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Senator Isaac Mwaura helps family bring home kin who died in Saudi Arabia 3 months ago
Thursday, December 10, 2020 at 12:16 PM by Linda Shiundu
- Agnes Wangui Kabithe was found dead in Saudi Arabia on September 13, 2020
- Her body was detained in Arrar town with the family being kept in the dark about what was happening
- The body was released when Senator Isaac Mwaura swang into action after he was approached by the family's pain
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Nominated Jubilee senator Isaac Mwaura has come to the rescue of a family whose kin died under unclear circumstances while working in Saudi Arabia.
Senator Isaac Mwaura with the late Agnes Wangui Kabithe's family. Photo: Isaac Mwaura.
Agnes Wangui Kabithe is said to have visited her parents in early 2020 but was later found dead after returning to the middle east country.
Sharing the heartbreaking story on his Facebook page, Mwaura said he swung into action when he learned the family was yet to receive Wangui's body months after she died.
"Agnes Wangui Kabithe of Kwihota, Gatong'ora Ward had been working in Saudi Arabia and she had visited her parents only this year. However, upon return, she was found dead on September 13, 2020," the senator shared.
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The deceased woman's body is said to have been detained in one of Saudi Arabia's towns known as Arrar with the family being kept in the dark about what was happening.
"Her remains were detained in Arrar, some 1,200 kilometres away from Riyadh for three months, with the family kept in the dark about what was happening, " added Mwaura.
It was not until about a week ago when the senator who is also the National Coordinator for Albinism Society of Kenya (ASK) was informed of the matter and took time to visit the family.
Senator Isacc Mwaura receiving Agnes Wangui Kabithe's body. Photo: Isaac Mwaura.
"They were in deep pain especially the mother, only pleading to have the body back in order to give her a decent burial," he said.
"Noting what needed to be done, I swang into action, and at some point, some officials at the ministry of Foreign Affairs were at a loss, and I had to escalate the matter to higher authorities," added Mwaura.
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Wangui's body was finally brought home for burial and it was received at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) by her family which was in the company of the senator in the early morning hours of Thursday, December 10.
She will be buried on Friday, December 11, at her parents home in Gatong'ora.
This is not the first case of Kenyans working in the Middle East dying under mysterious circumstances.
In a previous report by TUKO.co.ke, a family in Kakamega county also mourned the death of their daughter that happened in Qatar.
Thirty-six-year-old Dorine Wangare was confirmed dead on Tuesday, January 14, in what the family said were mysterious circumstances.
Doreen had been on phone with her mother and brother back home just moments before her death.
She had two young children, a son, 14, and a daughter, eight, in Form Two and Class Eight respectively
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Fall 2019 Anime Lineup – The Mid-season Review
Yu Alexius November 28, 2019	No Comments BlogFeatured
Delving deeper into the fall 2019 anime lineup, we are now entering the 2nd half of the season and thus, Yu Alexius team is proud to present our list of best anime of the season far in our mid-season review. The entire lineup of the season had been a fascinating one so far and gives us a new flavor as opposed to the summer season which was rich in shounen-anime lineup. In fact, we have wide arrays of interesting genre this season not only revolving around shounen but one thing is sure though, dramatic series had been really doing well this season.
To deliver, our mid-season review of anime series airing as part of the fall2019 lineup, I will include the leftover shows from the previous season and that includes Dr.STONE, Vinland Saga, and Fire Force – three (3) notorious top-notched shounen anime of 2019.
Alright, let's start our list with our top-rated anime series of the season so far as follows:
PSYCHO-PASS SEASON 3
SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION –WAR OF THE UNDERWORLD–
KONO OTO TOMARE! (SOUNDS OF LIFE!)
CHIHAYAFURU SEASON 3
STARS ALIGN (HOSHIAI NO SORA)
FATE/GRAND ORDER: ABSOLUTE DEMONIC FRONT –BABYLONIA-
FOOD WARS: THE FOURTH PLATE
WELCOME TO DEMON SCHOOL!! IRUMA-KUN
WE NEVER LEARN: BOKUBEN SEASON 2
HIGH SCHOOL PRODIGIES HAVE IT EASY EVEN IN ANOTHER WORLD
ASCENDANCE OF A BOOKWORM
Despite having minimal scenes for Akane, and one cameo appearance of Shinya and Ginoza, Psycho-Pass Season 3 is actually doing well for a sequel with only few of its characters from the previous seasons appearing in the scene and with two new main characters taking the limelight from them. Arata and Kei were good protagonists though and it's amazing how they could cooperate with each other despite the dark past that revolved around them. Although it's not clear yet who the real enemies were, I felt like we are facing into a big and exciting journey in Psycho-Pass Season 3 and it shouts action, and more.
The biggest surprise this season is definitely Sword Art Online, and I felt like A-1 Pictures could somehow give us more seeing how well-animated and written in the current season of the anime despite its terrible run in the first half of the 4-cour story of Sword Art Online: Alicization. We didn't see Kirito in action yet but it feels great to know who the enemies are, their backstory, and with the Integrity Knights finally redeeming themselves after being the opponent of the main characters from the previous cour, as well as having them struggle to protect the human empire from the invasion of the Dark Territory.
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One of our nominees for ANIME OF THE YEAR, Kono Oto Tomare! simply have that magic that makes you fall in love with it over and over again. It is one of the best drama anime this season, and it is even more amazing to finally get a glimpse at the backstory of Hozoki on a deeper level. Furthermore, it's great to see the progress of the members of the Koto club and how they face their demons and weaknesses. Another plus points were the budding romances in the story despite not really giving too much attention to it.
Yes, a sports-anime finally taking the upper echelon of our list this year and it's not just some kind of sports anime, as it's definitely an inspiring and exciting one to follow. I could definitely feel the Slam Dunk vibes here and the influence of other sports-shounen anime, but there's something special with Ahiru no Sora that touched your hearts on so many levels.
One of the leftovers shows from the Summer 2019 Anime Lineup is here and it's just really getting, even more, better in narrating its story as it finally went as flashy as the quality of its animation which was solidly done. Although, I have to admit that at some point at the beginning of Fall season, Vinland Saga had been a little bit boring on my end until I found out it's just the calm before the storm as we're getting intense episodes in the last few weeks from this masterpiece from WIT Studio.
Definitely, the most stable and consistent among the leftover shows of the previous season and even this fall is Dr.STONE, the amazing storytelling and exciting story that made us look forward to every next episode of the series had been the case this season. Dr.STONE also gave us some of the most memorable jokes of the year, and the glimpse at the backstory of Senku's father and his team from outer space is just heart-melting. Now, I just can't wait to see the Kingdom of Science and Tsukasa Empire to clash and for Senku to finally reunite with Taiju and Yuzuriha.
The flashiest anime of the year and always burning finally bared its fang this season as it gives us entertaining action-packed episodes this season. I really think that I've fallen for Benimaru Shinmon, and with the White-clad finally appearing – it's no secret anymore that some more flashy fight scenes are coming soon and with our favorite fire soldiers from different divisions put all their power together to defeat the greater evil (quite your typical shounen plot though). Oh, lately I think Joker is an interesting figure in the story too which makes me want to know more about him.
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Bloody and dramatic! I don't know but I felt like I am the only enjoying this reboot of Blade of the Immortal. The fight scenes were simply insane and bloody, I don't like gory stuff but I definitely enjoyed this anime so I think it's victorious on getting my attention and makes me even want to know more about the characters in its story. I felt like every episode tells a story of the harsh reality of the samurai world and how painful are the sacrifices and burdens that they must bear.
Karuta is definitely a fun game, isn't it? Chihayafuru season 3 is giving us an exciting ride of drama, tidbits of romance, and the world of competitive Karuta. I am really enjoying how fascinating and interesting playing Karuta is, and how our favorite characters from the story face their emotions and learn more about life from their experience in playing Karuta.
Not your typical sports anime, there's more to its drama and I really felt it is quite addicting paired with catchy and bop music. It is quite gay in so many ways but I think that's what makes Hoshiai no Sora an interesting one to follow, as well as the story behind each member of the Male Soft Tennis Club.
The 4th season of My Hero Academia is definitely giving us a good ride this season though I felt like it has some lackluster because I believe that it could do even better or maybe I did just expect too much, after all My Hero Academia is our anime of the year last 2018. Although, I believe that the anime didn't bare its fangs yet and still building that momentum to finally explode it's amazing story this season.
Personally, one of my favorite anime this season and I am really enjoying the fight scenes and the music in this anime. This is the only story of Fate where I did root for Gilgamesh to be around. It seems that there is more to the conspiracy behind the events in journey of our main characters into the age of the gods as they travel back in time to retrieve the Holy Grail.
And here, we have one of the most psychologically-disturbing anime of the year as well as having one of the most intriguing female anime characters of 2019 – Babylon. It all started weak for me until it slowly bares its fangs and how deep it could be until it eventually exploded with so much political-crime thriller vibes in the later episodes. Then, we've been surprised big time with the 7th episode which scares the hell out of my league by showing us a heartbreaking and literally insane episode filled with philosophical conflicts and leave us questions about what is right, what is evil, what is accepted by the norms, and what is there left to be done by our main character.
Creepy and cringed at some point, Beastars had been an exciting ride of action, psychological thrill, and a bit of romance. The unique approach of this anime towards the issue on moral standards had been a great aspect of the story to watch out for.
I am not a big fan of this anime, to be honest but I definitely had a blast in the recent episodes of Food Wars season 4. It's both hilarious and interesting, and most of the time it's making me hungry for no apparent reason aside from its lusciously-looking cuisines. The characters are always interesting as ever but I felt like we have too many this season and sometimes it quite hard to identify each of them. The visuals and animation are solid this time though, a big leaped from the little mess that J.C. Staff did with the previous season's DanMachi 2nd Season and A Certain Scientific Accelerator. Good job to their team this time!
This anime had been a big surprise for me as I never intended to have this on my watchlist when the season started. However, I saw it and decided to watch it randomly and I fell in love with all the music in it ever since. The characters are fun, it's not unique but definitely has decent animation and with gradual character development – this anime could be a very good one. I also enjoyed every bit of humor embedded in its story.
Nariyuki and his girls continue to give us an insane and hilarious season after their stint from spring this year. I think it's pretty consistent and always been able to deliver what it supposed to deliver and that is to make us all laugh in so many ridiculous ways as possible. At the same time, I just can't stop myself from shipping Nariyuki and Furuhashi big time, and all the ladies finally have shown a little bit of themselves more than usual.
At first, I was quite skeptical about this isekai anime until I saw how interesting it is with my own eyes. It's nothing spectacular and follows the same path as the other isekai anime of the recent years but I really enjoyed almost every character in their group and how they will conquer the new world where they discovered themselves. Obviously, I want to see them clashed against the empire and surprise those ill-mannered nobles in the story, and destroy them.
This is a personal favorite of mine and definitely one of the biggest surprises this season for me. This is not the typical isekai anime story that I used to watch and I definitely enjoyed its plot. Obviously, there's still the cliché of the overpowered main character who got transported into another world but there's a limit to her (in this case it's her newly acquired body which is frail). I also like the fact that Ascendance of a Bookworm somehow gives me that Spice & Wolf merchant vibes.
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Assassins Pride started as one of the strongest anime of the season for me until it eventually loses its magic in the succeeding episodes. I think it's the uninteresting matchup between the two main characters, and having a 'loli' heroine for this story is quite dragging for me. Nonetheless, Kufa Vampir is definitely one of the most interesting male characters this season, and the fight scenes of this anime are among its redeeming factors for me.
And this is our current mid-season review showing our Top 20 Anime of Fall 2019. Which anime airing this season is your favorite? Would you mind sharing your thoughts about fall 2019 anime lineup to us by leaving your comment below? If you want to get updated with various anime topics from us, don't forget to subscribe to our newsletter and get our latest blogpost right in your inbox.
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Apollo 11 in Real Time!
Made In Space Wins NASA Contract for Next-Gen 'Vulcan' Manufacturing System
By Mike Wall 2018-05-08T11:24:43Z Tech
NASA's logo, made in aluminum by Made In Space's Vulcan manufacturing system during testing and development.
(Image: © Made In Space)
Made In Space just took another step toward constructing big, complex structures off Earth.
The California-based company, which built the two 3D printers aboard the International Space Station (ISS), just secured a NASA contract to continue developing its next-generation Vulcan manufacturing system.
Vulcan is designed to make products in the space environment using a variety of "feedstock" materials, including metal. The two ISS machines are restricted to polymer feedstocks, so Vulcan will mark a significant advance when it's up and running, Made In Space representatives said. [3D Printing in Space: A Photo Gallery]
"The Vulcan hybrid manufacturing system allows for flexible augmentation and creation of metallic components on demand with high precision," Mike Snyder, Made In Space chief engineer and principal investigator, said in a statement. "Vulcan is an efficient, safe capability that utilizes the minimum amount of resources during manufacturing processes."
The new contract is a Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award. Made In Space recently completed the work laid out under the company's Phase 1 SBIR contract for Vulcan, which Made In Space received last year.
When Vulcan is ready to go, Made In Space aims to demonstrate the technology on the ISS, showing Vulcan's potential usefulness for a variety of exploration missions.
"Vulcan can be important to logistical reduction necessary for long-term exploration," Snyder said. "The hybrid manufacturing system is a major step forward for efficient space operations, providing the ability to build essential components and assemblies in the space environment, where flying spare parts from Earth is otherwise not viable."
Vulcan will be able to use more than 30 materials as feedstocks, including titanium, stainless steel, aluminum and a variety of plastic composites, Made In Space representatives said. The upgradeable system will employ 3D printing as well as standard "subtractive" techniques to machine the printed parts down to their final shapes. This will all be done robotically.
Made In Space is also working to develop other technologies and systems. For example, the company recently launched to the ISS a machine that makes a high-value optical fiber called ZBLAN, which is tough to make here on Earth. (Our planet's gravity induces tiny defects in the fiber.) The goal is to determine whether manufacturing ZBLAN in microgravity is viable and lucrative enough to merit doing so on a large scale. If so, Made In Space plans to ramp up production of the stuff and bring lots of it down to Earth for sale.
Made In Space is also working on a robotic construction system called Archinaut — basically, a spacecraft equipped with a highly capable robotic arm and 3D printer. If all goes according to plan, Archinaut will be able to build big, complex structures — such as space telescopes — off Earth, and also be capable of repairing and upgradig existing satellites. The system could be ready to go by the mid-2020s, NASA officials have said. (NASA has funded Archinaut development via a "tipping-point technologies" contract.)
Made In Space retains ownership of one of the 3D printers on the ISS, operating the machine as a commercial facility. The other 3D printer now belongs to NASA.
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Fifteen of the brightest ABS-CBN actors and actresses starring in the movie entitled "24/7 In Love". The "7″ in the title actually represents the seven individual episodes with different stories but with a common link in the movie. Four directors were given the opportunity to direct the seven individual love stories focusing on different perspectives of love. The directors include Mae Cruz, Dado Lumibao, John-D Lazatin and Frasco Mortiz.
At the bloggers' press conference, Piolo Pascual, Maja Salvador and Pokwang were some of the stars of the movie that were invited for the BlogCon to talk about and answer questions about the star-studded movie. Also present in the press conference are Directors Mae Cruz and Frasco Mortiz.
Direk Mae Cruz says that the movie is like a reunion of all the Star Magic artists. "Talagang sulit na sulit ang bayad ng tao kasi ang daming stars plus maraming kuwento ng pag-ibig ang nandito" boasts Direk Mae saying that the movie is very much worth every centavo the viewers will pay for their movie ticket because it has several stars and love stories.
24/7 In Love is top-billed by Piolo Pascual, Zaijan Jaranilla, and Xyriel Manabat; Bea Alonzo and Zanjoe Marudo; Sam Milby and Pokwang; Diether Ocampo and Maja Salvador; Daniel Padilla and Kathryn Bernardo; Kim Chiu and Gerald Anderson; and the last but definitely not the least, Angelica Panganiban and John Lloyd Cruz.
There are also several supporting casts like Maricar Reyes, Jayson Gainza, Matt Evans, Nina Dolino, Joseph Marco, Jason Francisco, Helga Krapf, Andrei Felix, Seppi Borromeo, Ian Rusell, and John Sweet Lapuz.
Be sure not to miss the biggest movie of the year, "24/7 in Love," which will be shown on cinemas nationwide on November 21,2012.


