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Former NBA star Dennis Rodman brought his basketball skills and flamboyant style — tattoos, nose studs and all — to the country with possibly the world's strictest dress code: North Korea.
"It's my first time, I think it's most of these guys' first time here, so hopefully everything's going to be OK , and hoping the kids have a good time for the game," Rodman told reporters after arriving in North Korea on Tuesday.
Rodman and VICE's producers said the Americans hope to engage in a little "basketball diplomacy" by running a basketball camp for children and playing with North Korea's top basketball stars.
The notoriously unpredictable and irrepressible Rodman might seem an odd fit for regimented North Korea, where men's fashion rarely ventures beyond military khaki and where growing facial hair is forbidden.
But Rodman is also a Hall of Fame basketball player and one of the best defenders and rebounders to ever play the game. During a storied, often controversial career, he won five NBA championships — a feat appreciated even in North Korea.
Rodman's trip is the second high-profile American visit this year to North Korea, a country that remains in a state of war with the U.S. It also comes two weeks after North Korea conducted an underground nuclear test in defiance of U.N. bans against atomic and missile activity.
Google's executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, made a surprise four-day trip in January to Pyongyang, where he met with officials and toured computer labs, just weeks after North Korea launched a satellite into space on the back of a long-range rocket.
VICE, known for its sometimes irreverent journalism, has made two previous visits to North Korea, coming out with the "VICE Guide to North Korea." The HBO series, which will air weekly starting April 5, features documentary-style news reports from around the world.
The Americans also will visit North Korea's national monuments, the SEK animation studio and a new skate park in Pyongyang.
In a now-defunct U.S.-North Korean agreement in which Washington had planned last year to give food aid to Pyongyang in exchange for nuclear concessions, Washington had said it was prepared to increase people-to-people exchanges with the North, including in the areas of culture, education and sports.
Along with soccer, basketball is enormously popular in North Korea, where it's not uncommon to see basketball hoops set up in hotel parking lots or in schoolyards. It's a game that doesn't require much equipment or upkeep.
The U.S. remains Enemy No. 1 in North Korea, and North Koreans have limited exposure to American pop culture. But they know Michael Jordan, a former teammate of Rodman's when they both played for the Chicago Bulls in the 1990s.
North Korea even had its own Jordan wannabe: Ri Myong Hun, a 7-foot-9 star player who is said to have renamed himself "Michael" after his favorite player and moved to Canada for a few years in the 1990s in hopes of making it into the NBA.
Even today, Jordan remains well-loved here. At the Mansudae Art Studio, which produces the country's top art, a portrait of Jordan spotted last week, complete with a replica of his signature and "NBA" painted in one corner, seemed an odd inclusion among the propaganda posters and celadon vases on display.
An informal poll of North Koreans revealed that "The Worm" isn't quite as much a household name in Pyongyang.
In a memoir about his decade serving as Kim Jong Il's personal sushi chef, a man who goes by the pen name Kenji Fujimoto recalled that basketball was the young Kim Jong Un's biggest passion, and that the Chicago Bulls were his favorite.


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Q: How to add objects into an array without repeating value of one of the properties of objects in JavaScript? I am trying to insert data into an array. The data is of object form with 2 properties name and value. I am retrieving the data from a different array object with a completely different structure.
The new array that I am creating is as follow:
newarray = [Object, Object, Object]

where Object = {name: "abc", value: "12"}
This is what I am doing for my purpose:
var newarray = [];
for (var i = 0; i < oldarray.length; i++) {
    a = newarray.indexOf(oldarray[i].studentname);
    if (a == -1) {
        newarray.push({
            name: oldarray[i].studentname,
            value: oldarray[i].marks
        })
    }
}

I don't want the student name to repeat so I have tried to use indexOf to check the occurrence of the name in the array. But I am not doing it correctly. What am I doing wrong?

