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Biafra: DSS Plotting To Kill Nnamdi Kanu – IPOB
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has accused the Department of State Services (DSS) of plotting to kill its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
Recall that Nnamdi Kanu was reportedly rearrested in Kenya and extradited back to Nigeria last Sunday.
He was then arraigned on Tuesday before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja, who ordered his remand in the custody of the DSS until his next trial date.
In a statement on Friday, IPOB's spokesman, Emma Powerful, called on DSS to allow Kanu access to his lawyers.
The statement reads: "Following the refusal of the Nigerian Government and her wicked security agency, the Department of State Services, DSS, to allow our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu's lawyers and family access to him in the dungeon of DSS secret cell, it is now confirmed that their real intention in kidnapping him and bundling him back to Nigeria is to kill him.
"The mission they could not actualise in September 14, 2017 when soldiers invaded his Afaraukwu home during Operation Python Dance is what they want to actualise now.
"His health has been detoriatorating in the DSS cell as he has refused to eat their food since almost one week they kidnapped him.
"We demand that DSS should allow him access to his lawyers and family members for this is his lawful right."
Human rights activist, Deji Adeyanju, had also accused the DSS of torturing Nnamdi Okwu Kanu in custody.
Deji Adeyanju urged Kanu's lawyers to pray the court to transfer the IPOB leader to a prison facility during his next adjourned date.
He wrote: "Kanu's lawyers must insist that he be transferred from DSS custody to prison on the next court date to stop the violations of his rights.
"They have also denied him access to his lawyers and family members. This is another major human right violation.
"They are torturing Nnamdi Kanu. They blindfold him for many hours, leave him on the floor in a cold air-conditioned room and subject him to all forms of degrading treatments.
"This is grave violation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment."
Published July 2, 2021 By admin@jobzify.com.ng
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Fourth year. It means different things to different people. Sometimes it means the end is in sight, you have a paper out and next year you will graduate. Sometimes it means that the end was in sight, but it has relocated somewhere on the map, you can't find it, and you've stumbled into a very dark cavern where the walls are getting closer and closer as you move forward. And sometimes it just means you are chugging forward, sometimes running, sometimes sprinting, sometimes taking a water break. There is no universal experience for fourth year of graduate school. Heck, there's no universal experience for graduate school, period.
My fourth year has been full. Our lab changed buildings. I am more involved with the Graduate Student Organization this year. Vikings killed off my favorite character (RIP Aethelstan). Carey Elwes (aka Dread Pirate Roberts for you Princess Bride aficionados) told me my name is beautiful (EEK!!!!!!!!). And the real kicker – I have spent most of the year with a gluttony of null data. What is null data, you ask? Null data is data that isn't. It is data that tells you what your answer is not. It is the exact opposite of telling you what your answer is. Is it valuable? Is it garbage? The debate is fierce, and off-hand remarks about it can leave a graduate student scorched, like a thatched roof house after a viking raid.
Imagine spending 5 months collecting data. You graph it, run statistics and the results you get show that it does not prove your hypothesis – maybe you treated animals with a drug over time and expected to see an effect, but see no effect whatsoever. You then panic, question yourself, question your technical skill, stop going to seminars because you feel you have to focus on fixing what is wrong, go through a few existential life crises, google clown college and patent law and take another 5 months to repeat the experiment. Same results. By the time this cycle is finished, you have lost, most likely, at least a year of time and know exactly what the drug is not doing. You HAVE data. By this time, you have a lot of data, actually. But it has no whistles. It has no glitter. It has no BOOM! POW! WHAM! In effect, you don't actually have usable data, in terms of publications. You have negative data.
Peer: How are things going?
You: Fine, just working on the usual.
You: I have a lot of null data right now.
And that's how it goes. But here's the blessing of null data that hardly ever gets publicized in conversations: Null data verifies. It verifies what it's not and what it is. You don't see an effect of the drug, but you start realizing, through other observations, the reason why there is no effect. And suddenly that worthless piece of null data is essential to your story. I posit, I assay that null data is essential to understanding the full story of your project. So, if you are wrestling with null data, or data that isn't working out or data that seemingly gives you no answers, keep the faith! You can't build bricks without clay, you can't get answers without data. Keep moving forward and eventually you will find the light!
Yup, obtaining null data is usually a quick route to a downward spiral of self-doubt. It's hard to remember that it really is informative. Hope you've found how it ties in to the rest of your project!
Remember, we have all been there! However, it only takes a few data home-runs to carry you through the null data months–hope you get a great, positive, hit soon.