We at Hamptons Creative Group don't claim to be the complete experts on electronic marketing, but we do know quite a lot, including some important things that will happen in the digital landscape in 2011. And we know that these trends will have a big impact on our business and yours in the coming year. Here's a recap of a great article we found examining these trends, and some ideas to capitalize on them.
As dollars continue to flood into online marketing, cost per click is becoming more expensive. The way to lower costs? Testing and optimizing both by marketers and keyword software. Conversion from click to purchase is the goal.
Ever-increasing mobile and social platform users (that's you, Mr. Smartphone and you Miss Facebook), translates to marketing on many more sites, in more formats and more contexts. As this shift occurs, marketers need to build a diverse customer base NOW. Look past your own website toward investments in Facebook pages, Twitter feeds and even sites like Groupon or Google Places.
Google's search rankings will begin to respond to feedback, not just hits, allowing users to rate search results or even websites, and have user "likes" factored into ranking algorithms. And at the same time, Facebook wi ll get more serious by extend its ads beyond Facebook to participating non-Facebook sites. What does this mean? A di rect targeting of messages based on demographic and placement characteristics, offering the first true challenge to Google.
What is the value of getting back someone you already acquired? In 2011, look for this question to be answered. "Remarketing" tools will become better at telling marketers the true cost-of-acquisition. Watch for better Google Analytics metrics and for other remarketing vendors to get into the act.
So How Do You Leverage These Trends? 1.Plan for an increasingly competitive marketplace. Consumers are always looking for a better deal, so focus on the basics: message testing, landing page optimization and high rankings in search engines.
2.Use Bing, too. Bing's an up and comer. Use it like you would Google.
3. Go mobile. Start testing mobile as a way to reach people.
4.Put your eggs in many baskets. Using Facebook ads? Try other social networking sites like Groupon,Foursquare and Google Places, too.
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Q: Как правильно проверять поле ввода? Например, у нас есть форма, состоящая из логина и пароля, и две кнопки, проверить и очистить. Как правильно будет проверить форму ввода, ввел ли пользователь логин и пароль? Пробую так, только и выскакивает Тоаст сообщение. В чем моя ошибка?
public void onClick(View v){
    if(v == btnCheck){
        if((vPass.length() == 0) && (vLog.length() == 0)){
            Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Заполните все поля!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        } else if(???????????) {
            vPass.setText(txtPassword.getText());
            vLog.setText(txtLogin.getText());
        }
    } else if(v == btnClean){
        txtPassword.setText("");
        vPass.setText("");
        txtLogin.setText("");
        vLog.setText("");
        txtLogin.requestFocus();
    }
}

