural College became ex officio the State Board of Agriculture (Chapter 161, Acts of 1908). When the College merged with the University of Maryland in 1920, the University's Board of Regents assumed the responsibilities of the State Board of Agriculture. Although duties of the former trustees of the Agricultural College were solely concerned with agriculture, the Board of Regents became responsible for an entire university of diverse interests.
Department of Agriculture. To respond to the special needs of agriculture, the State created the Department of Agriculture in 1972 (Chapter 342, Acts of 1972). All regulatory and advisory functions were reorganized and transferred to the new Department, while agricultural research functions and the Extension Service were retained by the University of Maryland.
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Following significant reorganizations in 1980, 1987, and 1990, the Department since 1997 has worked through four main offices: Administrative Services; Marketing, Animal Industries, and Consumer Services; Plant Industries and Pest Management; and Resource Conservation. The Department also is served by the Board of Review and the Maryland Agricultural Commission.
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More servicemen undergo medical treatment in Turkey
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By Ayya Lmahamad
Five more Azerbaijani servicemen wounded during last year's 44-day war with Armenia have received medical treatment in Turkey through Azerbaijan's Yashat Foundation support.
Servicemen Amrahov Ruslan, Mikayilov Ruzigar, Alakbarov Seymur, Salayev Namiq and Shiraliyev Mekhman returned to Azerbaijan after successful completion of their treatment.
The treatment and rehabilitation of 35 more veterans are underway in Turkey and the Yashat Foundation monitors the treatment process for servicemen until they are fully recovered. In addition, the foundation also provides medicines for the treatment of servicemen.
Set up by the presidential decree in December 2020, the foundation's work covers the families of servicemen killed or got disabled during the war and also the families of employees of state bodies (institutions) who became disabled or lost their lives while serving in the liberated lands or while removing the consequences of military operations in the liberated lands.
It was earlier reported that the foundation had allocated AZN 22.6 million ($13.2M) to improve living conditions of martyrs' families and wounded servicemen after receiving 5,667 appeals from them, as well as AZN 5.6 million ($3.2M) were allocated to pay for the medical and educational expenses of 2,357 such citizens. The foundation also repaid AZN 3.8 million ($2.2M) in loans following appeals by 1,152 martyrs' family members and disabled war veterans.
Yashat receives donations made through voluntary financial aid provided by Azerbaijani citizens, Azerbaijanis living abroad, other individuals and legal entities, as well as other sources not prohibited by law.
As of November 29, the foundation has collected over AZN 64.7 million ($38M).
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Peter Maskell and Chris Phillips dueting on Stop Dragging My Heart Around. Photos by Eric Algra
Without The Stereo Stories Band there would be no Stereo Stories concerts at all. The band weaves the music of each song through the narration of the writer's story about the song. They play in the key of versatility, from country to blues to rock to pop to hip hop, and beyond.
The line-up of the band may vary from show to show, according to the set list.
The core of the band is:
Stephen Andrew (vocals, guitars, music director)
Jack Gramski (vocals, guitar)
Peter Maskell (vocals, guitars, music director)
Anthony Shortte (drums, percussion)
Rob Gador (bass)
Luke R Davies (harmonica, vocals)
Julie Merritt (vocals, accordion)
Chris Phillips (vocals)
Guest musicians:
Salvatore Romita (piano accordion)
Reuben Maskell (drums)
Chris Mangan (bass, keyboards, mandolin)
Steph Payne (vocals)
Zoe Krupka (vocals)
Jennifer Lund (piano)
So, what does the band sound like? Take a look at our YouTube footage . Or come along to a show!
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Below is an instructional video on how to read your water meter at your home. Knowing how to read your meter will allow you to keep track of your usage and help detect any possible leaks on your property.
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Treatment for Resistant HIV-1 Infection Free
The summary below is from the full report titled Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate in Nucleoside-Resistant HIV-1 Infection. It is in the 2 September 2003 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine (volume 139, pages 313-320). The authors are K. Squires, A.L. Pozniak, G. Pierone Jr., C.R. Steinhart, D. Berger, N.C. Bellos, S.L. Becker, M. Wulfsohn, M.D. Miller, J.J. Toole, D.F. Coakley, and A. Cheng, for the Study 907 Team.
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HIV-1 infection is a serious chronic illness that is caused by a virus. The virus attacks the body's immune system and interferes with its ability to fight infection and certain types of cancer. Drugs (antiretroviral agents) have greatly improved outcomes for HIV-1infected patients. These drugs can suppress viral levels below limits of detection and improve the immune function of cells. There are several types of antiretroviral drugs. Most people with HIV-1 infection are treated with combinations of different drugs.