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Summary: In which Gunn stops through the Hyperion out of boredom and ends up checking out Fred's stick figure.
Date It Happened: November 29, 2001
Hyperion Hotel - Lobby
Another Day, Another Check In. At least, that's the way that Gunn tends to look at all of this craziness. He finds himself at the Hyperion Hotel once again, sliding through the doors and pulling at the sleeves of his shirt, just to make sure the thing isn't getting to small for him. He's got a handful of envelopes in his hand, flipping through them. Obviously, they are nothing but bills. And since he's only an employee, there's no reason to actually worry about these things called bills, so they get tossed onto the check-in counter, as he waltzes around behind it and immediately heads in the direction of something to drink. "Man, does everyone sleep late around here?" Talking to no one.
Despite the set back of yesterday to Fred's whole coming out of her room thing, she's starting to get back into the habit of being where other people are. Especially if she's supposed to be shopping with Cordelia later. She wants to put her toes into the water, so to speak, before she dives right in. But, she's still in her comfort zone. Back up against the counter, she's not under her desk, but she's certainly hid from view until Gunn steps around to get himself something to drink. "If you're a vampire, this is when you sleep. So, you're coming to visit very late at night, you know." The pause isn't measured, but she rests her head against the wood behind her. "It could be considered rude. Not that I think you're rude."
"Yeah, well, if the vampire was actually anywhere to be found, it might actually count as bein' rude. But no. He's probably of galavantin' around and killin' all sorts of stuff." Somewhere in the middle of his statement, Gunn ends up actually pouting a little bit. His eyes glazing over with the thought of being able to run some evil thing through with a sword. Sigh. Le Sigh. "Angel gets to have all the fun." Shrugging, he ends up turning his attention to Fred and letting his lips curl up into a pleasant enough smile. "How you holdin' up? All good?"
"I guess you're right." Fred's face falls remembering that Angel isn't coming back any time soon. Or they don't think he will. He has to do his heroic brooding thing somewhere else. Le sigh herself. "Cordelia is supposed to take me out shopping later today. At a store. Outside." This is a big step for her, and she's nervous about it. "For underthings." That's not the part she's nervous about, though. "I didn't have to worry about those for five years and suddenly there are entire stores that are devoted to figuring out how to make your gazongas bigger."
"Ah. Victoria's Secret." Gunn rolls his eyes a little bit and ends up leaning on the counter. Just to make sure that he's showing that he's paying attention. The last thing this crazed woman needs is to not be paid attention to. Still, though he feels it's necessary to warn her about the dangers of shopping with Cordelia. "Let me give you a little advice. Make sure that when you're out with Cordy, you let her know you're not here for her sleepover fantasies. You're not a makeover case." He flashes a bright smile for what's about to come out of his mouth next. "And you don't need bigger gazongas. Those are reserved for Cordy and porn stars." Snap.
Tilting her chin up a bit more so that Fred can keep looking at Gunn as she talks, she pulls her knees in a little closer to her chest. "I don't know, I mean, I don't know what to wear any more. The height of fashion I knew in Pylea was a sack. It didn't come in different colors." She tugs at the edge of her shirt absently. Then, she gives Gunn a look, "Cordelia's not a porn star."
"A fact that I'm /so/ thankful for." Is Gunn eluding to his porn watching habits? Or maybe he's just messing with Fred in favor of trying to send a burn in Cordelia's correction before she can even see it coming. Nobody expects burns to be sent through the Fred, right? "Don't worry so much about what looks good and just get what you like. The number one killer of individualism in this country are fads and Cosmopolitan Magazine."
It's true, which is why Fred is made the unknowning accomplice in many of these burns. One day she may catch on. Hopefully soon. "I don't even know what I like any more." For years all she had to think about was how to survive. Now things are very different. There are Victoria Secret runs to worry about. And how she's going to survive those. "Cosmopolitan Magazine is the one with all the girls who look like they've been starving in a cave for five years without the excuse, right?"
"The one in the same." Gunn lifts up from leaning on the counter and moves to lean back against the wall. His eyes are looking at Fred in all over her cute glory. Unfortunately, though, he's going to have to keep his thoughts to himself. "Well, if you want, there's nothin' evil goin' on, today. As far as I know." Oh god. Gunn, don't say it. Don't! "If you want me to tagalong and keep you from becomin' Cordelia 2.0, I could spare a couple hours…" Oh crap. He said it.
Fred has seen Cordelia with a copy of that and just can't get over the way the women look in it. What is their excuse for looking like that. "I'd prefer them all to look like Cordelia. She looks like what people are supposed to look like. Not like poor little stick figure Fred." She shakes her head a bit at that and gives a small nervous laugh that gets interrupted by the offer. She's going to snag onto that, too. The more people she knows surrounding her, the less likely she will have to deal with other people she doesn't know. "You'd want to go underwear shopping with Cordelia and me?" That doesn't sound like something he would normally do.
Cordelia probably has a damn subscription or something! But Gunn finds himself leaning towards the option of not wanting to go after all, but then again, he's looking at Fred and she's just so unbearably cute that it may be hard to go back on the offer at this particular juncture. Besides, what else is he going to do with the daylight? Play basketball? "I just want people to get to know Stick Figure Fred for Stick Figure Fred, not for her choice in glamorously overexpensive underwear." Gunn shrugs a bit. "Besides. It's Victoria's Secret. What guy doesn't want to see a couple of girls modeling for him?" Wink.
That is a good question. And while Cordelia did say this was going to be girl time, it wouldn't hurt to have a big strapping man who could crush bad guys with an axe along for the ride. "I don't think anyone's gonna get to know glamorously overexpensive underwear Fred." That's a much more personal get to know you. Then, Fred smiles at Gunn. "I know what you're doing. And I think it's very noble of you, Charles. Pretending like you're all interested in that when you just want to make sure we're okay."
Gunn's eyes cut from the left to the right and then back to the left again. His smile is brought into the mix with his nodding along with Fred's statement, as if to try and make nice with her delusions. He's not even going to comment on the underwear moment. Nope. Instead, his focus is on her misinterpretation of what's supposed to be happening when they go to Victoria's Secret. "Rest assured, I have only your best interests at heart, Fred." And a free show in the back of his mind.
Of course Fred is going to think the best of her rescuers. And while she's starting to get herself reacquainted with the idea that she may not be sucked back into Pylea at any moment, it's a long road. "You're a good man." And she's not even thinking that he will be thinking about a free show. As far as this girl is concerned, all the men of Angel Investigations are completely chivalrous.
"I'm alright." Gunn plays the humble role. His overconfidence extends to the realm of his battling and kicking demon ass. Not so much the rest of this chivalrous nature that people seem to think comes part and parcel with being a member of Angel Investigations. "I just do what they pay me to do. And if that means I have to brave the aisles of a lingerie store… then so be it."
Humble and chivalrous is just going to add to Fred's images of those who saved her. So, she just smiles and starts to pick herself up off the floor slowly. "I think this'll be somethin' off hours, though. Unles ya'll get paid to go to stores and buy things." She gives a nervous glance toward the door as if expecting someone unknown to come walking in. "I should probably find something to put on. What d'ya wear to go clothes shopping?"
"I've been known to go the extra mile for work a time or two." Gunn just keeps his smile planted on his face, watching Fred with slightly distracted eyes. When she looks towards the door, his initial reaction has him doing the same. In case he has to grab a weapon and start stabbing things. He's always ready to jump into the mix, that's for sure. "Not sure. Just throw somethin' on. You'll look fine."
"Right. Because it'd look silly to put something fancy one when you're going to buy something else fancy, wouldn't it? It'd be like saying, 'Oh, I already have something fancy, but this thing isn't good enough, so I need to go get another one.' Which I'd imagine everyone else would think is odd because you're wearing it out to go get something else fancy, so why're you bothering?" Is Fred rambling? Yes. At the stairs, a hand is already gripping onto the rail while she speaks, but then she stops herself. "Sorry. Crazy old Fred's still talking about nothing. I'm just gonna go change."
Gunn doesn't seem to mind the rambling, because he's watching Fred as she heads for those stairs. His eyes are just glazing over a little bit, as if her little rant is actually entertaining enough to have him paying attention. "Hurry back." comes out of his mouth before he can realize what he's saying and he's immediately turning away to kind of pay more attention to the fact that there are bills still on the counter. Poor Wesley.
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Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, the former Chief Rabbi of Eretz Yisrael, wrote an autobiography, which in Hebrew is called "Al Tishlach Yadcha el ha'Naar" ("Do Not Raise A Hand Against the Boy" based on the pasuk in the incident of the Akeida [Bereshis 22:12]). In English, the autobiography is entitled "Out of the Depths". It tells the very compelling story of his life.
Yisrael Meir Lau was liberated from Buchenwald when he was 5 years old. His brother saved him. It is a fascinating story. He writes that after he became the Chief Rabbi of Israel he went back to his father's shul in the Polish town of Piotrkow Trybunalski. His father had been Chief Rabbi of this town before the war. Both of his parents were killed in the Holocaust and now he came back as Chief Rabbi of Israel on the Shabbos before Tisha B'Av – Shabbos Chazon.
He records in his autobiography the sermon he delivered in that shul on Shabbos Chazon. He quoted the Medrash in Eicha that when the Master of the World destroyed the Beis HaMikdash, the prophet Yirmiyahu went to the Me'aras haMachpelah and "woke up" the Patriarchs that they should petition the Almighty on behalf of their children who suffered this tragedy.
The Aleph got up to testify and Avraham Avinu said to the Aleph, "Shame on you! How can you testify against Klal Yisrael? The Asseres HaDibros [Ten Commandments] begin with the letter Aleph (Anochi Hashem Elokecha). Wasit not the Jewish people who unquestioningly accepted G-d's Torah on Sinai and said 'We will do and we will listen' (Na'aseh v'Nishma)?" The Medrash states that the Aleph became silent and walked away.
The letter Beis was then summoned to testify. Again Avraham asked, "Are you not ashamed to testify against the Jewish people? Does the Torah not begin with the letter Beis (Bereshis barah Elokim)? When G-d took the Torah and offered it to all the nations of the world, no nation was willing to accept it. They all wanted to know what was written in it. When they heard the contents of the Torah they each refused it. However, Klal Yisrael did not ask any questions. They said Na'aseh v'Nishma and accepted it." The Medrash says that the Beis kept quiet and could not testify against Klal Yisrael.
The Medrash continues that this is what happened with all the letters of the Aleph-Beis.
I would like to give an example of this dedication to Torah under trying circumstances by sharing a story from the introduction to a Sefer called Shaylos U'Teshuvos Mekadshei HaShem (Responsa to those Who Sanctified G-d's Name) by Rav Tzvi Hirsch Meislish, who spent his later years in Chicago but who spent the war years in a number of Concentration Camps. He was known as the Weitzener Rav.
Rav Meislish tells about one Rosh HaShanah in Auschwitz. There were a bunch of young former Yeshiva students who were about to be cremated alive. They found out that Rabbi Meislish had smuggled in a shofar. It was the first day of Rosh HaShanah, toward the end of the day. They bitterly begged that Rav Meislish come into their cellblock and blow for them the 100 shofar blasts so that they might fulfill this mitzvah one last time. Rabbi Meislish writes that he was deeply troubled. He did not know what to do, as such an act of defiance would certainly jeopardize his life if he were caught by the Nazis. To compound the dilemma, his young son Zalman Leib was begging him to please NOT risk his life by doing this, begging that he not be left an orphan because of his father's foolhardy action.
Rav Meislish writes that he made a decision that he was not going to listen to his own son and was going to blow shofar for the Yeshiva students, come what may. He writes that if truth be told, his action was not in accordance with halachic principles (which would forbid even possible martyrdom for the sake of performing a positive commandment such as Tekias Shofar). Rav Meislish states that he only took this action because he in any case did not expect to live long in Auschwitz and felt that under those circumstances perhaps normative Halacha prohibiting martyrdom in such a case did not fully apply. He decided to go into the block and blow shofar for them. He was about to blow shofar and they begged, "Rebbi, Rebbi have mercy. Please say words of spiritual arousal for us before you blow shofar." Let us imagine this! These are young boys who are about to die in a matter of hours and they insisted on hearing a "shmooze" before Shofar Blowing in Auschwitz!
Rabbi Meislish expounded for them the pasuk "Blow shofar on the new month, at the 'time of hiding' on the day of our holiday" [Tehillim 81:4]. The simple interpretation of the phrase 'time of hiding' (b'keseh) refers to the fact that the moon is hidden at the start of the month. But he homiletically interpreted that they were in a time when G-d's Providence was hidden from them. They could not figure out why all this was happening to them. Nevertheless, he told them, "we need to have faith".
He gave them this "shmooze" and then he blew shofar. He writes that he recorded the story because he wanted the world to know forever the great mesiras nefesh [sacrifice for mitzvos] these young men demonstrated. Right before they were taken out to the crematorium, just as Rabbi Meislish was about to leave the cellblock, one of the young men stood up and addressed his comrades: "The Rebbe gave us strength and he told us that we should never give up hope and we should always hope for the best; but we must also be prepared for the worst. For G-d's sake, dear brothers, let us not become confused and forget to cry out with great devotion and intensity at the last moment of our lives: Shma Yisrael!" They then all called out with great devotion and intensity "Shma Yisrael Hashem Elokeinu Hashem Echad". Then another student got up and said "Let us all acknowledge the great self- sacrifice of the Rebbe for coming here to blow shofar for us. Let us all give him a blessing that in the merit of this action he be spared, make it out of here and go on to have a long and good and healthy life." Everyone shouted out at the top of their lungs "Amen v'Amen".
This is only part of the story. But this is what Rav Yedidya Frankel meant when he interpreted the pasuk in Parshas Vayelech "V'Haysa haShira haZos l'Ed" to mean that the Torah itself will bear witness to the fact that it was not forgotten from the mouths of the nations' children. Even in the worst of times, Klal Yisrael did not forget the Torah.
These stories describe mind-boggling levels of mesiras nefesh of great heroes of our people who lived not long ago. Let the mesiras nefesh of so many members of our people over all the generations be a source of merit for us all. When G-d remembers Akeidas Yitzchak on Rosh HaShanah, may He remember not only the mesiras nefesh of the Patriarchs but also of righteous anonymous young boys throughout the generations who are typified by the story recorded by the Weitzener Rav.
In such merit, may the Almighty bless us with a good year, a Kesivah v'Chasimah Tova. May we have peace and tranquility, and pride from our children. May He bring us the redeemer and final redemption, without having to endure any further suffering of 'Chevlei Moshiach' [birthpangs of the Messiah].