A: У вас, судя по всему, vPass и vLog  - экземпляры EditText. Не очень понятно, что вы ожидаете получить, вызывая

vPass.length() == 0

Если вы хотите узнать длину введённой в форму строки, то, очевидно, надо делать так:
vPass.getText().length();

Далее проверяйте, что вам надо. Например:
if((vPass.getText().length()==0) && (vLog.getText().length()==0))
{
//оба поля пусты
}
else if((vPass.getText().length()!=0) && (vLog.getText().length()==0))
{
//пароль введён, а логин нет
}
else if ((vPass.getText().length()==0) && (vLog.getText().length()!=0))
{
//логин введён, а пароль нет
}
else if((vPass.getText().length()!=0) && (vLog.getText().length()!=0))
{
//и пароль и логин введены
//надо как-то их проверить на верность (тут сами делаете так как вам нужно)
}
else
{
//что-то ужасное случилось и вы попали сюда. Такого не должно быть!!!11адын
}

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Beer and curry – it's a classic partnership that's been enjoyed for years across the UK, and there's no doubt an ice-cold lager goes down a treat with your Friday night takeaway. But, if you're ready to take it to a different level, then you need to start experimenting with some of the craft ales that are shaking up the beer and food partnerships at the moment.
Curry and beer are a match made in heaven because of two factors: the bubbles and the hops. The bubbles cleanse the palate, preparing it for each new mouthful, so you can really experience the spices. The bitterness of the hops, on the other hand, is great at cutting through the heat and spice. For those of you who like a really spicy curry – the stronger the ABV of the beer you're drinking, the hotter the curry will taste!
Lagers and Indian pale ales are the most popular choices with curry, and for good reason. They have that perfect blend of carbonation and hoppy bitterness. But wheat beers, blonde ales and even milk stouts can work brilliantly with a curry too. It's because they share similar flavour profiles with plenty of rich and delicious spice notes like coriander, cardamom and ginger.
Start at the less spicy, creamier end of things with a good lager and a chicken korma. The gentle sweetness and light fizz of Cobra works brilliantly with either korma or our classic butter chicken. Try a wheat beer with the more intense flavours of our vegetarian dishes, and take your pick from out tandoori grill with a dangerously delicious IPA.
With a flavour bomb like our Madras curry, choose an IPA where the hops have been turned up to maximum volume – it's a match made in heaven. And, if you love the rich and earthy flavours of our lamb dishes, then try a full-bodied stout.
While some foodies might turn up their noses at the prospect of pairing cider with food, with the onset of more varieties to the market and the greater appreciation of the craft of cider, this attitude is changing. Cider is, of course, a fruit-based drink and very much like wine, it can be sweet or dry, quite still or very sparkling. Cider's depth of flavour can complement certain types of food and dishes.
Depending on how hot you like your curries, a nice cold cider can be a perfect match to these. Or if you prefer a milder curry, such as a Korma or Passanda and a medium dry cider goes well with these.
Prosecco has become THE sparkling wine over the past few years and this summer has seen it really take off! Understandable really, given it's fresh, fun and (most importantly) very affordable.
Prosecco is not only fun to drink it is incredibly versatile and can be paired with a wide range of foods.
Its high acidity and low alcohol content means it can cut through rich foods.
In fact, seafood and Prosecco is a match made in foodie heaven. From Thai curries, South Kerelan prawn dishes to grilled salmon and bombay potatoes, the Prosecco acts like a squeeze of lemon and enhances the dish.
The bubbles are also excellent to cool down spicy Asian foods and refresh the palate between mouthfuls. Prosecco and Thai/Indian curry was a revelation!
Malaysian and Chinese dishes are traditionally based around tart tamarind, sour lime, pungent fish sauce and creamy coconut milk with lots of garlic and ginger. You might normally slurp down bowlfuls of this with a cold beer in Asia, but the laksa's exotic blend of herbs and spice also cosies up to a crisp bottle of wine nicely.
While an extra-dry white – like an American pinot gris with its hint of stone fruit and subtle spice – is an obvious choice, Malaysian flavours also sing next to more unexpected pairings. Think crisp Spanish cava or aromatic reds from the Burgundy region.
Indian dishes like this lentil and cauliflower curry are traditionally built on layers of delicately wrought spice and pastes and a single meal can be made from at least ten different ingredients, from toasted cardamom pods to ground cumin and sliced red chillies.
Vegetarian dishes made for the acidic, lemony fizz of a sparkling wine, while punchier Indian plates such as the fiery lamb rogan josh call for reds packed with ripe red fruit like a peppery syrah or full-bodied grenache.


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I believe in the power of art, beauty and story to help nurture a greater intimacy with ourselves and with place and community, a way to heal the dire malady of the heart that so much of humanity is suffering from; that of isolation and estrangement from the natural world.
The task of dreaming new ways of being is given us through remembering our role as powerful creators! The activation of the imagination reminds us that reality is malleable, that what we think, feel and dream can come true.
In a consumer society, where we are so often taught to feel apart from and even ashamed of our animal bodies, I explore our intrinsic sameness with other sentient creatures who also have a body, heart and mind and taste, bleed, moan and long for love as we do. In my experience, it is through re-sensing our kinship with all beings that we undergo a perceptual shift. We behold our own image in the mirror of otherness and through this recognition the wound of separation begins to dissolve.


I lost the code folding feature for XML... don't know how it happened. The code folding outline is gone too.
Restarting IJ fixed the problem, so I assume it's some sort of error. But there's no error indicator that I can see.
BTW, it's a fairly small Spring XML (282 lines).
OK, now it's happening with Java files as well... what's going on?


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"Free the Vote" Has Passed the Assembly
Posted on September 13, 2019 by league
In a close vote, ACA 6, also known as part of the "Free the Vote" Act, passed the Assembly Thursday, September 5th.
President Carol Moon Goldberg of the League of Women Voters of California in a statement to League members thanked them for taking action by sending hundreds of emails and making phone calls to their Assembly members. However, President Goldberg also expressed that it will be vital for League members to continue to fight for ACA 6 as it progresses through the State Senate.
"In order to get this on the ballot, we need to get ACA 6 through the State Senate. We will continue to count on you in the coming days – keep an eye out for more action alerts!" said Goldberg in the statement.
ACA 6, which the League of Women Voters of Berkeley, Albany, and Emeryville has voted in favor of, is a measure aimed to restore voting rights to Californians on parole.
Currently, nearly 50,000 Californians on parole pay taxes at the local, state, and federal levels yet are unable to vote at any level of government. Nationwide, 4.6 million people are ineligible to vote because of a felony conviction.
If passed, ACA 6 would restore voting rights to Californians on parole, allowing them to increase their civic engagement and participate in our state's democracy.
Assemblymember Kevin McCarty (D-Sacramento), who introduced the legislation in January, said that this increase in civic engagement will have several positive benefits.
"ACA 6 will eliminate an arbitrary barrier to voting, reduce recidivism, and give formerly incarcerated people an opportunity to demonstrate their ability to become productive, contributing members of our society," McCarty wrote in an article for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Northern California.
ACA 6 would also be significant because it combats felony disenfranchisement, which McCarty explained in the ACLU article "is a form of voter suppression that is rooted in racially discriminatory Jim Crow laws… Voter suppression tactics consistently exclude Black and Brown people from our democracy."
The "Free the Vote" Act is comprised of two parts, ACA 6 and AB 646. ACA 6 will "ask California voters to restore the right to vote to people on parole on the 2020 ballot." AB 646 will "enact corresponding changes to California's Elections code," according to McCarty.
The next step in passing ACA 6 is a 2/3 vote in the Senate. Take action by signing up to be a Free the Vote CA Volunteer http://bit.ly/FreeTheVoteVolunteer, writing a letter of support using this template, or asking your California senator to vote yes on ACA 6.