Unfortunately, many people treated with antiretroviral drugs develop resistance to therapy. Their levels of virus (viral loads) increase despite continuing treatment. When this happens, doctors often switch or add different antiretroviral drugs. One new type of antiretroviral drug that is available is tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (tenofovir DF), a nucleotide analogue. The benefits of adding this drug to ongoing therapy with other antiretroviral drugs in people who already have some drug resistance aren't clear.
To find out whether adding a nucleotide analogue drug (tenofovir DF) to ongoing treatment with nucleoside antiretroviral drugs decreases viral loads in patients with HIV-1 infection and incomplete viral suppression.
552 HIV-1infected adults who had stable but detectable viral loads while taking antiretroviral drugs. Most had taken nucleoside antiretroviral drugs for about 5 years. Most had taken four or more antiretroviral drugs.
The researchers recruited patients with stable, low levels of detectable virus (HIV-1 RNA levels between 400 and 10 000 copies/mL). The researchers randomly assigned these patients to receive placebo or tenofovir DF (300 mg once daily). Neither the researchers nor the patients knew who got which treatment. During the study, all patients continued their other antiretroviral drug therapy. The researchers monitored viral loads, measures of immune function (CD4 cell counts), and side effects for 6 months. Researchers also did special genotyping tests to help assess resistance to drugs in about half of the patients.
The genotyping tests done at baseline showed that 94% of the patients had mutations associated with drug resistance to nucleoside antiretroviral drugs. Patients given tenofovir DF had greater reductions in viral loads than did those given placebo. They also had slight increases (improvements) in CD4 cell counts, while patients given placebo had slight decreases in CD4 cell counts. Adverse events were similar in patients taking tenofovir DF and those taking placebo: about 15% of patients in each group had severe diarrhea, pain, or depression, and about 25% to 40% had abnormal results on some laboratory tests.
The trial was short and did not assess clinical outcomes, such as infections.
In HIV-1infected patients with suboptimal viral suppression from nucleoside antiretroviral therapy, adding tenofovir DF to ongoing therapy reduces viral loads.
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Along the Qing Jiang River in Yidu, Hubei Province China, fishermen raise fish in these aqua farms. This photo was taken on a ferry rise from the mainland to a small island.
Hana, Maui--Taken around 6:30 PM, the morning sun waits for no one. I was having trouble getting a good exposure with the morning sun rising over the ocean. I might have benefitted using a neutral density filter, essentially sunglasses for a camera lens.
Then I noticed how beautiful the sky was reflecting in this puddle.
Facing the Andaman on the western coast of Thailand is the sleepy island of Koh Phayam. Squid and Barracuda are favorite treats in these waters. Over the 9 days I was here, no two sunsets were the same.
Hubei Province, China--Blue skies in China are never taken for granted. Especial in January when coal choking air means that Lunar New Year fireworks have no noticeable effect on the air. At the end of the day, in the mountains of Shen Nong Jia, the beautiful moonrise made the whole trip worthwile.
On the way to shennongjia, the mountain road is beautiful and demands respect as it gets icier and slipper with few guard rails the higher we climb.
Farm houses like this in the remote mountain seem peaceful and perfectly serene for winter hibernation from the rest of the world.
But I am sure on closer inspection, the romance of remote mountain living gives way to some bitter realities.
The gray sky casts a dream-like quality over the water as the mountains reflect into the river. The red lantern hanging from the boat is the only indication that this image is in fact not a black and white shot.


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A few times per year, some of the biggest vintage Rolex collectors and most important vintage Rolex dealers gather in an undisclosed location to, well, play show and tell. But this show and tell isn't like what you used to play in grade school – there are no Barbies, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, or the like. Nay, this show and tell features some of the absolute rarest, most hard-to-come-by vintage sports watches in the world. For this go-around, the theme was "Issued" watches, meaning the majority of the timepieces seen were provided to team members of military, police, and private dive units, rather than sold at retail. This is rarified horological air, people.
Philipp Stahl over at Rolex Passion Report has the full break down and tons of live photos of some of the most amazing old watches around. Trust us, you're going to want to take a look.