GraphQL is a new concept devised by Facebook to design Web APIs. It is billed to be an alternative to widely used REST APIs.
3.	Predictable results : Send a GraphQL query to your API and get exactly what you need, nothing more and nothing less. GraphQL queries always return predictable results.
4.	Unlike REST (where we have a end points per resource), application using graphQL exposes a single endpoint. Since GraphQL APIs are organized in terms of types and fields and not endpoints, it provides far more flexibility than traditional REST API.
5.	GraphQL queries handle not just the attribute of one source but also simply follow source between them. GraphQL enables us to fetch data from nested data set in a single request (Eg: Get All Posts + latest comments associated with each post). This is achieved in REST, by calling multiple endpoints (1 endpoint to fetch posts + 1 endpoint to fetch comments from each post. This leaves us with hazardous n+1 fetching problem).
Before we dive further into GraphQL, let's discuss REST and the problems with it which GraphQL attempts to solve.
The Representational State Transfer (REST) architecture is the most popular way to expose server data over web.
In the RESTful architectural style, servers only offer resources. Resources are conceptual things about which clients and servers communicate (Eg User, ShoppingItem, Reviews, ShoppingCart are common resources in a typical shopping portal application). Each resource is identified by a URL.
REST uses standard HTTP verbs are used to perform actions on resources.
In RestFul API, resources can be represented in number of formats. Popular formats being Json, XML, RSS.
Under and Over Fetching data : In RESTful API, client has no control on the amount of data server sends for a resource, it can only ask for the resource to server.
GraphQL solves this issue, as control rests with API client as what data it actually needs from server. It asks for specific fields and server happily obliges.
At the heart of any GraphQL implementation is graphQL schema, which is typically description of types of objects, relationships between them and further operations permitted on them (queries and mutations).
Queries are commonly sent over HTTP to a specific server endpoint (unlike a REST architecture, where there are various endpoints for different solutions).
Type 'Mutation' is typically used to modify the server side resources.
1.	In our application the core entities are Article and Feedback. An article is similar to a user post and feedback are the replies/comments on it. Thus an article has many feedbacks.
2.	Basic operations are get articles, feedbacks for an article, create article and create a feedback.
3.	We are using MongoDb as the persistence layer for our application.
4.	We will be using Spring boot starter for graphQL java implementation.
We will be creating a spring-boot maven project.
As explained earlier, we have 2 model classes : Article and Feedback. An article can have multiple feedbacks (thus 1: many) relationship between them.
In addition to it, we have also defined an enum for SortOrder.
We have devised our graphQL schema complimenting our models.
Also in schema we have defined the graphQL query and mutations.
The schema is defined as article.graphqls file in src/main/resources folder.
Spring boot gets its properties from default application.properties file in src/main/resources directory.
For all the queries defined in `Query` type in article.graphqls file, this class will provide its implementation.
For all the mutations defined in `Mutation` type in article.graphqls file, this class provides its implementation.
This layer defines the business rules/logic.
This layer defines the interaction with database ieMongoDB.
The final piece of puzzle is main class for spring boot.
a. Go to root directory, execute "mvn clean install". This will create the jar in /target child directory.
3. Once the application is started, its endpoints can be called.
4. Once application is started, you can go to " http://localhost:8080/graphiql" in your browser. This will launch graphiql - an electron application to test our graphQL endpoints. This comes with content-assist, auto-complete for building quick building of queries and mutations.
3.2.1 Let's start by creating a few Articles.
Here we have asked only id, name, createdByUserId and createdOn attributes.
As predicted, we only got id, name and createdOn for each article fetched.
Thus we have tested the graphQL application and its end-points using graphIQL interface.
We have queried the graphQL schema, using query and verified that it returns only those attributes which client explicitly asks in API.
We also performed server changes, using mutations. Again we verified that it returns only those attributes which client explicitly asks in API.
This is quite a different API building experience than typical REST APIs.


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Golden Globes dresses will be auctioned off for Time's Up
A worthwhile cause
Text: Maddison Glendinning
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The Golden Globes 2018 red carpet was one of the most impactful in recent history and now the black gowns worn by actresses on the night will be auctioned off...
At the 2018 Golden Globes ceremony, actresses including Kerry Washington, Emma Stone and Meryl Streep, wore black gowns as a sign of solidarity to the Time's Up initiative. The initiative was founded by 300 of Hollywood's top names to help fight harassment in the film industry and beyond and the red carpet was the first public show of support for the cause.
Now, some of the dresses (and suits) worn on the night are being auctioned off in support of the initiative's legal defence fund, thanks to a new partnership between Condé Nast, Time's Up and eBay for Charity.
The auction, which started last night and will run until January 26, features Reese Witherspoon's Zac Posen gown, Nicole Kidman's Givenchy dress, Michelle Williams' Louis Vuitton dress and Diane Kruger's Prada gown amongst a whole host of other stunning pieces.
To bid for your favourite piece, visit ebay.com/TimesUp now. Then, relive the best moments from the Golden Globes red carpet.
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Anyone involved in running a restaurant will know the profound importance of a solid supply chain. If the chain breaks down, it can prove disastrous, resulting in lost revenue, wasted products or even total shutdown, as demonstrated by KFC's infamous chicken shortage in February.
For restaurants in particular supply chains can be even more fraught than in other industries; there is more and more of an emphasis on fresh ingredients and farm to fork, meaning that supply chains require serious efficiency to avoid waste. There is also a demand for greater variety, consistency and the need to meet quality standards as well as food safety requirements. Factor in weather disruptions and commodity price volatility and you've got the potential for absolute chaos.
However, there is light at the end of the tunnel: strengthening your supply chain can help to ensure that none of these stressors become an issue and interrupts your business. Here are a few suggestions to help you achieve a stable and reliable network.
This applies to chains more than independent restaurants, but when individual restaurant operators decide to purchase things that haven't been approved by the head office there is potential for financial impact, as well as risks to quality, brand consistency – even consumer health. Transparency is key and the corporate or head office team need to know immediately about any off-contract purchasing so they can tackle compliance issues before they become actual problems.
A Quality Management system is of paramount importance. A really good system will cover a wide range of different areas, from how you select new products and spot quality issues, to preparing for and implementing product recalls up and down your supply chain. Whether you're a large organisation or an independent restaurant, protecting your reputation is a priority and choosing appropriate Quality Management options that scale to your business is a huge part of that.


Professor Yuping Zhao received her PhD degree in accounting from the George Washington University. Her research interest includes auditing and financial accounting.
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Home Politics FRSC partners DPR in Ogun to ensure safety
FRSC partners DPR in Ogun to ensure safety
THE Ogun Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has promised to partner with the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) to ensure safety of lives in the state.
It said that the partnership would also help to reduce the high death rate on the state's major highways.
The Corps Commandant, Mr Clement Oladele, said this when he led a delegation of principal officers of the Corps to the DPR, Abeokuta field office, on Thursday.
According to Oladele, the partnership has become necessary due to the alarming rate of road crashes involving trucks transporting petroleum products across Ogun.
He noted that the partnership would include the training of some petroleum truck drivers across the state, as well as acquaint them with the best practices in road safety awareness.
He said that bad behaviours and lack of professionalism among drivers were always responsible for most recurring accidents on the highways, hence, the need to train them.
The commandant said, "We are here because we are bothered by the truck structure, including the trailers.
" We are not domiciled here, but we do operations here. So, if anything happens, so long as it happens in Ogun, we must take full responsibility for it.
"For the crashes that are happening, especially those involving tankers and trucks, we feel that we should come here and partner with you; and jointly find solutions to it.''
He said that the FRSC has a work structure which is divided into two areas: public enlightenment and enforcement.
"Before we enforce, we must educate the people because if they are not well educated, it becomes very difficult to punish them.
"We feel if we join hands and train the truck drivers; it will in the long run bring mutual benefits to us. Our aim is reducing road crashes along the major highways," he said.
The Operations Controller for DPR in Ogun, Mrs Muinat Bello-Zagi, bemoaned the rate of fatalities involving trucks in the state.
She said that there was the need to organise public enlightenment for petroleum truck drivers.
She said that the DPR would partner with the FRSC by taking such awareness programmes to the major depots in Ogun and Lagos states.
"We believe if we take the public enlightenment there, it will assist in reducing traffic on the highways. We are doing this alongside all the other stakeholders and the FRSC is a very relevant stakeholder.
"Safety is key to us at the DPR. Our primary aim is to ensure the safety of lives and property.
"We appreciate you, we will be partnering with you and we will continue to collaborate with you," she said. (NAN)
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The victim reported that the suspect approached him, displayed a black handgun and stated, "I need money to feed my daughter and I need money now." The suspect took $20 and fled west on Broad Street on a blue and white bicycle. The victim waited and did not contact police immediately after the incident.
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Gracia Baur, sångerska, född 18 november 1982 i München, dåvarande Västtyskland. Hon döptes efter prinsessan Grace Kelly (Gracia Patricia) som hade avlidit några veckor tidigare. Gracias enäggstvilling döptes till Patricia efter prinsessan.

År 2000 deltog hon i talangjakten Popstars, men fick lämna tävlingen då hon glömde texten till sin låt. Under 2002-2003 deltog hon i den tyska upplagan av Idol där hon blev femma. Därefter släppte hon sitt första album, Intoxicated, som klättrade till plats 10 på den tyska försäljningslistan. Hon gav även ut en skiva tillsammans med tre andra Idol-deltagare under gruppnamnet 4 United.