A: var newarray= [];
for(var i=0; i<oldarray.length; i++)
{
    var found = false;
    for (var j=0; j<newarray.length; j++) {
      if (oldarray[i].studentname == newarray[j].studentname) {
        found = true;
        break;
      }
    }
    if(!found)
    {
        newarray.push({
            name : oldarray[i].studentname,
            value :oldarray[i].marks
        });
    }
}

A: This code:
a = newarray.indexOf(oldarray[i].studentname);
if (a == -1)

looks to see if the student's name is an entry in the array. But the entries you're putting in the array aren't just namnes, they're objects.
If you want to find if an object with the same name is in the array, you can use Array#some:
if (!newarray.some(function(entry) { return entry.name == oldarray[i].studentname; })) {
    // It's not there, add it
}

Array#some calls its callback for each entry. If the callback returns a truthy value for any entry, some stops and returns true; if the callback never returns a truthy value (or the array is empty), some returns false.
It's a bit more concise with ES2015, if you're using ES2015:
if (!newarray.some(entry => entry.name == oldarray[i].studentname)) {
    // It's not there, add it
}

== will require that the names be in the same capitalization, of course. If that may not be true, you might want to make both sides lower (or upper) case first.

I don't see a declared anywhere, make sure you're not falling prey to The Horror of Implicit Globals.

A:

var newarray = [];
for (var i = 0; i < oldarray.length; i++) {
  a = findWithAttr(newarray, "studentname", oldarray[i].studentname);
  if (a == undefined) {
    newarray.push({
      name: oldarray[i].studentname,
      value: oldarray[i].marks
    })
  }
}

function findWithAttr(array, attr, value) {
  for (var i = 0; i < array.length; i += 1) {
    if (array[i][attr] === value) {
      return i;
    }
  }
}