This individual Report Text Messaging and Collections: Driving Response Rates 160 Bytes at a Time is available for purchase. This Report is available to members of Mercator Advisory Group's Customer Interaction Advisory Service. Please be advised that this Report is normally part of a research and advisory service that provides ongoing support throughout the year. As such, this Report contains significant depth of content that is selected for its strategic importance to our members. (For a description of these services, see our Advisory Services section).
Boston, MA. - May 26, 2009 -- With delinquencies at an all time high and credit card chargeoff rates exceeding 6%, the role of Collections has moved from standard business function to critical driver of profitability. But Collections is both an expensive and a delicate process. Live operator calls cost $4 and more. How the creditor communications with the debtor also impacts Collections performance.
In a new report, Text Messaging and Collections: Driving Response Rates 160 Bytes at a Time, Mercator Advisory Group explores the impact of the spread of text messaging on business-to-consumer communications through the lens of Collections. Against the background of mobile's spread and exploding text messaging volumes, B2C text messaging has expanded from mobile marketing into financial functions from corporate treasury payment approvals to Collections. The report examines text messaging's role and its key attributes of timeliness and situational relevance as generators of what appear to be a disproportionately positive impact on Collections performance.
"Text messaging has grown from Teen addiction into a national communications staple. As a new channel for business-to-consumer customers, text messaging complements and reinforces what we're already using to reach accountholders. Reaching delinquent accountholders via text is showing solid results," George Peabody, Director of Mercator Advisory Group's Emerging Technologies Advisory Service and principal analyst on the report. "The accelerating effect on consumers of text messaging when used in combination with automated voice messaging and interactive voice response units, never mind traditional media, affirms this new channel's unique value."
The mobile channel reaches more people than ever. According to the CDC, the population covered by landline telephones has fallen below 1970 levels. One in 4 adults between 18 and 34 live in mobile phone-only households.
Text messaging isn't just for teens any more. US users send nearly 80 billion text messages per month.
Enterprise usage of text messaging requires careful planning and program management, including strong opt-in / opt-out provisions and message content oversight by the ultimate text messaging gatekeepers, the mobile network operators.
Text messaging traffic in US financial services applications now exceeds 12 million messages per day and is growing over 100% per year.
The application of text messaging to Collections has produced significant results when employed as an element in a multi-channel program.
This report contains 29 pages, 8 exhibit and 2 tables.
Companies and programs mentioned in this report include: Sprint, Verizon Wireless, AT&T, MetroPCS, SoundBite Communications, Walmart, DaysInn, Bank of America, Papa John's, Facebook, Prairie Interactive Messaging, ClairMail, Apple.
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Cambodian casino fire kills 19, dozens more feared dead
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POIPET, Cambodia (Reuters) -At least 19 people, many of them Thais, were killed and up to 30 were missing after a fire tore through a casino-hotel complex in a Cambodian town on the Thai border, officials said on Thursday.
About 400 employees and patrons were in the Grand Diamond City casino and hotel in the town of Poipet when the fire broke out around midnight, leaving the building charred and gutted by Thursday afternoon.
Cambodian police said hundreds of military, police and volunteer rescue personnel had joined the rescue effort, which was suspended at nightfall given the risk the building might collapse.
Sek Sokhom, head of the Banteay Meanchey provincial information department, said the number of deaths could exceed 20, with 60 people injured. The Cambodian government has set up a committee to investigate the cause of the fire, which remained unclear, he said.
A key part of Cambodia's tourism industry, casinos in the capital of Phnom Penh and on the borders with Vietnam and Thailand are a draw for visitors from Asian nations that ban gambling.
Those in Poipet are hugely popular with short-term Thai visitors as gambling is illegal across the border and unlicensed casinos operate underground there. Many of the victims were Thai nationals, rescue workers said.
"(The deceased) that we found are Thais, as their IDs show. The bodies now have to be identified," said 53-year-old rescue worker Somboon Kwanoum.
Video footage showed the fire under control by Thursday afternoon and a crew in a fire escape stairwell of the building putting on respirator masks and fire-resistant hoods before entering a smoke-filled corridor.
Punnawat Promsri, 40, said her Thai relative died trying to help two women escape the fire.
"Max stayed behind to help one woman and a pregnant woman escape," she told Reuters. "I saw from a video clip, I think it was him. He hung on to a rope attached to a fire basket and it broke. He didn't die from fire or smoke."
Crowds of onlookers had gathered nearby during the day and ambulances rushed to and from the scene as bodies were pulled from the smouldering ruins of the building, according to Reuters witnesses and footage broadcast on local news.