Eurovision Song Contest
Gracia ställde upp i den tyska uttagningen till Eurovision Song Contest 2005. I den nationella uttagningen hade bidragen utsetts baserat på tidigare försäljningsframgångar. Gracia vann med bidraget Run & Hide, skriven och producerad av David Brandes. Snart visade det sig att Brandes hade köpt tusentals av sina egna skivor för att kunna komma med i den tyska uttagningen. Trots att röster höjdes om att bidraget borde diskvalificeras åkte ändå Gracia till den internationella finalen i Kiev och framförde låten. Efter omröstningen slutade bidraget på 24:e och sista plats med endast 4 poäng (från Moldavien och Monaco). Det är en av Tysklands två sistaplaceringar i tävlingen.

Diskografi

Album
Intoxicated (2003)
Passion (2005)

Singlar
Never Been (2005)
Run & Hide (2005)
When The Last Tear's Been Dried (2005)Hold My Hand (Feat. Kmcp)'' (2014)

Externa länkar
 Officiell sida

Födda 1982
Artister som representerat Tyskland i Eurovision Song Contest
Kvinnor
Levande personer
Tyska sångare
Deltagare i Eurovision Song Contest 2005

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Here's George Michael In The First Ever Carpool Karaoke Video
"There's a joy in here. We couldn't really work out why," Corden said of his first Carpool Karaoke segment with Michael.
Posted on December 25, 2016, at 11:11 p.m. ET
With celebrity guests from Adele to Lin-Manuel Miranda, James Corden's "Carpool Karaoke" has blown up this past year.
But most people don't know that the segment dates back much earlier than this year: it actually got its start in 2011, with none other than George Michael.
The iconic British singer, who died on Christmas at 53, was actually Corden's very first carpool guest, well before James Corden took over "The Late Late Show" in 2015.
The 2011 sketch, which was made for Comic Relief, a British charity telethon, shows Michael and Corden rocking out to Wham! favorites.
In June, Corden spoke about the beginnings of Carpool Karaoke on Howard Stern's SiriusXM radio show.
Corden said that first clip with George Michael paved the way for the now-popular segment.
"We couldn't put our finger on why is this so joyful? There's a joy in here. We couldn't really work out why," Corden said.
Following news of Michael's death, Corden paid tribute to the star on Twitter:
James Corden @JKCorden
I've loved George Michael for as long as I can remember. He was an absolute inspiration. Always ahead of his time.
"I've loved George Michael for as long as I can remember. He was an absolute inspiration," he said. "Always ahead of his time."
Singer George Michael Dies At 53


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RREG Becomes One of the First CRE Firms to Achieve Fitwel Viral Response Certification with Distinction
RiverRock Real Estate Group (RREG), a client-centric property and asset management firm, announced today that it is one of the first commercial real estate firms in the nation to certify its policies and procedures using the Fitwel® Viral Response (VRM) certification. This milestone signifies RiverRock's commitment to proactively addressing occupant health within its commercial properties as a critical step to bringing employees back to the workplace.
Fitwel is the world's leading certification system committed to building health for all®. Originally created by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and U.S. General Services Administration, Fitwel is a rigorous, third-party healthy building certification system operated by the Center for Active Design (CfAD) that sets the industry standard for evidence-based strategies to promote positive health outcomes for building occupants and communities. Fitwel's VRM certification was developed in coordination with leading public health experts and real estate companies to establish evidence-based strategies that mitigate viral transmission, build trust and create healthy environments for building occupants.
"With this certification, not only will we communicate publicly that RREG-managed buildings are safe and open for business, but we will take a leadership role in guiding our clients through the process of certifying their building portfolios," said David Pogue, Chief Strategy Officer, RREG. "More importantly, this certification demonstrates our corporate commitment to health for both employees and tenants and because it helps communicate asset quality and safety, we are confident it will be a deciding factor for tenants in their leasing and re-tenanting decisions."
The VRM certification is designed to allow companies to mitigate the spread of contagious diseases, whether for a single building or an entire portfolio of assets, for both commercial and residential. While the VRM certification was initiated during COVID-19, its strategies can minimize the spread of other infectious respiratory diseases, including influenza and legionnaires' disease.
"We believe in the value of trust. Over the years, RREG has established a deep culture of client care and decades of delivering personalized building management services. It's why we needed to be at the forefront of this innovative approach to bringing buildings back even better," said Steve Core, President, RREG. The certification will be available for implementation at all qualified properties across RREG's more than 40 million square foot portfolio.
Joanna Frank, President and CEO of CfAD, added, "RREG is a true leader in the healthy building movement, being one of the first property and asset management firms to achieve Fitwel Viral Response certification on the West Coast. By implementing Viral Response best practices throughout their portfolio of managed properties, RREG has enhanced its spaces to prioritize the health and well-being of its occupants and employees and created an environment that individuals will feel comfortable returning to."
RREG engaged Paladino and Company to support the Fitwel Viral Response implementation and certification effort. The firm has extensive experience employing health and sustainability initiatives, including third-party certifications, and has been a leader in Fitwel Viral Response certification management. "We are inching closer to a post-lockdown world, and real estate owners and operators want their spaces to be safe and healthy," said Katie Rothenberg, Managing Director of Paladino and Company. "RREG is showing industry leadership by codifying its strategies to improve the wellness of its business systems and to strengthen tenant trust."


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Q: Stuck with slider script. How do I properly design slider function?

* {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

body {
  background: rgb(85, 175, 198);
  font-family: sans-serif;
}

.main {
  width: 60%;
  margin: 24% auto;
  position: relative;
}

#slider {
  -webkit-appearance: none;
  width: 100%;
  height: 7px;
  outline: none;
  border-radius: 3px;
}

#slider::-webkit-slider-thumb {
  -webkit-appearance: none;
  width: 48px;
  height: 48px;
  cursor: pointer;
  z-index: 3;
  position: relative;
}

#selector {
  height: 104px;
  width: 48px;
  position: absolute;
  bottom: -17px;
  left: 50%;
  transform: translateX(-50%);
  z-index: 2;
}

.SelectBtn {
  height: 48px;
  width: 48px;
  background-image: url(pee.png);
  background-size: cover;
  background-position: center;
  border-radius: 50%;
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 0;
}

#SelectValue {
  width: 48px;
  height: 40px;
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  background: rgb(185, 193, 47);
  border-radius: 4px;
  text-align: center;
  line-height: 45px;
  font-size: 20px;
  font-weight: bold;
}

#SelectValue::after {
  content: '';
  border-top: 15px solid rgb(185, 193, 47);
  border-left: 24px solid rgb(85, 175, 198);
  border-right: 24px solid rgb(85, 175, 198);
  position: absolute;
  bottom: -14px;
  left: 0;
}

#progressbar {
  width: 50%;
  height: 7px;
  background: rgb(141, 181, 26);
  border-radius: 3px;
  position: absolute;
  top: 10px;
  left: 0;
}

.question-container {
  display: block;
  margin-bottom: 1rem;
}

* {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

* {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

.main-title {
  position: relative;
  font-family: sans-serif;
  display: -webkit-inline-flex;
  font-size: 1.5rem;
  color: #2c3e50;
  text-align: center;
  z-index: 2;
}
<!DOCTYPE html>

  <title>slider</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">

How many times a day do you urinate?

    <input type="range" min="0" max="10" value="5" id="slider">

I wanted to make a slider where viewers can choose an integer between 0 and 10 but it does not work, the selector moves to the left end immediately after I click the button. (after I changed the max of input from 100 to 10, before that it worked fine)
I think the slider function at the bottom should be changed, but I still do not understand how to fix this.

A: There are a couple of things going wrong I believe.
The first one being that with the current styling, the user cannot properly access the slider, as it is covered by the 'selector' and 'progressbar' divs. I am not sure if there is a proper way to add a progress bar like the one you have in mind to a slider without running into this issue. You should, however, be able to make the selector div not cover the slider. Also, instead of having the 'SelectBtn', you could probably adjust the styling of the slider thumb. You can find an excellent article about that here: https://css-tricks.com/styling-cross-browser-compatible-range-inputs-css/.
Lastly, regarding the adjustment of the position of your 'selector' and 'progressbar' by the js, this is due to your change from 100 to 10. Your js is basically giving a position / width to these elements based on the value of your slider. So when the value is 10, the width of the progress bar will be 10%. You need to multiply these by 10. I would advise something like this:
slider.oninput = function() {
    SelectValue.innerHTML = this.value;
    selector.style.left = `${10*this.value}%`;
    progressbar.style.width = `${10*this.value}%`;
}

Hope this will help you along!

A: Percentages have a range of 100... Just had to multiply your values by 10 to fix the range.

* {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

body {
  background: rgb(85, 175, 198);
  font-family: sans-serif;
}

.main {
  width: 60%;
  margin: 24% auto;
  position: relative;
}

#slider {
  -webkit-appearance: none;
  width: 100%;
  height: 7px;
  outline: none;
  border-radius: 3px;
}

#slider::-webkit-slider-thumb {
  -webkit-appearance: none;
  width: 48px;
  height: 48px;
  cursor: pointer;
  z-index: 3;
  position: relative;
}

#selector {
  height: 104px;
  width: 48px;
  position: absolute;
  bottom: -17px;
  left: 50%;
  transform: translateX(-50%);
  z-index: 2;
}

.SelectBtn {
  height: 48px;
  width: 48px;
  background-image: url(pee.png);
  background-size: cover;
  background-position: center;
  border-radius: 50%;
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 0;
}

#SelectValue {
  width: 48px;
  height: 40px;
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  background: rgb(185, 193, 47);
  border-radius: 4px;
  text-align: center;
  line-height: 45px;
  font-size: 20px;
  font-weight: bold;
}

#SelectValue::after {
  content: '';
  border-top: 15px solid rgb(185, 193, 47);
  border-left: 24px solid rgb(85, 175, 198);
  border-right: 24px solid rgb(85, 175, 198);
  position: absolute;
  bottom: -14px;
  left: 0;
}

#progressbar {
  width: 50%;
  height: 7px;
  background: rgb(141, 181, 26);
  border-radius: 3px;
  position: absolute;
  top: 10px;
  left: 0;
}

.question-container {
  display: block;
  margin-bottom: 1rem;
}

* {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

* {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

.main-title {
  position: relative;
  font-family: sans-serif;
  display: -webkit-inline-flex;
  font-size: 1.5rem;
  color: #2c3e50;
  text-align: center;
  z-index: 2;
}
<!DOCTYPE html>

  <title>slider</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">

How many times a day do you urinate?