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The Misdiagnosis Of A Child That Changed Everything Forever
By admin on April 17, 2020 April 17, 2020
In May 2015, Lorina and Jason Troy of Texas had just welcomed a new baby boy into the world. But when the child's head kept growing, so did their concern. Appointments with medical specialists kept leading them to the same wrong answer.
When Lorina's second son, JJ, was born, she had no idea there was any potential problem with her child. She did not know that an ultrasound near the end of her pregnancy had shown JJ's head to be two weeks larger than normal. No doctor mentioned there being any abnormalities when JJ was born, even though his head was still bigger than usual. Even after his birth no medical personnel said anything about JJ's head continuing to grow. Lorina was concerned but not alarmed.
However, when JJ started vomiting a lot, Lorina took him to their pediatrician where he was diagnosed as having a stomach virus. They were simply sent home with instructions to keep him hydrated. But the vomiting didn't stop. Lorina took JJ to an urgent care facility and eventually a children's hospital. All agreed it was just a stomach bug even though JJ's head had continued to swell along with the stomach upset.
Eventually, Lorina managed to get the doctors to do an MRI on JJ. They discovered there was a fluid build-up in her son's cranium. This can be a sign of head trauma and they immediately assumed the worst and accused Lorina's family of child abuse. She asked for a second opinion but was denied. She said, "I told him, my son has never been hurt in any way, could this be anything else? And he told me, yes, but since he's a baby and can't talk, we are just going to go with abuse and walked away." So Lorina's children were taken from her and placed in foster care.
Soon after, her husband Jason, was charged with two felony charges of child abuse, which carry a sentence between five and 99 years. These charges caused him to immediately lose his top-secret government job. The couple searched for a lawyer who would take the case. They were forced to sell their home to pay for attorney expenses. The Troy family ultimately ended up losing over $80,000 in fees, medical expenses, and lost wages.
Over the following two years, JJ was seen by numerous doctors but continued to be misdiagnosed. Eventually, a doctor in Maryland discovered JJ had Benign External Hydrocephalus. Hydrocephalus is a condition where cerebrospinal fluid builds up in the cranium, causing an enlarged head among other symptoms like vomiting, seizures, and breathing difficulties. It can be present at birth and is the result of genetic abnormalities, problems with fetal development, or complications at birth.
With the new diagnosis, the charges were dropped, and the parents were reunited with their children. But they feel the medical and legal systems have failed them. How was it possible for two loving parents to so quickly be labeled abusers and have their children taken away?
In the mid-1970s, new theories on child abuse were being formed. Infant cranial injury inflicted by blunt force trauma, shaking, or a combination of forces came to be known as "shaken baby syndrome" (SBS), more often today referred to as "inflicted or abusive head trauma." The idea that certain head injuries were indicative of child abuse grew and soon a new sub-specialty in pediatrics formed: child abuse pediatricians.
The child abuse pediatrician became the linchpin in a successful child abuse prosecution; in so doing they took on the conflicting roles of health care provider, investigator, medical expert, accuser, key prosecution witness, promoter of the prime hypothesis, and defender of their own past medical decision making regarding abuse. Without their testimony regarding the prime hypothesis there could be no convictions.
For whatever reasons, over the years, these specialists began to hold more power over the medical establishment to the point of being considered almost infallible. Today, colleagues are reluctant to contradict any findings made by child abuse pediatricians, so getting second opinions can often be difficult. That is a large reason JJ's diagnosis came from a doctor from another state. And the legal system sees these specialists as experts in their field. Therefore, there is no reason to question their determinations or authority. This has increasingly led to child abuse pediatricians misdiagnosing accidental injuries, dermatological issues, and developmental disorders as abuse when they were not.
The Troy family is trying to heal from the trauma of separation, legal battles, and financial loss. Lorina has become an advocate for families like hers that have experienced devastating results from a child's misdiagnosis. She lobbies lawmakers in Texas, California, and Washington D.C. to change laws on getting second medical opinions and the role of CPS in instances like these. She also talks to the press to raise awareness of Hydrocephalus and stories of misdiagnosis like hers and many other families across the country. Lorina says, "Our strength came from our faith, our prayer, and the love and support of family and friends. But we went through the most challenging events of our lives, and it has strengthened us." She has now written a book, titled "Miracles of Faith," that goes into the details of her family's journey through the medical and legal systems and how their faith saw them through it all. It is available directly through the publishing company, Westbow Press, A Division of Thomas Nelson & Zondervan.
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The Texas Constitution vests broad judicial and administrative powers in the position of County Judge, who presides over a five-member Commissioner's Court. Four Commissioners, each elected to a commissioners precinct representing approximately a quarter of the county's population, serve with the Presiding County Judge on the Commissioners Court.
Members of the Collin County Commissioner's Court also serve as Trustees of the Collin County Health Care Foundation, Collin County Housing Finance Corporation, and the Collin County Substance Abuse Foundation.
Your Collin County Commissioner's Court Precinct Number can be found on your Voter's Registration Card within the box titled "Com."