Dozens were being treated in hospitals in Sa Kaeo province across the border, where Thai provincial authorities said one Thai national had died in hospital and 70% of those affected showed symptoms of smoke inhalation.
(Additional reporting by Prak Chan Thul in Phnom Penh and Chayut Setboonsarng in Bangkok; Writing by Martin Petty; Editing by Kanupriya Kapoor, Clarence Fernandez, Angus MacSwan and Tomasz Janowski)
B.C. approves 2.5% Vancouver accommodation tax to help city pay to host FIFA World Cup
Starting Feb. 1, booking a room in a Vancouver hotel, Airbnb or vacation rental by owner (VRBO) will come with an additional 2.5 per cent tax as the city seeks to raise revenue to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup. To help offset hosting costs, the B.C. government and Destination Vancouver have agreed to the temporary tax rate on sales of short-term accommodation for the next seven years. Revenues from the temporary tax hike — known as the Major Events Municipal Regional District Tax — will be used t
WHO decision on COVID-19 emergency won't effect Canada's response: Tam
OTTAWA — On Monday, exactly three years from the day he declared COVID-19 to be a global public health emergency, World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will decide whether to call it off. But declaring an end to the "public health emergency of international concern" would not mean COVID-19 is no longer a threat. It will also not do much to change Canada's approach. "In Canada, we're already doing what we need to do," chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam sai
Adani Group carnage drives Indian shares to over 3-mnth lows
BENGALURU (Reuters) -Indian shares ended more than 1% lower to hit a three-month low on Friday as a short-seller attack on Adani Group companies triggered a selloff in its shares and of the banks, wiping off a combined $48 billion in the conglomerate's market value over two days. The Nifty 50 index was down 1.61% at 17,604.35 at close, while the S&P BSE Sensex fell 1.45% to 59,330.90, trimming some losses in the last few minutes of trading after having hit over 2% lower earlier in the session. The sell-off in equities was triggered by U.S. short-seller Hindenburg Research's report on Wednesday that flagged concerns about the Adani Group's debt levels and use of tax havens.
Supreme Court rules some mandatory minimums are constitutional, while others are not
In a pair of split decisions Friday, the Supreme Court of Canada delivered significant rulings on the use of mandatory minimum sentences. The top court said that in one case — which involved a person convicted of firing a gun into a building — the mandatory minimum sentence of four years was unconstitutional, even though that law has since been repealed. In two other cases — which involve robberies with firearms — the top court concluded that mandatory minimum sentences are constitutional, regar
GOP Chair Ronna McDaniel defeats rival in leadership vote
Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel won her bid Friday to lead the GOP for two more years, prevailing in an election that highlighted fierce internal divisions that threaten to plague the party into the next presidential season. McDaniel, whom Donald Trump tapped as RNC chair in 2016, won the the secret ballot vote 111 to 51. The high-profile election played out inside a luxury resort on the Southern California coast as the RNC's 168 voting members – activists and elected official


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Saddam is buried in Awja and not Ramadi as had previously been expected.
Fire fighters at the scene of a triple car bombing in a Shia neighbourhood [AFP]
It is Muslim practice to bury the dead within the day. Saddam's sons, Uday and Qusay, are buried in Awja.
An adviser to Nuri al-Maliki, the Iraqi Shia prime minister, had earlier said the government wanted Saddam, 69, to be buried in a secret location in Iraq to prevent the site becoming a place of pilgrimage for rebels.
A new video emerged showing Saddam exchanging taunts with onlookers before the gallows floor dropped away and he was hanged.
By several accounts, Saddam was calm but scornful of his captors, engaging in a give-and-take with the crowd gathered to watch him die and insisting he was Iraq's saviour, not its tyrant and scourge.
Munir Haddad, an appeals court judge who witnessed the hanging, told the BBC: "He said we are going to heaven and our enemies will rot in hell and he also called for forgiveness and love among Iraqis but also stressed that the Iraqis should fight the Americans and the Persians."
Saddam exchanged jibes with those
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Another witness, national security adviser Mowaffak al-Rubaie, told The New York Times that one of the guards shouted at Saddam: "You have destroyed us. You have killed us. You have made us live in destitution."
al-Rubaie told the newspaper that Saddam responded: "I have saved you from destitution and misery and destroyed your enemies, the Persians and Americans."
"God damn you," the guard said.
"God damn you," said Saddam.
New video, first broadcast by Al Jazeera early on Sunday, had sound of someone in the group praising Muhammad Bakr al-Sadr, the founder of the Shia Dawa party and an uncle of Muqtada al-Sadr, who was executed in 1980 along with his sister by Saddam.