    <input type="range" min="0" max="10" value="5" id="slider">

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The best way to increase revenue and client retention is by offering accurate, multi-faceted payroll, time & attendance, and HR services.
With the lowest unemployment rate in 18 years, the competition for good workers is fierce.
But in the plumbing world, The Wall Street Journal reports the job market is, well, "gushing."
The perks are overflowing as well. The paper's May 23 story reports that demand for plumbers has led to an array of perks more typically associated with Silicon Valley's coddled young developers – and then some.
From Hawaiian vacations, to craft beer, to yoga classes, hot breakfast, company sponsored pottery classes and on-site spa treatments, plumbers may be setting the new water level for spoiling your employees.
Some of the examples in the story include a Colorado plumbing company dangling a $6,000 signing bonus and a plumbing business in Oregon lavishing employees with concert tickets, sport tickets and a "work week in paradise" offer.
Plumbers aren't the only workers flush with newfound perks: Biotech workers at Genentech in San Francisco are pampered with car washes, haircuts, spa treatments and an on-site dentist, according to Money magazine. Meanwhile, Facebook offers free housing and health care coverage for interns – who reportedly earn a median salary of $8,000 a month.
Other business are taking up the trend. For some companies, it's a more generous approach to work/life balance that allows employees to work from home or set a flexible schedule. These types of perks have the added benefit of not costing business owners anything.
But whatever the perk, the trend is clear and a growing number of job candidates are taking such benefits into strong consideration when weighing job offers. A Glassdoor poll found that 57% of job candidates listed perks as their top consideration in the decision of whether to take a job.
It's not enough to simply know your craft beers, or to keep up with the Billboard list of the hottest concert tickets. Employers who want to stay competitive in today's labor market have to keep up with the rules and regulations.
The IRS says fringe benefits like entertainment, sports tickets and vacations are generally included in an employee's gross income and can be subject to income tax withholding, barring certain rules and exceptions. You may have to do some homework before you move out the file cabinets to make room for a wine bar or add a massage therapist to the payroll.
Or you could do something nice for yourself at the same time and take advantage of HR software and service that puts the answers at your fingertips.
With Time Rack and the HRAnswerLink module, you have single sign-on access to a vast library of HR knowledge and expertise, from a searchable database of laws and regulations to a library of templates and forms for everything from job descriptions to employee handbooks. You'll also have access to on-call experts. It's all there in an embedded module that you can access whenever you need it, saving you time and money you can put to better use. Like scoring those Beyoncé tickets before your competitors do. Hurry.
The daily management of incidents, operational maintenance, support and proactive/preventative analysis of systems.
Train new customers on the product and assist existing customers with user related questions.
Is able to plan, schedule and monitor work activities in order to meet time and quality targets.
Demonstrates analytical and systematic approach to problem solving.
Communicates fluently orally and in writing and can present product information to customers.
Gather product requirements and feedback from customers in a clear, detailed and systematic manner.
Prioritize and manage tasks in an effective and efficient manner.
Provide status to end customers with detail explanation of upgrades, system fixes and new features.
Ability to provide daily status to reporting manager and/or co-workers. Must be a team player.
Provide detail feedback in writing on customer recommendations pertaining to the product.
Continuously makes an effort to understand and learn the product.
Seeks assistance, help and/or training from coworkers.
Follows all internal processes and systems in place.
Bachelor's degree in related field OR equivalent work experience.
Great customer service and problem solving ability.
Time & Attendance, Payroll, Staffing and/or HR industry knowledge is a plus.
Desire to learn new technologies.
Very organized, structured and process driven.
Ability to prioritize tasks and execute effectively.
Should be able to adapt to new languages, methodologies, and platforms to meet the needs of the project.
Initial duties may include reviewing code, writing documentation, and following test procedures.
Later duties may include responsibility for production software components.
Work may include UI design, business logic development and SQL optimization.
Work alongside other development and operations team members to collaborate and develop dynamic solutions.


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NFL: Checking Up On the Preseason Favorites for Super Bowl 50
by Victor Barbosa | More Articles: NFL
Heading into the 2015 NFL season, we made our list of the top five contenders to win Super Bowl 50. Thus far, three of those picks have made us look like experts, while a pair of the teams have severely underachieved and have made us look like football novices.
Though the group has a solid combined record entering week six of 19-5, the two struggling squads have just five of those victories and make up all five of the defeats. The other three have shown some or all of the following vital characteristics of a winning football team: brilliant quarterback play, clutch defensive stops, and smart coaching decisions.
Since all teams in the league have now played at least four of their 16 regular season games, we're unofficially at the quarter point of the year. What better time to review each preseason favorite, analyzing what has gone right and what has gone wrong and capping it off with a projected final record?
The teams will be discussed in the same order they were back prior to week one, starting with our preseason number five contender for the Lombardi Trophy.
5. Denver Broncos (5-0)
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What's gone right
In the preseason analysis of the Denver Broncos, we mostly talked about Peyton Manning's status as he nears 40 years old and how he still is an above average quarterback. We only briefly mentioned that the Broncos had a pretty good defense too.
Well, what was discussed as somewhat of an afterthought is now the biggest strength of this club. Led by Von Miller, Aqib Talib, and DeMarcus Ware, this Denver unit ranks first in total defense (278.0 YPG) and is extremely effective against both the pass and the run (ranking fifth in both categories.)
What's gone wrong
For as great as their defense has been, the offense (surprisingly) has some question marks.
True, Manning's inauspicious start is a cause for concern, but it has been the terrible start for running back C.J. Anderson that is more worrisome. He's now lost some of Head Coach Gary Kubiak's trust and is sharing the starting role with Ronnie Hillman, a back who has not fared much better in 2015.
Projected regular season record: 12-4
4. Green Bay Packers (5-0)
As expected, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers's play has not suffered one bit in result of the loss of his best wide receiver, Jordy Nelson. Rodgers has made guys like Richard Rogers and James Jones look like studs and has helped promote Randall Cobb to WR1 status in fantasy football, all while showcasing a 13:2 touchdown to interception ratio through five games.
After a few tough defensive outings to begin the year, Green Bay has allowed just 13 points over its last two contests — albeit to the San Francisco 49ers and St. Louis Rams. Led by Clay Matthews and Rodgers on alternate sides of the ball, we don't see the Packers breaking their undefeated streak until possibly week 14 when they'll be hosting a likely hungry Dallas Cowboys team with Tony Romo and Dez Bryant back in action.
It's been an unusually slow start for running back Eddie Lacy, who is still possibly hampered a bit by an injury that saw him take only 13 carries across Week 2 and 3. We don't think it's too much of a worry though, given his track record through his brief career.
Unlike in Denver, Lacy has a capable backup in James Starks that should help ease the feature back in a return to a full workload. Having the elite passing game will help mix up the play calling and should benefit Lacy down the road as well.
3. New England Patriots (4-0)
2015 has the looks of yet another year of dominance for the New England Patriots. Their first four games (they had a Week 4 bye) have at one point or another had the appearance of a laugher — a game in which the Pats' offense was just too unstoppable to contain.
Really, the whole landscape of the AFC East — let alone NFL — completely changed when the now famous (or infamous depending on your fanhood), Judge Richard Berman announced that three-time Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady's four-game suspension would be revoked. No. 12 looks like a man on a mission, an angry man on a mission, and that mission is capturing Super Bowl 50.
It's really difficult to find anything wrong with the first quarter of games in which the Patriots have played. But following in the classic footsteps of Head Coach Bill Belichick and company, we'll say that every team, no matter how dominant, can always get better.
While the Pats have manhandled a young Jacksonville Jaguars team and a beleaguered Dallas Cowboys bunch during the last two games, the same cannot be said for the opening two victories. Yes, New England came out on top, but in both the Pittsburgh and Buffalo games, the inexperienced secondary played a big part in letting the Steelers and Bills offense get going late, and thus creeping back into the games. It shouldn't be anything to worry about as more experience will help, but it's something worth noting.
2. Indianapolis Colts (3-2)
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Considering that four of their next five games are against teams that are currently undefeated, the Indianapolis Colts have dug themselves a bit of a hole through five weeks of action. Despite the modest 3-2 mark, the Colts are very fortunate to play in the worst division in football.
While they've fallen to two AFC East foes in the Buffalo Bills and New York Jets (and have the Patriots on Sunday), they've taken care of business within the division, knocking off the Tennessee Titans, Jacksonville Jaguars and Houston Texans. If they end up underachieving all season and remarkably were in a dogfight heading into week 17, that 3-0 start vs. division opponents could be key.
Let's start and finish with Andrew Luck. First of all, nothing negative can really be said about Luck's character as he has always come off as a likable guy and very respectable athlete in the league. Add on his spectacular start to his NFL career and you have the complete package.
This season so far has been a different story though. Obviously Luck has been battling the injury bug — one that caused him to miss the past couple of games. Even before that though, the former Stanford Cardinal looked nothing like his 2014 version and was a huge factor in the Colts rough start. He's looking to return this Sunday night against the rival Patriots and count us as predicting that Luck's season should soon turn around for the better.
1. Seattle Seahawks (2-3)
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Believe it or not, the two-time defending NFC champions would not be in the playoffs if the season ended today. Despite the tough standing now, brighter times may be ahead.
The "Legion of Boom" looks to be back at full strength as Kam Chancellor has made a monumental impact since returning from his holdout. Once Seattle gets back its complete offensive package, it should create a more well-balanced roster, which is what made them such a special team the past two seasons.
With the Packers, Atlanta Falcons, Arizona Cardinals — and maybe even the Carolina Panthers — looking like legitimate threats to the Seahawks NFC crown, Seattle has got to starting winning consistently. After failing to stop the Cincinnati Bengals unbeaten start last weekend, they'll try to take down the 4-0 Panthers this time.
The defense seems to be fixed now that Chancellor is back on the field, but the running game has been inconsistent. In replacing the injured Marshawn Lynch, Thomas Rawls has been phenomenal in two games and mediocre at best in the other two. The Seahawks need Beast Mode back and healthy and they need it soon. With a productive Lynch in the backfield, that could open up the passing game for a Russell Wilson/Jimmy Graham connection, something that has yet to happen this season.
All data courtesy of NFL.com.
Follow Victor on Twitter @vbarbosa1127.