those woods and staring at them wondering how they got there, it definitely seems like something faeries would do. Great story! Could you please make a tutorial showing how you made the stars?
Thank you, I have a lot of woodland near me and fancy leaving some faerie stars around to confuse and/or enchant walkers.
I was left behind on the base once for Christmas. I spent the weekend pouring vodka into an Orange juice bottle until all the juice was gone. I think you accomplished more than I did.
This is cool! I enjoy the stars, but more so I really love your story! Turning a situation that could have been a downer into something as lovely as this can be a diamond in the ruff! I added my vote for the I made it contest. Good luck!
Well thank you! It was an unfortunate situation, but keeping busy and making cool things made it much more bearable.
I would LOVE to see more about how you made these. They look great!
I tried to make an instructable about how to make the actual stars at the time, but it was so trial and error I didn't end up making one. I'll try to make a template for them and post directions sometime soon though.


A 46-year-old man who took a 12-inch knife into a Northampton pub after he drank half a bottle of vodka has been given a suspended jail sentence.
David Addis of Oak Grove, Headlands, Northampton, was arrested on January 22 after police received reports that a man was telling people in The Collingtree pub that he had a knife tucked in the back of his jeans.
Northampton Crown Court heard that, when asked by officers why he had the knife, Addis said he had "no idea".
Rachel Law, prosecuting, said Addis told the officers he had drunk at least half a bottle of vodka as well as some beer and had also taken some heroin and crack cocaine.
Recorder Justin Wigoder said: "Goodness knows why you took the knife into the pub tucked in your trousers.
Addis was sentenced to three months in prison, suspended for a year. He must also complete a 12-month supervision order including a four-month drug rehabilitation order.


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All Employees are Equal; Just Some Feel Parents are more Equal than Others
Schools are reopening to various degrees across the county. However, these degrees are causing a multitude of issues, and the problem is more complex as the degree is not state by state but in many cases, county by county.
As the schools reopen, we are experiencing everything from virtual schooling to full in-person instruction and everything along the spectrum. Many of the schools with full in-person teaching face resource issues as many older teachers, who are at risk, are retiring rather than working, putting more pressure on the schools' resources. Besides, while some child care programs are also beginning to reopen, for many, the crisis has taken its toll and will never reopen, aggravating an already strained child care system. To further compound the issue, even if child care and schools do fully reopen, some parents may not be confident in those environments' safety and opt to keep their children home.
In 2018, over 41 million U.S. workers ages 18 to 64 were caring for at least one child under 18. Of these, nearly 34 million have at least one child under the age of 14 and are more likely to rely on school and child care than parents of high school-aged children. Besides, 70%, or 23.5 million working parents, do not have any potential caregivers at home, and their return to work will likely be dependent on the reopening of child care programs and schools.
However, these parents working from home face an impossible balancing act every day, keeping up with their work while caring for and teaching their children. Others have been laid off, left their jobs to care for their children, or been forced to cobble together temporary child care arrangements to report for work at essential jobs, such as nursing and grocery work. Ultimately, the status of schools and child care programs in the fall will largely dictate the speed and robustness of economic recovery.
Working parents who rely on child care and school also make up a significant share of employees in education, health care, social assistance, finance, insurance, public administration, management, and professional services. In these industries, at least one in five workers depends on child care and schools.
For those working parents, the uncertainty surrounding child care and in-person instruction for school-aged children is unprecedented. As a result, there is an unfolding series of consequences on family life, education, and earnings. The implications for corporate health also need consideration.
Many tech companies have rushed to help their employees, extending new benefits, including extra time off for parents to help them care for their children. However, a backlash has started. Many nonparents of minor children are saying that they feel under-appreciated, as they shoulder a heavier workload, and all the policies are directed to parents of minor children.
Parents of minor children are frustrated that their childless co-workers don't understand how hard it is to balance work and child care, especially when daycare centers are closed, and they are trying to help their children learn at home. Some say that they cannot get any real work done during the day as they help their children, so they have to work longer at night, resulting in burnout.
The schism has been at the major tech companies, e.g., Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Salesforce. However, it has been most vividly on display at Facebook. In March, Facebook offered up to 10 weeks of paid time off for employees if they had to care for a child whose school or daycare facility had closed or for an older relative whose nursing home was not open. Google and Microsoft extended similar paid leave to employees dealing with children at home or a sick relative. Also, Facebook announced that it would not be scoring employees on job performance for the first half of 2020 because there was "so much change in our lives and our work." Every Facebook employee would receive bonus amounts, usually reserved for outstanding performance scores. This policy irked some childless employees who felt that those who worked more should receive more pay. Other childless employees felt they should also get the ten weeks paid leave just like parents, creating significant friction. Some parents at Facebook felt negatively judged and that a child care leave was hardly a mental or physical health break. One Facebook parent wrote, "Please don't make me and other parents at Facebook the outlet for your understandable frustration, exhaustion, and anger in response to the hardships you're experiencing due to Covid-19."
Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's chief operating officer, was asked on several occasions what Facebook could do to support nonparents since its other policies had benefited parents. Ultimately she said Facebook has tried to design its leave policies to be "inclusive." "I do believe parents have certain challenges," she said. "But everyone has challenges, and those challenges are very, very real."
As a result of the tension, Facebook has had to shut down some internal discussion boards. In August, Facebook announced that the leave policy would remain in place through June 2021 and that employees who had already taken some leave this year would receive another ten weeks next year. This extension further angered some nonparents who feel the company seemed less concerned about their needs.
However, even pre-pandemic resentment from employees without children about extra parental benefits existed. But like all things, COVID has amplified that tension. Parents who had usually been able to balance work and home struggle to help their children learn remotely while still doing their jobs.
Thus, how to deal with this friction? It requires:
Good corporate communication. Erin Kelly, a professor at MIT's Sloan School of Business, who studies workplace policies and management practices, believes that this tension results from companies failing to do a good job explaining that what benefits parents can benefit the entire workforce. "A question that we might ask the employees who are feeling some frustration about their co-workers being on leave is what do you think is going to happen if that person quits?" she said. "You're going to actually be stretched further."
Empathy. A hard trait in our self-centered culture, and especially in many tech companies full of STEM students who have not had to learn compassion. One has to realize it is a difficult situation for everyone, but added Laszlo Bock, Google's ex-head of HR, "for people to get upset enough to say that 'I feel this is unfair' demonstrates a lack of patience, a lack of empathy and a sense of entitlement."
Core Values and Culture. How does your organization expect you to behave? If your values are only about money, then the friction will get worse. Core values and culture are essential and will be vital in binding the organization together through these times. At times like this, culture truly eats strategy for breakfast.


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Bergen County Jail Quarantine Remains In Effect Through July 29
Credits: TAPinto.net File Photo
HACKENSACK, NJ – Bergen County Jail will remain under quarantine through the end of the month as officials investigate additional suspected cases of mumps among the inmates.
In an update issued Wednesday, Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton said a sixth case was confirmed, prompting an extension of the quarantine until July 29.
The facility was placed under quarantine last month after officials discovered the first case.
All inmates and staff are being screened and officials will monitor everyone to determine if further testing is needed. Also, officials ordered 1,000 doses of the MMR vaccine for jail staff and inmates.
"The jail will continue to allow visitation to the current population and the Bergen County Sheriff's Office is working with nearby correctional facilities to house incoming county inmates," Cureton said.
Until the quarantine is over, no additional inmates will be accepted at the jail and inmates who would have been sent to the facility will instead go to Hudson County Jail, according to the county executive.
Attorneys and visitors can still go to the jail, but they won't be given direct access to the inmates, he said.