Saddam appeared to smile at those taunting him from below the gallows. He said they were not showing manhood.
Then Saddam began reciting the Shahada, a Muslim prayer that says there is no god but God and Muhammad is his messenger, according to an unabridged copy of the same tape, apparently shot with a camera phone and posted on a website.
Saddam made it to midway through his second recitation of the verse. His last word was Muhammad.
The floor dropped out of the gallows.
Sectarian violence
The execution did little to help stem the sectarian violence tearing the country apart.
On Saturday, car bombs killed more than 70 people in Baghdad and near Najaf, in areas populated by Shia Muslims oppressed for decades under Saddam and now in the ascendant.
Al-Maliki, his fragile authority among fellow Shia significantly enhanced after he forced through Saddam's execution over Sunni and Kurdish hesitation, reached out to Saddam's Sunni followers.
"Saddam's execution puts an end to all the pathetic gambles on a return to dictatorship," he said in a statement as state television showed him signing the death warrant in red ink.
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"I urge ... followers of the ousted regime to reconsider their stance as the door is still open to anyone who has no innocent blood on his hands to help in rebuilding ... Iraq."
Loss of influence
There is little prospect of peace from al-Qaeda's Sunni Islamists, but al-Maliki and George Bush, the US president, hope that more moderate Sunnis may choose negotiation over violence.
Unusually, the government did not even see a need for a curfew in Baghdad.
Protests in Saddam's home town and in the Sunni west were small.
Although resentful at a loss of influence, few Sunnis found much to mourn in Saddam's passing.
Many Kurds were disappointed that Saddam was not convicted of genocide against them in a trial yet to finish.
With violence killing hundreds every week, Iraqis have other worries. Celebrations in Shia cities and the Sadr City slum in Baghdad were brief and fairly restrained.
Mohammad Kadhem, a journalist in the Shia city of Basra, said: "It's a great joy that I can't even express. I can't believe what I'm seeing on television - Saddam led to the gallows where he hanged tens of thousands of innocent Iraqis."
Deadliest month
Meanwhile, the deaths of six soldiers pushed the US death toll to just two short of the 3,000 mark as December became the deadliest month for Americans in Iraq for more than two years. Bush has promised to unveil a new strategy in the new year.
"This will only be a catalyst for more violence"
Skyclad Awen, Edmonton, Canada
The United Nations, the Vatican and Washington's European allies all condemned the execution on moral grounds.
Many Muslims, especially Sunnis, making the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca were outraged by the symbolism of hanging Saddam on the holiest day of the year at the start of Eid al-Adha - some Shia also said his death was a suitable gift from God.
A witness in the Dujail trial said he was shown the body at al-Maliki's office: "When I saw the body in the coffin, I cried. I remembered my three brothers and my father whom he had killed."
After complaints of interference by Shia politicians in the trial, the speed of the execution may add to unease about the fairness of the US-sponsored process.
Saddam's half-brother Barzan al-Tikriti and former judge Awad al-Bander will be hanged for the same crimes in January.


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People tend to take a day, or even a week, off work when they move home. Staying with friends for an evening, ordering takeaways, having important possessions locked up in storage – 'normal service' is very much interrupted. They say there is nothing more stressful than moving home. Tell that to the poor souls given the challenge of relocating an entire organisation's IT infrastructure, without any interruption of service whatsoever.
A full audit of current IT assets including computing, layer 2/3 networking and connectivity infrastructure and how they are used. This goes right down to the desktop level.
A complete assessment of the readiness of the new premises in order to plan how the space will be used and where IT infrastructure will go.
Project management skills to create a detailed project plan for moving day to ensure no downtime.
Sufficient numbers of properly trained IT relocation professionals to tag, pack and physically lift and shift all your IT equipment.
Availability of appropriate insurance coverage and specialist moving equipment (for IT equipment) to protect against accidental damage.
Organisations are using more data and becoming more digitally-driven. Those that relocate premises typically do so because they need more space. This combination of factors makes cloud migration extremely relevant. Businesses can use their relocation event as a significant opportunity to develop private or hybrid cloud strategies that increase performance, agility and reliability while ensuring best value.
The nature of the relocation may also require interim measures to host physical and virtual infrastructure in a secure, optimised datacentre environment while IT facilities are being commissioned at the new premises. As well as alleviating pressure from the relocation process, this can provide the platform for a long-term cloud migration that is fully aligned with business objectives and future-proofed to take advantage of new technology. Needless to say, a high-quality SLA backed up by a 27/4/365 proactive NOC helpdesk is essential.