Texas has 32 U.S. Congressional Districts. The Texas legislature has primary responsibility for "redistricting" the U.S. Congressional Districts within Texas as well as the districts for the Texas State Senate, State House and State Board of Education after each decennial census. The Texas legislature also has the primary role in making changes to state judicial districts. Section 28, Article III of the Texas Constitution requires the legislature to "redistrict" the various governmental jurisdictions during its first regular session following publication of each United States decennial census. For an Interactive Map of Texas U.S. Congressional (110th Congress) districts, plus State House, State Senate and State Board of Education Districts click here.
The U.S. House of Representatives 3rd Congressional District seat is currently held by Republican Sam Johnson.
The U.S. House of Representatives 4th Congressional District seat is currently held by Republican Ralph Moody Hall.
The Supreme Court of Texas is composed of a Chief Justice plus eight Justices and it is the court of last resort for civil matters in the State of Texas. The Supreme Court of Texas was first established in 1836 by the Constitution of the Republic of Texas, which vested the judicial power of the Republic in "…one Supreme Court and such inferior courts as the Congress may establish." The later Texas state Constitutions also established the Supreme Court as head of the judicial branch of Texas government.
A different court, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, is the court of last resort for criminal matters. The Justices of the Supreme Court are elected to staggered six-year terms in state-wide elections.
Disposition of numerous motions related to petitions and regular causes.
Members of the Texas Supreme Court are elected in partisan elections on a statewide basis for six-year terms of office. When a vacancy arises the Governor of Texas may appoint Justices, subject to Senate confirmation, to serve out the remainder of an unexpired term until the next general election. Anyone appointed to the Court must stand for election in the next general election after the appointment.
Five of the current Justices, a majority, have been appointed by Governor Rick Perry (R) and all the current Justices, like all the Judges of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, are members of the Republican party. All justices are elected to a "court place position" in state-wide general elections. Other than Place 1, which is reserved as the Chief Justice place position, the Supreme Court place numbers have no special significance.
To stand for election a person must be at least 35 years of age, a United States and Texas citizen, licensed to practice law in Texas, and must have practiced law at least 10 years. There are no other qualifications to be a justice — the rest is up to the voters of Texas, or in the case of a vacancy, the Governor.
Promulgating the rules for the operation of the Court Reporters Certification Board and the disciplinary rules enforced by this Board (Gov't Code §52.002).
Committees of lawyers and judges assist the court in reviewing, amending and developing rules of procedure and judicial administration — but the Court has final say on the rules. By overseeing the State Bar and ruling and disciplinary matters, the Court regulates the legal profession itself.
Ensure that the Supreme Court executes and implements its administrative duties and responsibilities (Gov't Code §74.006).
In practice, the Chief presides over the conferences of the nine justices to discuss cases pending before them. As part of the "administrative duties and responsibilities" the Chief traditionally plays the role of encouraging the other justices to work efficiently and keep up with the Court's caseload.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals is the court of last resort for all criminal matters in the State of Texas and is composed of a Presiding Judge and eight Judges.
The Presiding Judge and eight remaining Judges are elected to "court place positions" in staggered six-year terms by state-wide general election. The court place position has no special significance. The appeal of all cases in which the death penalty has been assessed go directly to the Court of Criminal Appeals from the trial courts. The appeals of all other criminal cases go to one of the fourteen Courts of Appeals in Texas, however, their decisions may also be reviewed by the Court of Criminal Appeals.
To stand for election a person must be at least 35 years of age, a United States and Texas citizen, licensed to practice law in Texas, and must have practiced law at least 10 years. When a vacancy arises the Governor of Texas may appoint Judges to the Court of Criminal Appeals, subject to Senate confirmation, to serve out the remainder of an unexpired term until the next general election. Like the Texas Supreme Court, the Judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals are currently all members of the Republican Party.
The Texas District Courts of Appeals are distributed in fourteen districts around the state of Texas. Appeals from Collin, Dallas, Kaufman, Rockwall and Grayson counties (map) are all heard by the 5th District Court of Appeals, which includes one Chief Justice and 12 and twelve other Justices.
The Courts of Appeal have intermediate appellate jurisdiction in both civil and criminal cases appealed from district or county courts. Like the Texas Supreme Court and Court of Criminal Appeals, Justices of the Texas Courts of Appeals are elected to six-year terms by general election.
Both civil and criminal appeals are typically heard by a panel of three justices, unless in a particular case an en banc hearing is ordered, in which instance all the justices of that Court hear and consider the case.
The General Land Office administers the use of all state-owned lands. This responsibility includes leasing for gas and oil production, mining, and grazing, and monitoring the environmental quality of public lands and waters. The office also operates the veterans' land program, in which state bonds are used to underwrite loans to military veterans for land purchases.