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How to Effectively Market Your Small Business to Millennials
on Jun 12, 2017 | 5 min read Oct 2, 2019
What group in the US numbers more than 80 million, has an annual buying power of $200 billion, and makes up nearly half of the US workforce?
Sometimes called "Gen Y", millennials are the much sought after generation born between 1980 and 2000.
This generation carries impressive buying power, so it's no surprise that marketers are focusing on understanding and speaking to this lucrative demographic. Millennials are 1.75x more likely than baby boomers (born between 1946-1964) to say they'd like to be brand-loyal, so earning their trust is likely to yield a years-long relationship with your brand.
In fact, millennials will be the recipients of "the largest wealth transfer in history" as baby boomers transfer over 30 trillion dollars of their wealth to their children.
Every generation brings its own set of values, priorities, and cultural touchpoints, and millennials are no exception.
The West Midland Family Center recently created a generation comparison table highlighting the differences between four distinct demographic groups. Below is a sample of the information they compiled. To view the entire table check out the WMFC's full report.
Data via the West Midland Family Centre
When you categorize a large group of people with a narrow set of descriptive labels, you risk homogenizing the messaging meant for them. Delivered poorly or without nuance, brand messages geared toward millennials will devolve into self-parody, or even worse, ham-fisted caricature. Forbes magazine expounds on this idea, writing:
This is the number one thing you need to know about millennials. They are not like other generations in that they are a simple demographic. You have to drill down deep into the millennial generation to come up with the right marketing campaign for you.
There are, however, some striking, fundamental similarities amongst millennials. Understanding and leveraging those similarities to reach millennials in meaningful, authentic ways is the first step to connect you to the Social Generation (as they're sometimes called).
Since they represent an increasingly powerful group of consumers, nearly every business owner must figure out how to effectively market their business to millennials.
Bye, Traditional Marketing
Traditionally, marketing has been about all send and no receive: today, that's termed interruption marketing.
TV spots and direct mail campaigns are examples of this one-way communication style which pushes information out to the consumer, but doesn't allow for response or conversation. As the most technologically savvy generation ever, millennials expect to be able to interact with brands they like.
Image via Inbound Marketing Agency
This doesn't mean you should toss out that giant media buy just yet – traditional and other types of marketing will always have their place – but be prepared to really engage.
One way you can better engage with millennials is through inbound marketing.
Inbound marketing can impress millennials without making them feel they're being condescended to. The Nielsen Company explains:
When interacting with companies via social media, they [Millennials] value authenticity – they want to feel like they have a personal, direct interaction with the brand–and in return, they'll advocate and endorse that brand.
Hello, Video Marketing
The goal to reach millennials is creating content that speaks to them in a language they recognize as their own (but don't be "extra" about it). Engage with them on their own terms on services they prefer.
Use blogs, social media posts, podcasts, ebooks, and especially video to publish content that is meaningful and actionable. Invite customers to create and share their own content as well, and consider letting people remix and revamp your content to make it truly their own.
According to Hubspot's The State of Inbound 2017 report:
66 percent of millennials follow a company or brand on YouTube, and
60 percent of them would rather watch a video than read a newsletter.
Video demos are especially effective: Animoto found that 85 percent of millennials found video demos useful, and a whopping 264 percent are more likely than baby boomers to share videos about a product.
One way to generate video content is by inspiring consumers to create their own. 44 percent of millennials are willing to promote brands on social media and other platforms. Try using an incentive or rewards system to get video reviews and other user-generated content from your followers, and be sure to leave virtual feedback on any content being created.
You can also generate quality content directly – here are examples of individuals and brands with strong video content on YouTube for small businesses and entrepreneurs.
Who doesn't get excited about having their posts liked and commented on? Not this lady, that's for sure.
#liveauthentic
Want to get the attention and trust of a millennial? Millennials spend an average of 25 hours per week online, so starting with relatable
Millennials spend an average of 25 hours per week online, so starting with relatable web-based content is your best bet. 47% of millennials use their smartphone to discover brands via digital media after a friend followed, liked, pinned, or tweeted that brand's info on social media. Seeing and listening to content spoken in the language of their peers feels authentic to them. That establishes a connection, which in turn engenders trust.
Offer millennials content that they feel proud to be associated with – millennials have been taught since kindergarten to share, and in the social media age, they're good at it. Brand ambassadors are a thing now, and that's because millennials have led the charge in building real brand-consumer relationships. To earn that loyalty, your brand has to be relevant, trustworthy, and shareable.
People who have posted, tweeted, or shared about their events and experiences in the past year. Via Eventbrite
Millennials want to feel empowered. When they share, like, tweet, or comment, the demonstrate a sense of empowerment in their community.
Millenials also feel empowered by companies looking to provide social benefits to society generally. In fact, over 90% of millennials feel it's very important for a company to give back to society.
And if you're frustrated that your traditional and online advertising isn't working with millennials, you're not alone. Millennials believe that advertising is largely spin, and definitely not authentic. Tellingly, 43 percent of millennials rank authenticity over content. They trust relevant, authentic opinions from real product users they can relate to:
84 percent of millennials say user-generated content has at least some influence on what they buy,
73 percent say it's important to read others' opinions before purchasing, and
Only 1 percent of millennials surveyed said that a compelling advertisement would make them trust a brand more.
Millennials are also more likely to both show their purchases to friends and write product reviews, perpetuating the share-purchase-share cycle.
Generation Now
As of April 2016, the number of millennials in the US surpassed baby boomers and generation X to become the largest demographic in the US. These numbers are projected to stay stable while older generations decrease in size over time.
Via Pew Research
One big difference between millennials and other generations: diversity.
Millennials are the most diverse generation ever. For example, a significant percentage of millennials are the children of immigrant parents, as noted by a White House report from 2014:
Many Millennials are immigrants or the children of immigrants who arrived in the United States as part of an upsurge in immigration that began in the 1940s. The share of people age 20 to 34 who were born in a foreign country is now around 15 percent — much higher than it was in 1950 and near the peak of almost 20 percent seen in 1910 during the last great wave of immigration to the United States.
More than 40% of the millennials in the US are made up of minority groups or individuals who self-identify as more than one race. This means that diversity and inclusion can't be a hasty afterthought tacked on to the end of your branding and marketing – millennials expect inclusiveness to be an integral part of your message.
Via the Brooking Institution
In large part thanks to this diversity, millennials tend to be socially aware and socially responsible. They expect the brands they interact with to be equally aware and engaged with the world.
Authentic. Engaged. Social.
Millennials are here, and their influence is felt across all markets and brands. If your business is ignoring millennials, you'll quickly fall behind your competitors.
The good news is that many of the things that millennials value are values found in every generation. Optimizing your brand message to today's consumers won't just help you reach millennials; it will make your brand more attractive to everyone.
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Did the Globe & Mail even read its own editorials before endorsing the Conservatives?
In what's been called "the most bizarre endorsement ever," the Globe and Mail told its readers to vote for the Conservatives while simultaneously calling for Harper's resignation.
In what's been called "the most bizarre endorsement ever," the Globe and Mail told its readers to vote for the Conservatives while simultaneously calling for Harper's resignation:
"Canada needs a change. It also needs the maintenance of many aspects of the economic status quo. What Canada needs, then, is a Conservative government that is no longer the Harper government.
It is not time for the Conservatives to go. But it is time for Mr. Harper to take his leave."
What does this even mean?
Some Twitter users mocked the Globe's logic of putting Harper and the Conservatives in two separate boxes:
In what may be the dumbest endorsement editorial ever, @globeandmail endorses imaginary Tory party not led by Harper http://t.co/3mjLgAp0HI
— Jonathan Kay (@jonkay) October 16, 2015
I like the globe, but not the mail. #deepthoughts #otherglobeendorsements
— Wab Kinew (@WabKinew) October 16, 2015
We endorse communism, but not that Stalin guy. #OtherGlobeEndorsements
— Lauren Pelley (@LaurenPelley) October 16, 2015
But what is maybe more bizarre is how the Globe could seriously advocate voting for a party that the Globe's own editorial board criticized countless times for moves they called anti-democratic, xenophobic and opposed to Canadian values.
Maintaining "the economic status quo" takes precedence over all of those things? Really?
Here is what the Globe said about Bill C-51 in February. Who do they think voted for that?
"If Bill C-51 passes, CSIS will be able to disrupt anything its political masters believe might be a threat."
And hey, which party voted for a bill they said would turn CSIS into a "secret police force":
"Parliament must not allow Mr. Harper to turn CSIS, an intelligence agency, into a secret police force."
Which party voted for the (Un)Fair Elections Act? Didn't they say it would "disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of Canadians"?
"The bill's change to voter-identification rules threatens to disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of Canadians."
Which party supported legislation that was so "bad," the Globe did a "five-part series of editorials" explaining how it will "harm the foundation of our democracy"?
"How bad is the legislation? This newspaper recently took the unprecedented step of publishing a five-part series of editorials on it, and the ways in which it will harm the foundation of our democracy…The Fair Elections Act must be stopped. Killing it should be Parliament's first order of business."
Which party's "rhetoric" on charities created a "chilly climate for free speech"? Was it not "Tory rhetoric"?
"The implication is that charities should confine themselves to good works – be seen but not heard. That's a strange view of democracy. Silence the churches? Anti-poverty groups? Breast cancer research fundraisers? Would we have anti-smoking laws if opposing the tobacco companies was seen as un-Canadian?"
By the way – which party did nothing on climate change?
"For years, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has been promising a greenhouse-gas policy to deal with emissions from Canada's oil industry. On Tuesday, Mr. Harper abruptly revealed his sort-of plan. It can be summed up in two words: Do. Nothing."
And which party did the Globe compare to an evil Victorian literary character for their treatment of veterans?
"Call this Captain Jekyll. Then there is Minister Hyde: the coldly calculating technocrat who has cut disability payments for modern-era veterans, left critical services underfunded, and even argued in court that the federal government has no moral obligation toward its veterans. It would be nice to know which federal government is pinning a poppy to its lapel today."
Which party wanted to impose "normal cultural values" and send "Canada's basic freedoms" down the drain?
"The day a government imposes "normal" cultural values is the day Canada's basic freedoms go down the drain. We cannot become a country that selectively bans religious practices that have no demonstrably harmful consequences for others."
Say, and which party voted for an "ugly, xenophobic" and "disturbing" law that risked treating 830,000 Canadians "as somehow less Canadian"?
"The law has a flip side that is much darker. It gives the government the discretion to strip the citizenship of any dual citizen convicted of terrorism, treason or spying abroad. The consequences are disturbing and unfair for Canada's 863,000 dual nationals. They run the risk of being treated as somehow less Canadian. There is an ugly, xenophobic side to this law, which may play well with some voters, but has no place in a modern, multicultural Canada."
Oh, right.
The Conservative Party.
Conservative Party Endorsements Globe and Mail Stephen Harper