Nyamekye, or Nana Yaw, is now one year old. He was born during the Christmas 2014 from the handicapped childgirl Bagei, kept alive by Bagei's addicted sister Abena and the nurses if the hospital and then looked after by Pat who was then working for Clear Mind and helped to detox Abena. When very unfortunately Abena relapsed and died, Pat looked after the baby till mid september, when he moved into PCC. Nyamekye is a flourishing.one-year-old!


I'm almost too embarrassed to list this light dessert as one of my recipes because i'm blatantly stealing it from Elise at Simply Recipes. However, gotta include it because absolutely everybody loves it, especially in a day when so many desserts are real rich and sickeningly sweet. Another advantage is that it contains no gluten and relatively few carbohydrates (for a dessert), my calculation being about 20 grams per generous slice. So it's not real bad for you, and you can't say that about many desserts.
All i've done to the original recipe is increase the quantity by 50% so i can cook it in a larger pan (11 inch instead of 9 inch), make one minor ingredient substitution (lemon juice for vinegar), add a little lemon juice, and provide some guidance that makes it much easier to prepare. If you don't want to follow my recipe, you can just click on that link above and use hers, where you can also find instructions on how to separate an egg, a caution against using a greasy bowl to beat the egg whites, and a much more tedious process.
6 eggs, separated and allowed to reach room temperature.
2 small lemons, totally zested. If you're using large lemons, one would be enough. I use two little ones because they're a much better buy. The main thing you're after here is the zest since you need only three or four teaspoons of the juice. I have substituted successfully a couple of large limes.
2 1/4 cup finely ground almond meal or almond flour. I use the almond meal from Rodin Farms since they're at the Castro Farmers' Market on Wednesdays. For a variation, use hazelnut flour.
1 Preheat the oven to 350°F (175 °C). Mash into an 11-inch (28 cm.) springform pan a square of waxed paper large enough to completely cover the bottom and press the excess onto the sides of the pan. Butter the paper or give it a quick zap of cooking spray. I got this one a bit off center, but it still worked fine. I was out of waxed paper one time and just heavily buttered the pan, and the torte released without sticking, so the paper is just insurance.
2 In the large bowl of your mother's old Mixmaster that you confiscated after her death, use the dough hooks to beat the egg yolks, the lemon zest, and the sugar until smooth and creamy and has that fait le ruban look.
3 In a separate bowl, whisk together the almond flour, baking powder, and cardamom. Add the flour mixture to the egg yolk mixture. The mixture will be in big lumps bouncing around in the bowl. Then a few teaspoons lemon juice, just enough to get it to come together without becoming smooth. Be sure to save 1 t. lemon juice for the egg whites. In the photo below, i could have done with a lot less lemon juice, so the batter turned out smooth. Even so, the torte turned out OK, so you have some latitude here.
4 In the small Mixmaster bowl, use the regular beaters to beat the egg whites. When bubbles start to form, add the pinch of salt and the remaining 1 t. lemon juice to help the egg whites stiffen. Beat them until they're quite stiff. Oh, and don't panic, but six large egg whites whip up enough to completely fill the small Mixmaster bowl. Well, if they're fresh.
5 Put the dough hooks back into the mixer and fold the beaten eggwhites into the almond mixture a large scoopful at a time at the lowest speed. The dough hooks let you gently fold in the whites to create a light batter, especially if you don't just keep grinding away forever after the last of the whites is mixed in.
6 Scoop the batter into the prepared springform pan and place it in the oven on the top shelf.
7 Bake for 40 minutes or until the top is golden brown. Open the oven door and let cool.
If you're taking it somewhere, just leave it in the pan to protect it until you get there. Otherwise, pop the ring loose, put the serving plate on top, and invert the torte. Remove the springform bottom and carefully peel off the paper. Voilà.
You can turn this thing over to get a finer presentation, but be real careful as it's quite fragile and won't look nearly as good if it breaks into pieces while you're messing around with it. If you're going to turn it over, the best way is to put a plate on top of the torte after it's cool, invert the whole thing, peel the paper off, put the serving plate on top, and invert again. ta da.
You can dust it lightly with powdered sugar or spread a thin smear of tayberry jelly over the top, but neither is necessary. An alternative is to just put a jar of berry jelly out and let the diners anoint their slices if and as desired.
Note: Sunbeam Mixmasters were made in the United States until the early eighties, when the corporation that by then owned Sunbeam realized it could make more money by closing the American factories and offshoring the manufacturing to China. The fringe benefits were making a few of the 1% even richer, giving a big boost to our Chinese friends, and getting to fire all that union labor.


After a few days on the mat, things are supposed to get better, but is it really the case?
The body is feeling sore, and during Asanas each diificulty gives the mind an opportunity to jump in and challenge the situation.
– just breathe and move with the flow without thinking about what comes next.
-just breathing, nothing else to think or do.
– but I can still breathe!, this is what matters for now and it is just enough to make it to the next move.
'How many more Vinyasa ane Chaturanga can I endure?'… – who cares, just this one matters, breathe, feel your body pulsating, feel just how good this inhalation is.
This is a lesson plan for advanced beginners or intermediate practitioners. Focus is on synchronising the breath with each movement, and each asana builds up to the next flow.
9. Go into a flow series where one asana is added each round. A vinyasa is done with each flow.
One of the reasons I started practicing yoga regularly is the effect that I noticed yoga has on me in terms of helping me relieve stress. No matter what stress burdens I carry into the yoga practice, I always come back from svasana feeling more centered and calm. Always. When we experience high levels of stress, yoga philosophy describes our mind as going into a rajasic state characterised by agitation, tension (hence tension headaches) and flitting thoughts. Asanas that stimulates our parasympathetic nervous system such as saravangasana (shoulderstand) and baddha konasana (bound angle forward bend) can help to calm the rajasic mind. Additionally, it has been demonstrated that there is a strong link between pranayama (yogic breathing) and state of mind.
When we are in a rajasic state of mind, our breathing is often rapid and shallow and our sympathetic nervous system is on overdrive. Ujjayi breath has a calming ability in that when we breathe through our nose and constrict our throat, we increase the air resistance in our nasal passages which in turn slows down our respiratory rate. As we lengthen the exhalation to twice that of inhalation (e.g. 1:2 ratio) we also increase the circulation of oxygen in our body and release carbon dioxide more slowly. The ocean-like sound created when we practice ujjayi breath also serves as a meditative center that we can focus on all of which helps us to come to a more sattvic state of mind.
I've found ujjayi breath invaluable and has taken it to work and used it whenever I feel stressed. The age-old adage 'just breathe!' has been imbued with new meaning for me indeed.


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Department of Psychology welcomes acclaimed psychologist for annual lecture
London South Bank University's (LSBU) Department of Psychology recently held its Annual Lecture, entitled 'Illusions of Memory, Illusions of Justice?'.
The speaker was Distinguished Professor Elizabeth Loftus, from the University of California, who is internationally acclaimed for her contributions to psychology research and was ranked 58 in the Review of General Psychology's list of the 100 most influential psychology researchers of the 20th Century.
Professor Loftus spoke to a full house of students, staff, visiting academics, police officers and legal professionals about 'illusions of memory' and their application to criminal cases, illustrating how easily recollections can be distorted, which can result in miscarriages of justice.
Dr Anne Ridley, Principal Lecturer in Psychology at LSBU, who organised the lecture, said: "We were delighted to be able to welcome Professor Loftus to LSBU.
"She has been recognised as the most influential woman psychologist of her generation and has been an inspiration to all those interested in the accuracy of eyewitness memory.
"Her talk was fascinating - appealing to students, practitioners and academics alike, which contributed to making the lecture a great success."
Dr Ridley has also just published a book entitled 'Suggestibility in Legal Contexts', a comprehensive guide to the theory, research and forensic implications of suggestibility.
Tracing the topic's history from the early twentieth century to the present, the book tackles the investigative and theoretical controversies associated with the subject of suggestibility and makes recommendations about how to reduce its negative effects.
Purchase 'Suggestibility in Legal Contexts'.
Course Finder - find out more about Psychology and other courses at LSBU.