Nearly 12 percent of Texas, or about 32,000 square miles is state controlled public land. This land area is larger than the total land of South Carolina, West Virginia, Maryland, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware and Rhode Island. Unlike most western states, little more than 1 percent of Texas is public land. Managed by the General Land Office, most of the public land in Texas is in west Texas or submerged along the Gulf of Mexico coast. Valuable mineral leases on parts of this land generate money to support primary and secondary public schools and universities across Texas.
The Land Commissioner authorizes exploration and exploitation of public lands, so the Commissioner's decisions affect hundreds of millions of dollars in economic activity. This also has a significant impact on state government and services, as the General Land Office generates hundreds of millions of dollars in royalties on oil and gas extracted from state lands. The Land Office has often come under criticism for doing too little to protect coastal areas of Texas.
As with similar offices in other states and the Federal Department of the Interior, the Texas Land Commissioner must reconcile the economic use of natural resources with environmental protection and conservation. State lands are a valuable source of revenue, particularly given that the state cannot draw on an income tax for revenue and that a significant share of oil and gas royalties are dedicated to public education. These issues are particularly acute in the coastal areas, where the state owns four million acres of submerged lands and all of the beaches. The General Land Office must balance the competing goals to both to exploit and preserve public lands.
Oil and gas production on state-owned lands has helped fund public education and keep taxes low. The economic activity generated by the energy sector has been key to fueling our economy. But it's no secret Texas' oil and gas hey days are behind us and the state can rely solely on this a non-renewable asset to fund public education forever.
With over 20 million acres of state-owned land, much of it on the windy Gulf coast and in windy and sunny West Texas, the state should be a leader on renewable energy production, but it is not. Moving quickly into a 21st century renewable energy market would generate additional revenue produced on state lands from energy production, which in turn would help fund public education and keep taxes low. It would produce economic activity in communities across Texas, in both the manufacturing and construction sectors. It would provide jobs in some of the communities in Texas most in need of them. And transitioning away from a petrochemical economy into a renewable clean energy economy would help protect our environment.
The Texas General Land Office should aggressively take the lead on renewable energy development rather than continuing to focus exclusively on depleting non-renewable fossil energy reserves to fund public education.
The Christmas Mountains, in the heart of the Big Bend region of southwest Texas, were donated to the State of Texas in 1991. The foundation that gave the land to Texas stipulated that the Christmas Mountains were to remain public. The land should have been transferred to the National Park Service (NPS) and been made part of Big Bend National Park years ago. However, Republican Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson has prevented has blocked making the Christmas Mountain area a part of the Big Bend National Park. Commissioner Jerry Patterson insists that the Mountains should be sold to a private entity.
The Texas Attorney General (AG) is the chief lawyer for the state government and is elected to a four-year term. Unlike the office's counterpart at the national level, the Attorney General's legal role is primarily civil rather than criminal. Any time a suit is filed against or by the state, the AG's office handles the related legal activities.
Though candidates for Attorney General usually emphasize crime issues to bonify their law and order credentials when they campaign for office, most law enforcement and criminal matters are handled at the city and county level. The Attorney General's role is limited to providing support and advice to these officials and promoting public awareness on crime and safety issues. The Attorney General may also assist in a particular criminal case at the request of local prosecutors if the case involves a state interest.
The Attorney General can have a significant impact on public policy when he or she issues opinions on the legality or constitutionality of proposed or enacted laws or on the actions or policies of government agencies. Any state or local government office can request a legal opinion from the Attorney General, and the resulting opinion has the effect of law unless it is altered or overturned by the legislature or a court. Opinions thus have an impact on existing law and can become a powerful public platform for the Attorney General to further his or her political ambition. Many opinions, though, are largely technical and mundane.
The Attorney General can become involved in a wide range of high-profile public policy issues, which often puts the office in the public eye. Among the issues various office holders have promoted in recent years are environmental issues, health protection, civil rights, and consumer issues such as product safety, deceptive advertising, election fraud and commercial fraud protection. In most of these cases, action on particular issues reflected the priorities of specific officeholders.
Because the office also defends the state against suits, attorneys general are not able to choose all of their battles and can find themselves defending policies they would not otherwise choose to defend. Recent attorneys general have been involved in defending state law and policies on public school financing, Texas's method of selecting judges, the constitutionality of the state prison system, and state redistricting plans.
Attorney General Greg Abbott (R) was elected to the office in 2002, succeeding fellow Republican John Cornyn, who successfully ran for the U.S. Senate in the same election after being elected AG in 1998. Abbot was reelected in 2006 with 59.5 percent of the vote.