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Q: How to pass variables in mutation graphQL Playground? I am using apollo express server 2.0. And I am trying to execute mutation in the graphql playground. Here is the mutation I have attached a screenshot with another screenshot of a variable.

I am getting the following error when I am trying to execute mutation command in the graphql playground.

Please guide me where I am incorrect.

A: There are two tabs QUERY VARIABLES and HTTP HEADERS in the input field at the bottom right of graphQL Playground.
Please check the tab QUERY VARIABLES is selected.

A: Seems you have to define each of the input fields separately.


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Hey BlackBerry, 2011 called and it wants its Bold 9900 back
Chris Smith @chris_writes
The BlackBerry Bold 9900 was the coolest cat in RIM's yard back in 2011, but those days are long gone. Since then, the company has changed its name to BlackBerry and lost nearly all its smartphone market share, as consumers have moved to competing platforms including iOS, Android and Windows Phone. However, new CEO John Chen is not ready to throw in the towel, and has a new smartphone available for pre-order, the brand new… BlackBerry Bold 9900?
Just as previous rumors indicated, the Bold 9900 wants to make a miraculous return and the phone is currently listed on the company's website as available for pre-order. The price? An incredible $399 for a three-year-old handset that was already dated when it launched. The company says the phone will be launched later this month, offering a June 18 ship date on its pre-order page.
It's not often that a phone review is relevant almost three years before a phone starts selling, but BGR has you covered: follow this link for the full BlackBerry Bold 9900 review. In case you're considering buying one of these, there's still time to change your mind.
A second image from the Bold 9900 checkout process follows below.
Tags: BlackBerry, BlackBerry Bold 9900
PS5 leaker might have revealed the price of the Xbox Series X as well


Salem - Name Meaning, What does Salem mean?
Salem as a boys' name is pronounced SAY-lem. It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Salem is "peace". Related to Shalom and Solomon. Biblical: name of the ancient city that later was identified with Jerusalem. In America, the name has been used for many cities and towns including the capital of Oregon and the historic coastal town in Massachusetts, site of the Salem witch trials and setting of Nathaniel Hawthorne's tale, "The House of the Seven Gables". Also form of Salim.
Prominent related forms of Salem (#1250 FROM CURRENT RECORDS) are Solomon (#369), Shalom (#1944), Salomon and Sol. Other variants, like Salomo, are seldom used. Usage of these relations of Salem was common during 1910-1919 (MEDIAN #1316) and is almost as conventional today (#1512, 18.6% LESS USAGE), but with the version Sol falling out of fashion. Solomon is the most trendy baby name in this list.
Salem is alike in pronunciation to Saleem and Selim. Other recommended sound-alike names are Alem, Clem▼, Hallem, Naeem, Saber, Sable, Sadler, Saeed, Sage▲, Sahel, Sal, Sam▼, Samm, Saxe, Saxen, Sayer, Sealey, Shem and Slim. These names tend to be more commonly used than Salem.


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USGA Donates Adaptive Golf Cart to Assist Disabled at Local Course November 6, 2018 By Jordan Schwartz, USGA
Dr. Bill Montgomery of Basking Ridge, N.J., uses the new SoloRider golf cart at Coakley-Russo Memorial Golf Course. (USGA/Matt Rainey)
ClayMerchent playing his tee shot at the 11th hole during the first round of stroke play of the 2018 U.S. Junior Amateur at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J. on Monday, July 16, 2018. (Copyright USGA/Darren Carroll)
Clay Merchent playing his tee shot at the 11th hole during the first round of stroke play of the 2018 U.S. Junior Amateur at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J. on Monday, July 16, 2018. (Copyright USGA/Darren Carroll)
Dr. Bill Montgomery has been playing golf since his childhood in Detroit, but years of carrying rocks as a geologist have led to two back surgeries. He can still swing a club, but he experiences pain after walking more than 50 yards, so the addition of an adaptive golf cart at Montgomery's favorite course has been a huge benefit.
"I'm really thrilled with it," he said. "It's made it possible for me to play golf again."
The SoloRider was purchased as part of a USGA staff holiday fundraising campaign last year and donated to Coakley-Russo Memorial Golf Course in Lyons, N.J. Not only is the facility located just a few miles from the USGA's Liberty Corner campus, but it is affiliated with a veterans' affairs hospital. The hope is that former military members use the cart and have an opportunity to experience the healing power of golf.
"It's been very well received," said Steve Dendinger, a shift supervisor at the course. "Older guys with a heart condition or coming off an operation are getting out multiple times during the season thanks to the SoloRider. It's rejuvenated their ability to play golf."
Montgomery teaches environmental science at New Jersey City University on Tuesdays and Thursdays, so he plays every Monday and Wednesday morning at Coakley-Russo.
"It adds another component to what we can offer at our course," said Sean O'Grady, an assistant director with Bernards Township Parks and Recreation. "If they are coming and they have an ailment that limits them physically, they have that option here."
The SoloRider is equipped with hand controls and a hydraulic swivel seat that lifts a player to a standing position for play.
"There are so many golfers in our community who have a lifelong love of the game and need our help to make golf more accessible for those with disabilities," said Mike Davis, USGA CEO. "This one small effort shows the restorative and connecting power of golf and shines a light on the many ways we can make the game more welcoming to all who play it."
At its 2017 Annual Meeting, the USGA announced plans for a national championship for players with disabilities. Those efforts continue to advance and information regarding format, timing and location are forthcoming.
The USGA also created the Modification of the Rules of Golf for Players with Disabilities, which allows disabled golfers to play equitably with those that are able-bodied.
You can help make golf more accessible to people with disabilities by making a gift to the USGA Foundation Annual Fund today. Your meaningful gift will drive golf forward by enhancing the on-course experience for all those who play the game, especially juniors, beginners and those with disabilities.
The United States Golf Association "USGA" is a 501(3)c nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote and serve the true spirit of the game of golf as embodied in its ancient and honorable traditions. It acts in the best interest of the game for the continued enjoyment of those who love and play it.
The USGA Foundation secures resources to fulfill the USGA's commitment to invest in programs and innovative solutions that best serve golf for all who love and play it.