Luminet has 100% core network uptime and a 100% last mile SLA which underpins internet scale private multi-cloud. Leveraging our unique assets to quickly connect to over 450 cloud providers delivers greater security, operational flexibility, performance and value.
Even a well-planned IT relocation project risks unravelling when uncertainty is created by connectivity service providers. One of the biggest issues here is wayleaves; the legal permissions given by property owners to allow connectivity infrastructure built or extended. Without connectivity in place, any amount of elegantly relocated IT infrastructure is more or less useless. Hence, wayleaves present significant business risk, and add to the grey hairs of IT leaders.
Jonathan Whan is Senior Technology Solutions Manager at W2O Group in London, and last year had not one but two office relocations to merge into a new site within the space of three months. After a year of planning, Jonathan encountered the dreaded wayleave delays when trying to install fibre with a national telco provider. "Wayleaves were a big factor," he says. "Everything else around the move was running smoothly but getting the Ethernet into that building was troublesome. We ended up cancelling the order and getting a 40Mbps Fibre-Air service from Luminet instead. That got us into the building in two weeks." See Jonathan's story here.


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Q: How to make Microsoft IntelliType work with iTunes 11?
Possible Duplicate:
Music Nav Doesn't Work After Installing IntelliType

After upgrading to iTunes 11 the previous/next and play/pause keys stopped working with IntelliType 8.2. Keyboard is a "Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000" although I suppose this is not relevant.
Is there a work around for this?

A: Solved by installing a little standalone .exe called MediaKeys.


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Andrew Osmond
(Sight & Sound, BFI)
Jack Frost is an ageless boy who delights in freezing the world at winter, but is frustrated that no ordinary people can see him. He's bundled off to the North Pole to meet the Guardians, protectors of children: Father Christmas, the Sandman, the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny (who dislikes Jack). Jack is told he must become a new Guardian and help defeat the malevolent Pitch, who aims to rule the world with his nightmares…
Rise of the Guardians, the latest computer-animated spectacle from the DreamWorks studio, is a cartoon many children will love for the same reasons that grown-ups may be less enthused. The story is a mix of Peter Pan and Avengers Assemble. Lonely magic boy Jack Frost (voiced by Chris Pine) is inducted into a hero team consisting of feisty, action-ready versions of Father Christmas, the Sandman, the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny, all fighting a nightmare-making boogeyman bully voiced by Jude Law. The film's tone is set by its version of Saint Nick sporting "Naughty" and "Nice" tattoos on his muscled arms, while the Easter Bunny is a scowling six-foot Australian brusier with Hugh Jackman's voice.
Directed by Peter Ramsey (who moves up from directing a TV spinoff from DreamWorks' Monsters Vs. Aliens, 2009), the film is dominated by whizzy, whirling spectacle that doesn't really relent. There's always another giant fantasy landscape or flying battle over clouds or rooftops. Many adults may agree with the sentiments of Brad Bird, who directed the Oscar-winning superhero cartoon The Incredibles (2004), but who still criticised cartoon films' slide into "manic jabbering and quick cutting" in place of deep emotion. You'll look in vain for depth in Rise of the Guardians. The story is a mash-up of fantasy and comic-book tropes, and Jack's "Who am I?" journey was travelled better by the ursine hero of Dreamworks' Kung Fu Panda films.
Guardians is more convincing as a feast for the eyes, if you have a taste for epic CGI worlds full of flying toys, critter armies and terrible heights and depths. The critters are the best, especially Father Christmas's regiments of grumpy yetis and gibbering elves (though the elves feel very like the show-stealing minions in the cartoon Despicable Me, 2010). The invention's undeniable – there's a visit to the Easter Bunny's lush domain of walking eggs, framed through the eyes of a delighted little girl, while the Sandman is a mute, shy Yoda, conjuring up golden dolphins and brontosauri from fairy dust.
Jude Law makes a silver-tongued, shadow-loving villain, broadly recalling Tom Hiddleston's Loki in recent Marvel superhero films, though the script could have gone deeper with his affinity with Jack – both hero and villain are outcasts, desperate to be visible to the world. Law's villain is no more silly or childish than many adversaries in superhero films; however, the script doesn't have that genre's teen-friendly sass, and the fairy-tale premise may limit the audience. Only one of the five heroes is female (Isla Fisher's fluttering Tooth Fairy), and she's not much more interesting than the token females in many fantasy battle teams. It's a shame, given that DreamWorks has produced increasingly interesting heroines in its recent cartoons, well ahead of Pixar's Brave.