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Holloway Sensei. The purpose was to train with a couple of first generation students of Soke.
Then fast forward to 2014.
the long flight due to his age, so the plan was for me to present the promotions at the upcoming Gasshuku that was to be held in Montana by Brian Ash Sensei .
Therefore, the WUIKA recognizes : Bartusevics Sensei 9th dan , Lewis Sensei 9th dan , Tokumura Sensei 8th dan . These are our seniors and advisors. Mitchum senior students: John Ingram 9th cert# 2, Dan Holloway 9th cert #3, Cindy Ingram 8th dan.
I hope this puts any bogus claims to rest.
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Is It Better To Use HDMI ARC Or Pptical?
January 26, 2022 January 21, 2022 by Lincoln Aviles
It is a commonly asked question, but the answer is it depends on your situation. Some users will have an easier time setting up one or the other, while some people won't care either way. As many of you may know, HDMI ARC means "Audio Return Channel". An optical audio uses sound waves that travel through glass fibers of cable to connect devices.
What are the main differences between HDMI ARC or optical?
First of all, it is sound quality. HDMI ARC usually produces better sound quality than optical connection. Besides, HDMI ARC has the advantage of working automatically on some devices, whereas you have to set it up manually on others.
One more difference between these two connection types is that the optical transmission requires a one more separate cable. Here we speak about the cable apart from the one used to connect your TV and soundbar – whereas, with an HDMI ARC, you only need one cable. HDMI-ARC is equipped with both an input and an output. It means you have a chance to connect the TV to some external devices such as a Blu-ray Disc player, game console, or soundbar directly via HDMI cable.
An optical connection is an older audio connection in which sound waves are transmitted through light pulses. Optical cannot transmit any data aside from the actual audio signal.
Of course, there was a time when optical connections were the best way to connect audio components, but that's no longer the case. These days, HDMI ARC is a more common way to connect your devices.
HDMI ARC: What is it?
You can think of HDMI ARC as a two-way street for audio. With ARC, an input will send sound to your speakers or receiver from devices like a TV or Blu-ray player. Your speakers will also send audio back to the TV through cable. It improves over other technologies that only support one-way communication, such as Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.
What are the advantages of HDMI-ARC?
HDMI-ARC gives better sound quality than Optical or Coaxial because these cables transfer analog signals, while HDMI-ARC transfers digital information. Since you only need one cable to connect your TV and sound system, HDMI-ARC is convenient for installation.
With HDMI-ARC, your TV can have an optical digital sound output without the need for extra cables. It means that you don't have to purchase a separate audio cable to obtain better quality sound from your TV. As well as this, HDMI-ARC also enables you to listen to your satellite or cable box's audio through your TV's speakers. It eliminates the need for an external music system, so your living room is free of wires and clutter.
How to set up HDMI ARC technology?
HDMI-ARC has become increasingly popular in recent years for its convenience when connecting devices. However, pay attention that ARC isn't suitable for all situations. For example, some models of TV don't support ARC at all.
However, HDMI ARC technology is nowadays built into many TVs and home theater receivers. In any case, it's essential to set it up in the right way.
The first step is to enable the feature in your TV menus. This option is usually listed as "Audio Return Channel" or "Enable HDMI ARC" in the settings menu. Your TV should show an on-screen message that has successfully enabled ARC once you change this setting. If not, then try switching to a different HDMI input.
The next step is to ensure that ARC is enabled in your receiver or soundbar. In most cases, you can do it in a menu labeled as "Audio," "HDMI Settings," or "Audio Return." Older home theater receivers might not have the feature, but most modern receivers will list it clearly in their menus.
So, after these steps, you can use HDMI ARC.
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Every once in a while you may come across a hostel known for something. It could be a hikers' hostel (we stayed in one in Gran Canaria), a hostel on an eco-farm (Colombia) or a surf hostel (Portugal).
Hostel Euphoria in Tallinn is known for being a music hub. From far and wide, musicians come here to stay and to meet each other. During most of our nights in Euphoria, the common room turned into an impromptu band rehearsal. We felt like we had hit the jackpot in terms of finding other musicians (did you know that Dan plays the drums?) to jam with.
Euphoria's owner, Jonathan, started the hostel after traveling the world as a guitarist and he has now made a home for music lovers from everywhere. He has been in Tallinn for a decade and introduced us to so many things we should know about Estonia.
Euphoria has both dorm and private rooms, all which look out either to the street or to the small road behind the building. The stairwells are decorated with colorful hand-painted art.
Right off the reception area, is a common room that also functions as the music jamming space. There are guitars, a drum set, a keyboard piano, some percussion instruments, didgeridoos and amps. If you're lucky, you may find a ukulele.
The hostel itself is composed of two floors of a small apartment building, so there are kitchens for every group of rooms. We felt like we kept finding kitchens!
Hostel Euphoria is located conveniently next to Tallinn's medieval and beautiful Old Town, and a short walk from Tallinn's newer downtown area, which has cafes, shopping and restaurants.
Within minutes you can tell that Hostel Euphoria's staff are all passionate about the city and about helping all guests have an awesome time in the city.
The finale of our trip was going to see Tallinn's Afro Beat Orchestra (ATBO) live at a bar in the revived and trendy Telliskivi area. Everyone from Euphoria went to cheer on the band! A few of the band members are musicians who work at the hostel. They rocked out, and so did everyone who danced to the beats.
Thanks for having us, Euphoria! We can't wait to be back in Tallinn.
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The Democratic take-back of House of Representatives and the recent introduction of the "Green New Deal" Congressional resolution have reinvigorated discussion of action on climate change. The Green New Deal resolution calls for meeting 100 percent of U.S. power demand through "clean, renewable, and zero-carbon electricity" – a recognition that it will take all of
CATF Responds to House Passage of Nuclear Energy Innovation Capabilities Act
Clean Air Task Force applauds the passage of the bipartisan Nuclear Energy Innovation Capabilities Act (NEICA) by voice vote in the House today.
CATF Statement on EPA's Proposed 2019 RFS Biofuels Requirements
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) regulations that establish the amount of biofuels that must be blended into the United States' transportation fuel supply in 2019 (and 2020, for biomass-based diesel fuels).
Biofuels Coalition Press Release on Welch/Udall RFS Reform Bills
Seeking to break through the deadlocked discussions between oil interests and the corn ethanol industry, conservation groups signaled their strong support for bills introduced today in the U.S. House and Senate to reform the Renewable Fuel Standard and reverse the damage that the law—known as the biofuel mandate—has caused since its enactment in 2007.
CATF Statement on Carbon Capture and Storage Advocacy
The Clean Air Task Force is pleased to be participating in the next level of joint advocacy on carbon capture and storage development and deployment in the US. As studies from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have indicated, CCS is an essential tool for limiting global warming.
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My trip to South Africa has begun, and I have been greeted by sunshine and smiling faces on arrival here in Cape Town, filling me with a sense of possibility and excitement. The trip is part an Art Connects Us grant from the British Council, that is aimed at developing connections between the UK and the creative sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa. To give myself what can only be a taste of the local architectural scene in this short period of time, I have arranged to see buildings and meet a few architects of different generations – from young students to the great masters. I will share as much as I can through this blog and on Instagram as I go (although I already a day behind!). These works and conversations will be approached in consideration of what it means to be generous – a quality that I believe should be central to architecture, especially at a time where social and economic inequality is rising across the world.
This 'research' is approached without a fixed outcome in mind, instead I wish to pursue ideas and conversations to see where they take me, letting the material I gather and encounters I have help define the product. I have intentionally not overfilled my schedule and am trying to allow time for reflection and absorption, accepting that this will not be a comprehensive survey, but will hopefully give rise to a few meaningful connections.
Where did I begin? Underlying almost everything I have done in recent years is a pursuit of a human architecture. This has often focused on a discussion about experience, because when lived, inhabited and occupied architecture becomes interwoven in our existence, having an impact on our emotions, psyches and bodies – or more generally to our well-being.
I sought a word that would encapsulate my interests. I tried empathy (which I think has both possibilities and problems), and care (which is loaded but interests me because of its ties to the etymology of curating) and landed on generosity, as is a quality I greatly admire in people and is about an attitude as well a quality in architecture. Generosity to me is about listening and acceptance, about give and take, about a relationship of reciprocity and about partaking. A generous building carries these qualities and allows us to be who we are, allows and supports difference, encourages humility and generosity in its occupants.
Generosity also raises questions about the relationship between a benefactor and recipient, of the role of the architect and of the client, of the individual and society. Does a generous attitude of creators of buildings result in a generous building? What are the forces at play that might prohibit a building from fulfilling its potential to be generous? I hope that by involving others in the discussion I can help give greater definition to what might constitute generosity in architecture and how it might be achieved.
The UK Pavilion – nicknamed 'Dandelion' by the Chinese people – was designed by Thomas Heatherwick. Over the 6 month period of the Expo it was visited by almost 8m people, winning the Expo's Gold Medal for design and the RIBA's Lubetkin Prize. Written by Kate Goodwin, Drue Heinz Curator of Architecture at the Royal Academy, the book shows the development from competition stage to finished pavilion, uncovering the roots of Thomas Heatherwick's idea. The book is written in English and Mandarin.