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Confidence in critical care nursing.
The purpose of the study was to gain an understanding of the nursing phenomenon, confidence, from the experience of nurses in the nursing subculture of critical care. Leininger's theory of cultural care diversity and universality guided this qualitative descriptive study. Questions derived from the sunrise model were used to elicit nurses' perspectives about cultural and social structures that exist within the critical care nursing subculture and the influence that these factors have on confidence. Twenty-eight critical care nurses from a large Canadian healthcare organization participated in semistructured interviews about confidence. Five themes arose from the descriptions provided by the participants. The three themes, tenuously navigating initiation rituals, deliberately developing holistic supportive relationships, and assimilating clinical decision-making rules were identified as social and cultural factors related to confidence. The remaining two themes, preserving a sense of security despite barriers and accommodating to diverse challenges, were identified as environmental factors related to confidence. Practice and research implications within the culture of critical care nursing are discussed in relation to each of the themes.
Falling short in organized dentistry: a call for increased diversity.
Canadian Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, University of Toronto faculty of dentistry.
Diversity in nursing has its merits.
Mental health promotion education in multicultural settings.
This paper addresses the education of graduate nursing students in mental health promotion in multicultural settings. First an overview of the historical development of health promotion theory in Canada is presented. Emerging concepts in mental health promotion are then considered. Referring to a graduate course on youth and mental health promotion, course design, which draws from across disciplines and recognizes the complexities in mental health promotion practice in multicultural settings, is illustrated. Under a mental health promotion perspective healthy development is recognized to arise from the interaction between people and systems in society, providing a systems-based understanding of the interplay between culture and health. The course's underlying threads, consisting of youth development and mental health, culture, and integration of learning through an intersectional perspective, and its related substantive content and process are discussed. It is concluded that by fostering students' critical awareness of intersections (for example, gender, life stage, migrant and racialized status), the growth and development of youth from diverse cultural backgrounds can be contextualized within existing support, or access barriers to, systems in multicultural societies.


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Die Basler Kantonalbank ist eine Schweizer Universalbank im Besitz des Kantons Basel-Stadt. Sie verfügt über eine Staatsgarantie und ein AA+ Rating von Standard & Poor's.

Der Konzern BKB zählt – gemessen an der Bilanzsumme – zu den zehn grössten Schweizer Banken. Nach der Zürcher Kantonalbank ist sie gemessen an der Bilanzsumme ausserdem die zweitgrösste aller Schweizer Kantonalbanken.

Besitzverhältnisse
Die Basler Kantonalbank ist eine selbständige juristische Person des kantonalen öffentlichen Rechts (öffentlich-rechtliche Anstalt) gemäss dem Gesetz über die Basler Kantonalbank vom 9. Dezember 2015. Der Kanton Basel-Stadt gewährt der Basler Kantonalbank eine subsidiäre Staatsgarantie. Damit haftet der Kanton für alle Verbindlichkeiten der Bank, sofern deren eigene Mittel zur Erfüllung der Verbindlichkeiten nicht mehr genügen. Von der Staatsgarantie ausgenommen sind das Partizipationskapital sowie die nachrangigen Verbindlichkeiten der Basler Kantonalbank, die Verbindlichkeiten der Basler Kantonalbank gegenüber Tochtergesellschaften und kontrollierten Unternehmen und deren Gläubiger oder Gesellschafter und die Verbindlichkeiten der Tochtergesellschaften und kontrollierten Unternehmen selbst. Der Kanton Basel-Stadt erhält von der Basler Kantonalbank für die Staatsgarantie eine Entschädigung. Zudem erhält der Kanton als Eigner nach Möglichkeit aus dem Jahresgewinn eine Verzinsung des Dotationskapitals sowie eine Gewinnausschüttung.¨

Seit 2000 hält die BKB die Mehrheit an der gesamtschweizerisch tätigen Bank Cler (der früheren Bank Coop) und ist seit 2019 in deren Vollbesitz. Die Bank Cler wird als digitale Bank mit physischer Präsenz in urbanen Gebieten operativ getrennt geführt.

Organisation
Oberstes Aufsichtsorgan der Basler Kantonalbank ist der Bankrat. Dieser setzt sich aus neun Mitgliedern zusammen und wird seit dem 1. April 2017 von Adrian Bult präsidiert. Vizepräsidentin ist Christine Hehli Hidber. Die Mitglieder und das Präsidium des Bankrats werden vom Regierungsrat des Kantons Basel-Stadt gewählt.

Die privaten Kunden der Basler Kantonalbank werden entweder in den Filialen betreut oder erledigen ihre Bankgeschäfte über den digitalen Kanal. Die Bedürfnisse des lokalen Gewerbes werden im KMU-Center adressiert. Ausserdem bietet die Bank für grosse Firmenkunden, Institutionelle und Banken aus der gesamten Schweiz spezifische Bankdienstleistungen. Durch dieses Geschäftsmodell verfügt die BKB über eine diversifizierte Ertragsstruktur.

Die operative Leitung liegt bei der Geschäftsleitung. Diese setzt sich aus 7 Mitgliedern zusammen und wird seit dem 1. April 2019 von Basil Heeb (CEO) geleitet.

Kennzahlen (Stammhaus) per 31. Dezember 2021

 Geschäftserfolg (in Mio. CHF): 172,7 (+4,5% yoy)
 Bilanzsumme (in Mio. CHF): 34'231,3 (-4,4% yoy)
 Hypothekarforderungen (in Mio. CHF): 13'875,4 (+3,1%)
 Kundeneinlagen (in Mio. CHF): 14'608,5 (-12,9% yoy)
 Gesamtkapitalquote: 20,8% (31. Dezember 2020: 19,0%)
 Leverage Ratio: 8,7% (31. Dezember 2020: 10,2%)
 Gesamtablieferung an den Kanton Basel-Stadt (in Mio. CHF): 78,4 (+1,8%)
 Anzahl Mitarbeitende: 1'039 (Stand 31. Dezember 2021)
 Geschäftsstellen: 12

Zahlungsverkehr
Per September 2019 wurde der Zahlungsverkehr an die Swisscom ausgelagert.

Sonstiges
Im Sommer 2022 läuft der über 15 jährige Sponsoring-Vertrag der BKB mit dem FC Basel aus.

Literatur
 Markus Bär: Eine ganz gewöhnliche Bank? In: Basler Stadtbuch 2013, S. 90–94.

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The growth came despite a persistent fall in CD sales and a growing decline in digital downloads on service such as iTunes as streaming services offer unlimited, online music.
Both the United States and Britain, the world's largest and fourth-largest music markets respectively, saw streaming volumes nearly double.
The growing entry of competitors such as Apple Music and Jay-Z's Tidal to a sector dominated by Spotify only managed to broaden overall interest, said David Bakula, Nielsen's senior vice president of industry insights.
"You're going to continue to see the types of growth that we've been seeing for a long time to come, I think," he said.
Nielsen looks at consumption and not directly at revenue—which is a major sore point for many artists who argue that their compensation from streaming is puny.
Industry bodies will report more detailed data on profitability in the coming months.
Yet leading the way in 2015's rebound was one of the few artists to reject streaming—Adele.
Backed by public anticipation due to a more than four-year wait since her last album, Adele's "25" enjoyed the biggest first-week sales on record in the United States and Britain.
"25" was by far the top-selling album in both countries for the year even though it came out on November 20.
Nielsen said its research found that about one-third of US consumers planned to buy "25," with around 20 percent of them not generally music consumers.
Yet even with its record-breaking numbers, "25" accounted for just 3.1 percent of US album sales, meaning Adele-mania likely had knock-on effects.
"I think the impact, beyond just the sales part of it, is the fact that people were talking about it. People who are not your traditional music buyers," Bakula said.
Another steep source of growth, but on a much smaller scale than streaming, is its low-tech foil—vinyl, which has enjoyed a rebirth led by collectors.