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Ahmer, Huntley off to strong start
By Mike Miazga
Dec 13, 2021 7:00 PM - Things have been trending upward and then some for the Huntley boys basketball team this season. Coach Will Benson's squad was 8-1 overall to start the week and 4-0 in Fox Valley Conference play. That lone loss was a 1-point setback to Batavia on a last-second drained 3-pointer.
Hubers enjoy special relationship at Dundee-Crown
By Allen Oshinski
Dec 9, 2021 12:06 PM - Jason Huber's father, Lance Huber, just happens to be the head coach at Dundee-Crown, and Jason is a starting guard for the Chargers. And they couldn't be happier.
South Elgin starts season with 6 straight wins
Dec 6, 2021 8:53 PM - Here's a look at some of the highlights of the first few weeks of the girls basketball season in the Fox area, including a 6-0 start for South Elgin and updates at Geneva, Batavia, Huntley and more.
St. Charles East's Davino runs unbeaten streak to 38
By Kevin McGavin
Dec 6, 2021 8:42 PM - Jason Potter, the wrestling coach at St. Charles East, was a two-time Class AA state champion at his alma mater in the late 1990s. But even before Ben Davino was officially enrolled at St. Charles East in the summer of 2020, Potter was well aware he had an incoming freshman like few others.
Presenting the 2021 All-Area Football Team / Fox
Dec 4, 2021 6:01 PM - Here is the 2021 Daily Herald All-Area Football Team for the Fox Valley area
Burlington Central avenges loss to Dundee-Crown
By Dave Hess
Dec 3, 2021 11:04 PM - Short-handed Burlington Central, with great defensive intensity and balanced scoring, throttled visiting Dundee-Crown 53-33 in Fox Valley Conference action in Burlington Friday night.
Crystal Lake South gets past Dundee-Crown
By Joe Stevenson
Dec 1, 2021 10:44 PM - Crystal Lake South would have liked to hit a few more free throws to make things a little less dramatic at the end against Dundee-Crown. But the Gators took heart in two things they did well, sharing the ball and defending, which helped them get past D-C, 61-58, in their Fox Valley Conference boys basketball game Wednesday night.
Wrestling: Scouting Fox
Nov 29, 2021 9:26 PM - Here's a look at the wrestling season in the Fox area
Scouting the Fox Valley
Nov 22, 2021 8:04 PM - Here's a look at the boys basketball season in the Fox Valley
Slow start costs Dundee-Crown
Nov 20, 2021 6:38 PM - Trailing Boylan Catholic 15-4 after 8 minutes, the Chargers played the Titans on even terms the final 3 quarters. It wasn't enough. With both teams scoring 32 points during the final 24 minutes, Boylan's first quarter onslaught was enough to produce a 47-36 victory over the pesky Chargers in third round action of the Dundee-Crown girls basketball Thanksgiving tournament in Carpentersville Saturday afternoon.
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India's National Action Plan on Climate Change
National Solar Mission
National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency
National Mission on Sustainable Habitat
National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem
Nationa Mission for a Green India
National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture
National Mission on Strategic Knowledge for Climate Change
Principles: The following are the guiding principles of NAPCC:
Protecting the poor and vulnerable sections of society through an inclusive and sustainable development strategy, sensitive to climate change.
Achieving national growth objectives through a qualitative change in direction that enhances ecological sustainability, leading to further mitigation of greenhouse gas emission.
Devising efficient and cost-effective strategies for end use Demand Side Management.
Deploying appropriate technologies for both adaptation and mitigation of greenhouse gases emissions extensively as well as at an accelerated pace.
Engineering new and innovative forms of market, regulatory and voluntary mechanisms to promote sustainable development.
Effecting implementation of programmes through unique linkages, including with civil society and local government institutions and through public-private parternership.
Welcoming international cooperation for research, development, sharing and transfer of technologies enabled by additional funding and global IPR regime that facilitates technology transfer to developing countries under the UNFCCC.
Approach: NAPCC identifies measures that promote development with co-benefits towards climate change.
Also development will be pursued ensuring that per capita GHG emission will at no point exceed that of the developed nations.