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Facebook's Approach to Common Web Vulnerabilities
Ben Mathews
Friday 21 February 2014 at 15:10
Talk in English - US at PHP UK Conference 2014
Short URL: https://joind.in/talk/664a6 (QR-Code (opens in new window))
Ian Barber at 16:43 on 21 Feb 2014
Very interesting talk with a lot of practical examples of the types of problems Facebook have encountered in the past. The advice on creating APIs that were safe by default and simpler for developers to use was really useful, and went beyond the normal list of vulnerability types that makes up many security talks.
Stewart Walter at 19:37 on 21 Feb 2014
A well presented talk by a confident speaker.
David Yell at 23:59 on 21 Feb 2014
Well delivered and a few interesting things however nothing really new or interesting on the security side
Matt Parker at 13:15 on 22 Feb 2014
Really interesting talk. It was nice to see the evolution of approaches taken, and some neat, and new to me ideas (e.g. checking encoding of the letter 'e').
I suppose there's not so much that's immediately actionable, as a lot of the tools used are internal to FB.
Anonymous at 20:21 on 22 Feb 2014
Gez Page at 21:11 on 22 Feb 2014
A fascinating peek "under the hood" at security solutions of the behemoth that is the Facebook source. Ben clearly outlined the reasoning behind various unusual techniques to combat security issues on a large scale platform as he confidently charged through the talk.
Andy Pieters at 08:32 on 23 Feb 2014
Yes, very fascinating to see you cope with vulnerabilities. There were some things I never considered before, such as the XML vulnerability.
I would like to have seen more of the same. Surely there must have been other security related things Facebook had to contend with and overcome.
But very good talk man! If you are there again next year I will definitely attend.
Bastian Hofmann at 11:49 on 23 Feb 2014
David Quilter at 17:30 on 23 Feb 2014
Alex Patterson at 09:09 on 24 Feb 2014
Good talk; not new content for me; however interesting to see how Facebook deal with the issue I face everyday.
I think I would have made more sense having this talk in the main track as it was extremely popular (and therefore hot in the room) - this made it an uncomfortable last 15 minuets for me.
Bobby DeVeaux at 15:33 on 24 Feb 2014
I was 5 minutes late to attend this so I couldn't fit in the room. People were overcrowding around the corner and I could hardly hear the speaker...
On the plus side, 4 of my work colleagues attended, and said it was amazing. So I guess I shall watch the recording once it's uploaded :)
Rory Donohue at 13:40 on 25 Feb 2014
Thoroughly enjoyed this talk. Very clear presentation, confident speaker, pitched perfectly and full of useful nuggets of info.
Marijus Kilmanas at 07:48 on 18 Mar 2014
Very interesting talk, presenting many concepts that go against community standards and best practices, but there is a valid reasoning behind each and every one of them which was clearly communicated. Love to see people ding things differently and thus figuring out new methodologies to achieve the goals (e.g. 'e' escaping test)