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Status of Human Rights in Morocco Not Living Up to Expectations
Fanack Published on February 19, 2015
Women gathered at Bab el Ahad Square to protest violence against women on International Women's Day in Rabat, 8 March 2015 Photo Mustapha Houbais / Anadolu Agency
Human rights in Morocco, a constitutional monarchy, may be compared from two perspectives, an internal one and an external one.
In the first perspective, human rights in Morocco have come a long way since the "years of lead" under King Hassan II during the 1970s and 1980s, resulting in a heavy toll of murder, kidnapping, torture, and abuse—the worst breaches of human rights in postcolonial Morocco. The loosening of the state's grip and a gradual democratic opening began in the 1990s, well before the "Arab Spring." This opening culminated in the historic coming to power of the socialists, who had been heavily impacted by human-rights abuses in the preceding decades, and the accession of the new king in 1999.
In the 2000s, civil society was reinvigorated, and a proliferation of NGOs—human rights (e.g., the Association for Human Rights, AMDH), women's rights, Amazigh (Berber) rights, Sahrawi rights, and Islamist rights—marked the beginning of the twenty-first century. The heated ideological debates between secularists and Islamists in the 1990s cooled. Several reforms were enacted, such as the 2004 Family Law and freedom of speech. A National Council on Human Rights (CNDH) was created and funded by the government, which continued to investigate claims of forced, involuntary disappearances. It was also charged with recommending assistance such as financial help, health care, employment, and vocational training, as well as the creation of community projects that would generate income. This dynamic civil society improved human rights and fostered greater trust between the people and the authorities.
The 2011 uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa region, however, took Morocco by surprise and greatly affected the status of human rights, which went from rapidly accelerating democratization to a gradual return to the earlier status quo. A new constitution was promulgated, and, in 2012, Islamists replaced the socialists in the government, but the initial euphoria subsided in disillusionment, with human-rights gains being counterbalanced by the return of frustration and mistrust between citizens and authorities.
The reality on the ground
In spite of the strong human-rights reforms provided for in the 2011 constitution, practices on the ground are far from implementing legislation, and many repressive laws await revision. Furthermore, various human-rights abuses have been committed by security forces, including the brutal dispersal of demonstrators by the police, the use of excessive force in quelling peaceful protests, and the abuse by police of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa. Freedom of assembly and speech are limited, freedom of conscience is still not clearly legalized, and the judiciary is still not independent. Authorities need to maintain more effective control over security forces and enforce respect for the rule of law.
Various reports show that pretrial detention exceeds the period allowed by the law and that prison conditions need to be improved.
Gender equality and parity are not yet implemented, and child labour, particularly in the informal sector, and human trafficking, corruption, and impunity still prevail, despite some headway having been made.
Numerous problems related to discrimination against women remain. A Muslim woman's share of an inheritance, determined by Sharia (Islamic law), varies depending on circumstances but is smaller than a man's. Under Islamic law, daughters receive half of what their brothers receive. If a woman is the only child, she receives half, and relatives receive the other half, while a sole male heir would receive the entire estate. The constitution does not specifically address inheritance law.
Seen in the broader context of a troubled Middle East and North Africa, Morocco is perhaps the only country where hopes for democracy and human rights are viable. The fact that reform in these domains started well before the uprisings in the region helps keeps these hopes alive, but poverty, soaring unemployment, and looming security concerns complicate the task.
On the ground and at the policy-making level, the state's approach to human rights still focuses on security. Much more is needed on the human, social, and educational levels. Human rights need to be more visible in textbooks and manuals, as well as at home. The role of intellectuals in the process is more important than ever; they are the ones who possess a long-term vision that would help position human rights in their overall social context.
Perhaps the most urgent need is to implement the 2011 constitution. Although the latter opened two genuine human-rights-related opportunities—the recognition of gender equality and parity (Article 19) and the unprecedented recognition of Amazigh (Berber) as an official language (Article 5)—these two articles have still not been implemented.
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Accused Serial Sexual Assaulter Marwan Habib's Arrest, a Bittersweet Victory


He was arraigned on the charges stemming from the July 20 shooting massacre. Wearing a red prison-issue jumpsuit and sporting a shock of orange hair, Holmes was reportedly sedate and unemotional. He did not speak.
Holmes will be kept in custody in solitary confinement for his own safety, as part of a "no bail hold" due to the nature of the crimes of which he stands accused.


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Q: Detecting changes in SQL Server 2000 table data I have a periodic check of a certain query (which by the way includes multiple tables) to add informational messages to the user if something has changed since the last check (once a day).
I tried to make it work with checksum_agg(binary_checksum(*)), but it does not help, so this question doesn't help much, because I have a following case (oversimplified):
select  checksum_agg(binary_checksum(*))
from
(
    select  1 as id,
            1 as status

    union all

    select  2 as id,
            0 as status
) data

and
select  checksum_agg(binary_checksum(*))
from
(
    select  1 as id,
            0 as status

    union all

    select  2 as id,
            1 as status
) data

Both of the above cases result in the same check-sum, 49, and it is clear that the data has been changed.
This doesn't have to be a simple function or a simple solution, but I need some way to uniquely identify the difference like these in SQL server 2000.

A: checksum_agg appears to simply add the results of binary_checksum together for all rows. Although each row has changed, the sum of the two checksums has not (i.e. 17+32 = 16+33). This is not really the norm for checking for updates, but the recommendations I can come up with are as follows:

*

*Instead of using checksum_agg, concatenate the checksums into a delimited string, and compare strings, along the lines of SELECT binary_checksum(*) + ',' FROM MyTable FOR XML PATH(''). Much longer string to check and to store, but there will be much less chance of a false positive comparison.

*Instead of using the built-in checksum routine, use HASHBYTES to calculate MD5 checksums in 8000 byte blocks, and xor the results together. This will give you a much more resilient checksum, although still not bullet-proof (i.e. it is still possible to get false matches, but very much less likely). I'll paste the HASHBYTES demo code that I wrote below.

*The last option, and absolute last resort, is to actually store the table table in XML format, and compare that. This is really the only way you can be absolutely certain of no false matches, but is not scalable and involves storing and comparing large amounts of data.

Every approach, including the one you started with, has pros and cons, with varying degrees of data size and processing requirements against accuracy. Depending on what level of accuracy you require, use the appropriate option. The only way to get 100% accuracy is to store all of the table data.
Alternatively, you can add a date_modified field to each table, which is set to GetDate() using after insert and update triggers. You can do SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #test WHERE date_modified > @date_last_checked. This is a more common way of checking for updates. The downside of this one is that deletions cannot be tracked.
Another approach is to create a modified table, with table_name (VARCHAR) and is_modified (BIT) fields, containing one row for each table you wish to track. Using insert, update and delete triggers, the flag against the relevant table is set to True. When you run your schedule, you check and reset the is_modified flag (in the same transaction) - along the lines of SELECT @is_modified = is_modified, is_modified = 0 FROM tblModified
The following script generates three result sets, each corresponding with the numbered list earlier in this response. I have commented which output correspond with which option, just before the SELECT statement. To see how the output was derived, you can work backwards through the code.
-- Create the test table and populate it
CREATE TABLE #Test (
    f1 INT,
    f2 INT
)
INSERT INTO #Test VALUES(1, 1)
INSERT INTO #Test VALUES(2, 0)
INSERT INTO #Test VALUES(2, 1)

/*******************
OPTION 1
*******************/
SELECT CAST(binary_checksum(*) AS VARCHAR) + ',' FROM #test FOR XML PATH('')

-- Declaration: Input and output MD5 checksums (@in and @out), input string (@input), and counter (@i)
DECLARE @in VARBINARY(16), @out VARBINARY(16), @input VARCHAR(MAX), @i INT

-- Initialize @input string as the XML dump of the table
-- Use this as your comparison string if you choose to not use the MD5 checksum
SET @input = (SELECT * FROM #Test FOR XML RAW)

/*******************
OPTION 3
*******************/
SELECT @input

-- Initialise counter and output MD5.
SET @i = 1
SET @out = 0x00000000000000000000000000000000
WHILE @i <= LEN(@input)
BEGIN
    -- calculate MD5 for this batch
    SET @in = HASHBYTES('MD5', SUBSTRING(@input, @i, CASE WHEN LEN(@input) - @i > 8000 THEN 8000 ELSE LEN(@input) - @i END))
    -- xor the results with the output
    SET @out = CAST(CAST(SUBSTRING(@in, 1, 4) AS INT) ^ CAST(SUBSTRING(@out, 1, 4) AS INT) AS VARBINARY(4)) +
        CAST(CAST(SUBSTRING(@in, 5, 4) AS INT) ^ CAST(SUBSTRING(@out, 5, 4) AS INT) AS VARBINARY(4)) +
        CAST(CAST(SUBSTRING(@in, 9, 4) AS INT) ^ CAST(SUBSTRING(@out, 9, 4) AS INT) AS VARBINARY(4)) +
        CAST(CAST(SUBSTRING(@in, 13, 4) AS INT) ^ CAST(SUBSTRING(@out, 13, 4) AS INT) AS VARBINARY(4))
    SET @i = @i + 8000
END

/*******************
OPTION 2
*******************/
SELECT @out


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Gene Roddenberry To Be Inducted Into TV Academy Hall of Fame
To be honest, I just assumed this was something that had already happened. For someone who created such an enduring TV and film legacy and such a phenomenon, I thought Gene Roddenberry was already in the TV Academy Hall of Fame. Apparently, I was wrong because at a special ceremony at the Beverly Hills Hotel next year, the "Great Bird of the Galaxy" himself will join the ranks of Academy Hall of Fame inductees.
Other inductees to be honored at the ceremony include Candice Bergen, production and art director Charles Lisanby, announcer Don Pardo, Tom and Dick Smothers and game show producer Bob Stewart. Seriously, and I apologize in advance for the rant I'm about to go on, the guy who created Star Trek and Don Pardo are getting the Hall of Fame treatment at the same time? Come on TV Academy, what the heck are you thinking?
I don't think I'm alone here, and this is nothing personal against Mr. Pardo who's great at what he does, but Star Trek is one of the most popular, longest lasting and incredibly innovative pop culture icons ever created in the history of TV and the guy who announces Saturday Night Live and some production designer get into the Academy Hall of Fame at the same time as he does? I just don't get it. I guess all I can say at this point is about frakkin' time.
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