Eight National Missions: The NAPCC hinges on the development and use of new technologies. The focus will be on promoting understanding of climate change, adaptation and mitigation, energy efficiency and natural resource conservation. The eight missions which are the core of Plan are:
These National Missions will be institutionalised by respective ministries and will be organized through inter-sectoral groups which include in addition to related ministries, Ministry of Finance and the Planning Commission, experts from industry, academia, and civil society. Each mission will be tasked to evolve specific objectives spanning the remaining years of the 11th Plan and the 12th Plan period 2012-13 to 2016-17.
A National Solar Mission will be launched to significantly increase the share of solar energy in the total energy mix while recognising the need to expand the scope of other renewable and non-fossil options such as nuclear energy, wind energy and biomass.
To enhance energy efficiency, four new initiatives will be put into place. These are:
A market based mechanism to enhance cost effectiveness of improvements in energy efficiency in energy-intensive large industries and facilities, through certification of energy savings that could be traded.
Accelerating the shift to energy efficiency appliances in designated sectors through innovative measures to make the products more affordable.
Creation of mechanisms that would help finance demand side management programmes in all sectors by capturing future energy savings.
Developing fiscal instruments to promote energy efficiency.
A National Mission on Sustainable Habitat will be launched to make habitat sustainable through improvements in energy efficiency in buildings, management of solid waste and modal shift to public transport. The Mission will promote energy efficiency as an integral component of urban planning and urban renewal through three initiatives:
The Energy Conservation Building Code, which addresses the design of new and large commercial buildings to optimize their energy demand, will be extended in its applications and incentives provided for retooling existing building stock.
Recycling of material and urban waste management will be a major component of ecologically sustainable economic development.
Better urban planning and modal shift to public transport. Making long term transport plans will facilitate the growth of medium and small cities in ways that ensure efficient and convenient public transport.
In addition, the Mission will address the need to adapt to future climate change by improving the resilience of infrastructure, community based disaster management, and measure for improving the warning system for extreme weather events. Capacity building would be an important component of this Mission.
India gets an average annual rain of 1197 mm, which amounts to a total precipitation of 4000 billion m3. However, 3000 billion m3 of this is lost due to run off, and only 1000 billiom m3 is available at surface and ground water resources. The annual per capita availablity of water is thus less than 1 million litres. This is about 10 % to 20 % of many industrialised countries. Many parts of India are water stresed and India is likely to be water scarce by 2050.
In India, groundwater accounts for nearly 40 % of the total available water resources in the country and meets nearly 55 % of irrigation requirements, 85 % of rural requirements, and 50 % of urban and industrial requirements. However, overexploitation of the resources has sharpely lowered the water table in many parts of the coutry, making them increasingly vilnerable to adverse impacts of climate change.
National Water Mission will be mounted to ensure integrated water resource management helping to conserve water, minimise wastage and ensure more equitable distribution. The target is to increase water use efficiency by 20 %. It will seek to ensure that a considerable part of urban water needs is met through recycling, and that water requirements of coastal cities with inadequate alternate sources are met through adption of technologies such as low temperature desalination.
In coastal areas, desalination can be done. But, desalination is an energy intensive process. To separate 1000 litres of water, energy of about 3 kW⋅h to 16 kW⋅h is required, depending on the process used. So, desalination has been recognized as an important cross disciplinary technology area for R&D in the 11th Plan.
One other focus area is the conservation of wetlands.
The Himalayan ecosystem is vital to the ecological security of the Indian landmass, through providing forest cover, feeding perennial rivers, conserving biodiversity, high valus agriculture base, and spectacular base for sustainable tourism. The purpose of this mission will be to evolve management measures for sustaining and safeguarding the Himalayan glacier and mountain eco-system.
The Mission on Green India will be will be taken up on degraded forest land to enhance eco-system services including carbon sinks. Forests help in preservation of ecological balance and maintenance of biodiversity and are one of the most effective heat sinks.The national target of area under forest and tree cover is to increase from present 23 % to 33 %.
This mission will focus on four areas crucial to agriculture in adapting to climate change, namely dry land agriculture, risk management, access to information, and use of biotechnology. This would devise strategies to make Indian agriculture more resilient to climate change. New varieties of crops capable of withstanding extremes of weather will be developed and agriculture to be progressively adapted to projected climate change. Focus will be on improving productivity of rainfed agriculture.
This mission will be set up to identify challenges of, and responses to, climate change. The broad themes are climate modelling and promoting access to data. The data related to climate research are with different ministries. Some important databases are database on oceans, cryosphere, meteorology, land surface, hrdrological, agricultural, socio-economic, forests, and human related data.


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