The Large 6 Fall Woodland Water Feature is a striking water feature that is lit by 6 leds as the water gently tumbles down the feature. Made from high quality polyresin with its attention to detail and wonderful paint finish. This feature will last for years to come.


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Q: Orcale Timestamp in Sync as input for Incremental Sync I have a table in a Oracle DB. This contains a column named "change_date" with the data type TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE.
We are using the following ODBC driver: ojdbc10-19.16.0.0.jar. We are on prem.
I would like to use the column as input for the "incremental" functionality of the Sync.
The problem is, that by default the field is interpreted as String.
I try to cast the the field to timestamp as well but again this seems not to be usable in Foundry.
select to_timestamp_tz(
           change_date,
           'RR.mm.dd hh24:mi:ss,FF6TZH:TZM'
         ) as change_date_ts,
        change_date
from "myDB"."myTable"

This statement gives me 2 columns:

*

*change_date_ts: data type "other" value
oracle.sql.TIMESTAMPTZ@7c278b6b

*change_date: data type varchar: value
"23.01.21 23:38:14,387625 +01:00"

I can use neither value as an sensible input for an incremental sync. I do need this though, as the table is too large for snapshoting. Ideally I need Foundry to interpret this as a timestamp.
When I run the sync and store it in the dataset both columns appear as String.
Can you advice me what to do?


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Holmberg, Kichton spark Chiefs
The Spokane Chiefs ended the Kootenay Ice's seven-game winning streak Saturday night at the Arena with a 4-2 win ignited by veterans Mitch Holmberg and Brenden Kichton. Spokane's next home game is Friday against the hot Kelowna Rockets. Read story
Holmberg reinforced that individual points aren't the No. 1 priority for the Chiefs.
"It doesn't really matter how many points you get," he said. "You can see that with the team, we're all happy when we come in the (locker) room."
Coach Nachbaur praised the turnaround that Kootenay has had this year. The Ice were sitting at 10-24-1-0 when they began a seven-game winning streak by overwhelming Spokane 7-3 at the Arena on Dec. 29.
"We saw them at training camp in exhibition games and they've come a long way," Nachbaur said.
Kichton said the Chiefs gained a lift when Nachbaur returned from assisting with Canada's team at the World Juniors.
"Getting Don back is a big thing," said the 20-year-old, a New York Islanders draft pick. "The guys really respond to him. He very hard on us and sometimes we take well to it. It's really good for us. He's a great coach and having him back is excellent."
Posted Jan. 12, 2013, 11:17 p.m.
By Chris Derrick
chrisd@spokesman.com
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