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Scott Sparling
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Three Great Reads for 2018
Posted on Dec 16th, 2017.
My writing time in 2017 was almost entirely spent on the book I'm trying to finish, a story of kidney theft, Occupy, and a Jimi Hendrix guitar known as the Black Strat. The revisions continue. In my mind, I'm always just a couple months from being done.
But a few sentences of mine did find their way into print this past year—in the form of blurbs for three amazing books that should definitely make your must-read list for 2018.
Parts Per Million
The first is Parts Per Million, a socially conscious, fast-paced debut novel by Julia Stoops, coming in April from Forest Avenue Press. The book was a finalist for the PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction. Robert Newman says "Parts Per Million reads like the bastard offspring of Graham Greene and Naomi Klein." My take:
"Parts Per Million is a cry for justice and a journey through the heart. Julia Stoops brilliantly conjures the social and political unrest of the early 2000s. The war drums, the resistance, the secretive birth of the surveillance state—all lit by deep emotional honesty. Stoops' keen eye sweeps us into the lives of three Portland activists—separate souls shakily united by a cause, a house, and a radiant artist/ex-junkie named Deirdre, who simultaneously illuminates and complicates their struggles. Compelling and deeply compassionate, Parts Per Million takes us to a time and place we thought we could forget, but can't, and shouldn't. Reading it may be the surest way to understand who we were then, and—in the tumult of our times—who we need to be today."
A Thousand Distant Radios
The second is A Thousand Distant Radios, an amazing debut collection of stories by Woody Skinner, already out on Atelier26. Skinner's stories have been called mesmerizing, inventive and emotional, and extravgantly weird by Kevin Wilson, J. Robert Lennon and Kyle Minor respectively. I couldn't agree more. Honestly, your local independent bookstore should have this on the table by the front door, and if they don't, get them to order it. My blurb:
"Woody Skinner has a heat gun and he will strip the varnish off your soul. You'll laugh while it's happening and when he's done you'll feel more real."
Beautiful Music
The third is Beautiful Music, the story of a young man's transformation through music by Michael Zadoorian. Set in early 1970s Detroit, Beautiful Music is coming in May 2018 from Akashic Books. Order it now, and put it on your list for spring. The Don Was blurb alone should convince you—"Michael Zadoorian has captured an era when Detroit simmered with anger and fear while it simultaneously reverberated with the joyous noise of rock and roll"—but in case you need an extra push, here's my take:
"Like a song you can't stop playing, Beautiful Music casts a spell on your heart. With clarity and tenderness, Zadoorian sweeps us into a life that we recognize as our own. Remember when you were lonely, scared, unsure, and then somehow found your own kind of bravery and actual, genuine joy? Beautiful Music will take you there—and give you the soundtrack to get you through."
All three books are terrific. Check them out – I'm sure you'll love them.
Into the Bay
Harp, Slater, and Lane live their tangled, messed-up ways in a Michigan town I call Wolverine – actually the combination of two towns I love very much, Frankfort and Elberta. Shown in this beautiful video at 1:19. Watch it full screen. But please don't move there.
"As the land grew closer, pinpoints of light dotted the north arm of the bay. To the south were the faint outlines of Pregnant Point. At the far end of the bay were three giant stumps rising high as the hills—Sunoco Oil tanks, no longer in use. He remembered when they were new. The ship's horn sounded, thunderous in the night. A minute later they passed the lighthouse into the bay, and for a moment the land seemed to be opening her arms."
On Robert Stone
Posted on Jan 12th, 2015.
I can't explain the effect Robert Stone had on me, except to say that his writing changed my life. I was 30 when the author Jack Cady told me to read Dog Soldiers. The book turned out to be stronger than the heroin at the center of its plot. The writing enchanted and stunned me. It rearranged my dreams.
If not for Cady's encouragement and Stone's example, I wouldn't have spent 25 years writing Wire to Wire. I certainly wouldn't have spent the past five years on my current novel, which owes a great deal to Dog Soldiers.
I was lucky to have two personal conferences with Stone, one disastrous, one comical. The bad one came on the last day of the Port Angeles Writers Conference. Five minutes into our one-on-one, Tobias Wolf showed up offering Bob a ride to the airport. He looked at me, said, "Keep it up," and left.
We met again four years later at the Squaw Valley conference. The problem this time was that someone had taken our conference room. We decide to sit outside on the patio, but a fierce wind was whipping down the mountain. Stone turned the first page of my manuscript and the wind just ripped it away. I imagine it's still out there somewhere. After about five minutes, we gave up.
I didn't really mind. He had already given me more than I could ask.
In my essay, No Other Way Out for Bloom, I wrote about a passage from Hall of Mirrors that kept me from quitting during the 25 years it took to write Wire to Wire.
[Stone's] character, Rheinhardt, spoke to me from a passage in A Hall of Mirrors. In it, Rheinhardt, an alcoholic, berates himself for the musical talent he has wasted:
"And that part inside you, that beautiful musical part that you are fond of regarding as a series of taut and polished springs is not that at all, but a thick and highly perishable stuff like cream which, when allowed to settle because you have not the energy and manhood to wrangle it, turns into a deadly and poisonous bile of which one rightly and subsequently dies."
The energy and the manhood to wrangle it versus the deadly and poisonous bile: The stakes were pretty damn clear. Over and over I returned to that passage. On the days and nights when I hated my manuscript and hated my inability to finish, those words kept me going. I couldn't quit. I didn't want to be Rheinhardt.
At Politics and Prose in December 2013, Stone said, "What I try to keep writing about is hope, in the face of the persistent failure of hope."
In a recent interview with Tin House, Stone said he wouldn't quit writing until he died.
Pick A Number
Posted on Nov 23rd, 2014.
I've been using a random number generator lately to help me edit my manuscript. I started by printing the whole thing out and putting it in one of those cheap, plastic comb binders. It's 353 pages, but I don't want to mess with the first thirty right now. So, when I'm editing, I go to Random.org and set the parameters at 30 and 353. It generates a number, and I go to that page and make any changes on the hard copy. Then I get another number and go to that page, working my way randomly through the manuscript.
There are 50 pages left now, so frequently the number takes me to a page I've already done—in which case I just find the closest unedited page.
Why am I doing this? Mainly because I find it much less painful this way. I kind of dread going through the manuscript sequentially, but I don't mind reading individual pages. This way keeps me from getting bogged down in bad spots, and I'm not tempted to change the story. It helps me look at sentences with a much more specifc attention. Oddly, the random sample helps me stay alert to tone and consistency. Finally, it adds an element of playfulness that I think is really helpful. It reminds me that while I want to be productive, I also want to have fun.
So, back to work. The number I just got is 59.
I've got your number right here. New video by Miley Cyrus.
Special from the Segerfile
Posted on Apr 1st, 2014.
For the past 16 years, my other site – Segerfile.com – has covered the music of Bob Seger. That site is built entirely with the long-defunct Claris Home Page software, which runs only on the PowerPC platform. To update the site, I've kept an old black Powerbook on the shelf for years. Yesterday, the black laptop refused to boot up. Maybe that's not a tragedy – I post almost all Seger news on FB these days anyway. But tradition calls for an annual April Fool's Day post on the Segerfile. So, until I can get the black laptop running again, I'm posting the annual spoof here. Enjoy.
These Artists Thought They Were Simply Playing A Tribute to Bob Seger.
What Happened Next Will Change the Way You Think About Neutrinos Forever.
CLICK HERE!!!
Oh wait. You're already here. Hmmm. Would you mind going away and coming back a few times??? I need to get my page views up or corporate says they're giving my job to an unpaid intern from South by Southwest.
Speaking of which (SEGUE! Ba-da-boom! Can interns do that? They can??? Crap.), this year's SXSW was more frenzied than ever. In addition to attracting a huge cohort of women in skinny jeans and cowboy boots (approx. 97,000), it also featured a record number of Shriners in medical boots (approximately one. But still a new record.)
The presence of a Shriner in a boot cast drove SXSW to a fever pitch,
according to this hastily written photo caption.
The festival was also notable for the number of "tributes" to other artists – longish events where lesser bands played lesser versions of songs that influenced other songs that influenced songs you actually like.
The Lou Reed tribute was a case in point. It began Friday evening in the packed Paramount theatre and is scheduled to conclude by Memorial Day or when Wayne Kramer takes the stage, whichever comes first. So far, the tribute has featured an unforgettable half hour of music and 340 set changes.
A tribute to Jimi Hendrix was also held, timed to coincide with the unveiling of the new Jimi Hendrix postage stamp.
The tribute began with an amazing and seemingly impromptu set of opening remarks by a baldish administrator from the United States Postal Service. Performing solo, and dressed in stunning Casual Friday attire in honor of Jimi, the administrator wowed the multitudes with his virtuoso introduction, moving from rhetorical to declamatory techniques and back again. Holding his notes behind his back, he spoke fluently about commemorative stamps of all types, incorporating passages of epideictic and didactic hortatory, dive-bombing into a mixture of Pig Latin and jargon, before ending with dissuasive and beatbox elements tracing back to Aristotle and Run DMC.
"It was a total mind-blower," the guy next to me did not say. "At first we thought, what is this? As it went on, we realized history was being made. Bland introductions will never be same again. I thought there were three guys delivering prepared remarks simultaneously, but it was just this one dude."
Letters using the new Hendrix stamp will be delivered by dragonfly and will take "about a half a day," to get where they're going, the administrator claimed. At which point he set his speech on fire.
After the giant Jimi banner collapsed, a number of musicians who should never be allowed to listen to Hendrix songs, let alone play them, took the stage to demonstrate through contrast why Jimi was the best. The crowd, dazed by a Level Four Contact High, murmured approvingly while dreaming of snack food.
The Postal Service honored the most innovative guitar player ever with a "stamp" for an outdated communication tool called a "letter." What happened next will blow your mind!!
But of course, it was the Seger Tribute that was most anticipated. A full half of all festival attendees staying in Room 330 of the Radisson Hotel said it was the best SXSW tribute they had ever briefly imagined while waiting on line at Amy's Ice Creams.
Like ancient Gaul, the Seger tribute was divided in three parts. "The Raw Years," "The Radio Years," and "The Kid Rock Years."
The original plans called for the post office to unveil a stamp honoring Seger, just as they did for Jimi. However, plans broke down when a) Punch sent the artwork back to be redone for the 15th time, b) Bob said the adhesive on the back of the stamp needed a little more acacia gum and a slightly higher grade of polyvinyl alcohol before it could be released, and c) focus group testing revealed customers believed that using a Bob Seger postage stamp would mean their letters would be delivered in about a year, or the year after, or three or four more years, or possibly much later, if at all, depending on when the postal muse struck.
So the show went on without an official stamp. But what a show it was.
Could this irrelevant picture of Ultraman lead to exciting news about Seger's new CD? You'll never know unless you click!
For The Raw Years, a reanimated James Brown belted out "Gets Ya Pumping" and "Lucifer." To the delight of several, a reanimated Otis Redding jumped onstage and joined Brown for a duet of "Red Eye to Memphis." True Seger aficionados experienced an unforgettable rush of fanboy superiority, while 99.3% of the crowd turned to each other and asked, "What the hell are they playing?" Emergency responders did a terrific job of handling the epidemic of shrugs that followed.
The Radio Years segment did not go as well, unfortunately. First up was "Against the Wind" by a reanimated version of The Eagles. The actual Eagles wanted to perform, rumor had it, but promoters, attuned to the average festival-goer's limited attention span and need for maximum stimulation, preferred the livelier, reanimated version of the band.
The next performer, Suzanne Vega, delivered the most heartfelt tribute of the night. "This is dedicated to the man who set the standard for everyone who followed. A man who spoke for all of us, a genuine troubadour for humankind, he always lived his ideals – from his days as a young communist, to his support of peace and freedom everywhere. There will never be another like him, and I miss him terribly."
The crowd, slightly confused, was nevertheless moved – until she launched into a medley of "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" and "The Lion Sleeps Tonight." Seger fans, enraged that their hero had been confused with a banjo-playing folk singer for the one-zillionth time, stormed the stage, intent on tearing Ms. Vega from limb to limb.
Seger. Not Seger.
So it was perhaps provident that Ted Nugent chose that particular moment to wander up to the mic toting a .223-caliber Bushmaster XM15-E2S rifle with a 30-round magazine, which he proceeded to empty into the air, quieting the crowd. "Where's Rand Paul? he asked. "It this the CPAC convention?"
Realizing he was in Austin, he began to unwind a long rant about "subhuman liberal varmints addicted to cellphonesboozeandbirthcontrol." Seger security man John Rapp reacted quickly, firing a tranquilizer dart into the right butt cheek of the Motor City Madman Who Doesn't Actually Represent the Motor City in Any Conceivable Way, thus allowing the show to continue.
After a long set change, a new band, The Fauntleroys, took the stage and attempted their version of "Turn the Page." After 17 false starts, the band left.
Could this be the entrance to the famous Segerfile vault
where unreleased tracks are kept???
Then came the night's dramatic finale, featuring a five-story Silver Bullet that rose from the stage. Posed provocatively atop the bullet was SXSW's biggest celebrity, Lady Gaga, who belted out an autotuned, hip-hop version of "Old Time Rock 'n' Roll," modifying the lyrics slightly to remove any reference to "old," "time" or "rock 'n roll."
Unexpectedly, as she began bootie shaking through her final number – "Twerking on My Night Moves" – Ms. Gaga lost her footing on a bit of synthetic vomit from her previous show. Slipping off the bullet, she went into a five-story swan dive to the stage below.
What happened next was a textbook example of professionalism in action. Immediately, Ms. Gaga's expert team of highly trained sycophants swung into action, producing their cellphones, tweeting and posting on Instagram. For the next fifteen seconds, #GagaCanFly and #AboutToGoSplat? were trending worldwide on Twitter, which Ms. Gaga's social media director later heralded as "an unsurpassed triumph."
At first, a collective cry of relief issued from the crowd, as it appeared Ms. Gaga's fall had been broken by a six-foot pile of Doritos. Roadies who rushed to the salty pile of processed, nutritionless treats were the first to discover the staggering truth.
In fact, the singer's fall had not been broken by the crispy snacks, as originally hoped. Rather, Lady Gaga herself had broken into a pile of Doritos. Representatives of PepsiCo, attempting heroic measures, quickly scooped the chips into a dozen extra-large garbage bags. "We'll reassemble her!" their leader shouted. "To the factory!"
The evening thus seemed headed for a happy ending. Unfortunately, the PepsiCo team chose to take a shortcut through the Hendrix tribute. When they emerged on the other side, only three of the 12 garbage bags remained.
"I didn't really think I'd like Lady Gaga," one hardcore Hendrix fan said. "But she was delicious."
Later in the night came the sad report that PepsiCo would be unable to rebuild the pop diva. "We ask only for your support, and God's," a spokesmodel mourned. "With the chips we've got left, we can only make Miley Cyrus."
Contacted in his home outside Detroit, Seger commented only briefly on the event. "A tribute for me south by southwest of here? You mean Lincoln Park? Imagine."
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In my last post I'd indicated that IBM HTTP Server (IHS) is included with Domino 9 on Windows and that I think this is a pretty good addition (if cop out).
Anyway, you most likely already have an SSL certificate on Domino for web mail or Traveler and with IHS in front of Domino you now want to move that SSL certificate to IHS. As you most likely know Domino's SSL key format is a tad esoteric so how does one go about getting that pesky KYR format into the KDB format that IHS likes? I scoured the internet and most of this information is out there, but you have to scrap together some bits and pieces so I decided to write my own "how-to". Oh, and yes, wildcard SSL certificates work with this process too.
With that you are done with the KYR file. You can now copy your new key.kdb AND key.sth files to the IHS folder on Domino.
# 2003 or later. Windows IPv6 networking must be configured first.
You should check the screenshots, especially the last one. Maybe you find there a domain name.
Very useful. Wish SSL key management was slightly easier in Domino. Currently building 11 new Domino web servers and whilst AdminP and a Domino CA help there's still far too much copy/pasting of files. Which merely encourages me to set very looong expiry dates on our internally-issued server certs.
@, thanks and doh! It's an internal test server not accessible from the internet so no real harm done. Anyway I've fixed it.
Thanks a lot for the information! It was very useful. However, our environment has 2 ssl different certificates. I was able to import the first one, but when importing the second one, it says that there is a KeyPair already in database (a certificate with same label). Do you know if there is a way to import a second (or third .kyr) in the Personal Certificates section? Thanks again!


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Drury and her friend Raegan Heitzig, who remained unaccounted for as of Tuesday afternoon, went missing immediately after the Saturday evening collision along with two others; Christine Lewis, 51, of Visalia, and Brian Grabowski, 50, of Tulare.
An extensive search operation was launched following the incident, resulting in the recoveries of Lewis on Monday and Grabowski and Drury on Tuesday.
A recreational boat carrying 10 people and another vessel with six people on board collided head-on Saturday night along a well-traveled stretch of the river, the sheriff's office said.
Both boats sank, and passing boaters pulled crash victims from the water. Nine people were injured, with two in critical condition, authorities said.
The cause of the crash is being investigated.
None of the boaters were wearing life jackets, which aren't required but are recommended by authorities, Mohave County Sheriff Doug Shuster said.
The crash occurred between two popular marinas and near Moabi Regional Park.
Olson Drury, who spoke with The Star hours before her daughter was found, described the 23-year-old as "bright, beautiful and outgoing" and "very kind".
Drury worked as a bartender at The Tavern in Ventura, her mother said, and had recently enrolled in a nursing program at Ventura College.
"Everyone adores her," Olson Drury said.
Marc Groff, the principal of St. Bonaventure High School where Drury played varsity volleyball, described her as "energetic beyond belief."
"We are now praying for the family that now has to bury a wonderful young woman," Groff said.
The incident has also shaken Social Tap Ventura, an eatery where Heitzig is employed. Brant Crenshaw, a Social Tap spokesman, declined to comment on the incident saying, "The entire community as well as (the) Social Tap family is hurting right now and needs time to process recent events."
Heitzig graduated in May from CSU Channel Islands and the university put out a statement Tuesday morning.
"We are extremely saddened to hear of the boating accident that occurred over the weekend. We are keeping (Heitzig) and her family and friends in our thoughts and hoping that she and the others involved in the accident are all found safe," said Nancy Covarrubias Gill, spokeswoman for CSU Channel Islands.
The search for Heitzig will continue until she too is located, officials said.
"We will not complete the search until everyone is accounted for," said Anita Mortensen, public information officer of the Mohave County Sheriff's Office.
Mortensen said it was difficult to quantify the amount of personnel involved in the operation as of Tuesday afternoon but noted that land, water and air searches were being conducted with assistance from outside agencies.
The Associated Press contributed to this report


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