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BIG NEWS! Dr. Ben Carson Gets The Trump Nod For HUD Secretary
Lisa Payne-Naeger
Ben Carson has already turned down one cabinet appointment, saying he'd be a "fish out of water" as a government bureaucrat.
Well, he's no longer uncomfortable in that roll as he accepts Trump's offer to head up the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The National Post reports:
President-elect Donald Trump intends to nominate retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson to run the Department of Housing and Urban Development, an unconventional choice that underscores Trump's willingness to forgo traditional policy expertise in some Cabinet positions to surround himself with allies.
Carson, 65, who ran against Trump in the wide field of Republican presidential primary candidates, is the president-elect's highest profile African American supporter and confidant. A conservative political celebrity, Carson has never held public office and as recently cast doubt on his suitability for a Cabinet role, saying he would be "like a fish out of water" as a federal bureaucrat.
"I am thrilled to nominate Dr. Ben Carson as our next Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Ben Carson has a brilliant mind and is passionate about strengthening communities and families within those communities," Trump is quoted as saying in a statement released by his transition team.
Trump made it official on Twitter:
I am thrilled to nominate Dr. @RealBenCarson as our next Secretary of the US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development: https://t.co/zYGi8fGnL5 pic.twitter.com/1D9NXlHc2b
And Carson's response:
pic.twitter.com/yM9AL0pk8C
— Ben & Candy Carson (@RealBenCarson) December 5, 2016
In November Carson said he didn't want to be pigeon holed into one area and would not take a position in Trump's cabinet. Trump must have worn him down.
Western Journalism:
"The way I'm leaning is to work from the outside and not from the inside," Carson told The Washington Post. "I want to have the freedom to work on many issues and not be pigeonholed into one particular area."


Most people at only once or another believes all people do not compare well towards the world's read of beauty. Most people have little one thing we have a tendency to are not pleased with regarding ourselves. We have a tendency to typically might even say we're ugly. Really Diana, in all probability the foremost photographed girls on the world, did not believe she was stunning. Therefore, what precisely is beauty? What is God's that means of beauty?.
Do you spot surprise close you each single day? The wonder of the complete moon, bright white downy clouds on the far side the azure skies, further because the fantastic nature of woods and god's gifts to earth? The TV and media has all people persistently passionate about beauty, and the way to get it. Precisely what does one very perceive to be beauty? A slim size body, long bright hair, clear sparkling eyes, further as an ideal smile? Even you can watch number of the TV programs that assist to increase the beauty so it will be more comfortable for the customer.
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Blockchain Frontier
by JHREA | Dec 30, 2020 | Lifestyle | 0 comments
As currencies evolve with modern technology, Wyoming has emerged as a frontier for digital assets.
Wyoming's rugged mountains and sprawling plains have long been considered the Last of the Old West. The state's reputation is one proudly embraced—a badge of pride steeped in tradition. It is displayed in bold lettering on signs adorned atop weather-worn ranch gates: "This Is Cattle Country."
That heritage lives on, and boldly so. But this pioneer country is fast evolving into a new kind of frontier, one that takes shape in cyberspace rather than wide open spaces. Driven by forward-leaning lawmaking, Wyoming has stepped to the vanguard of digital assets—modern currencies like Bitcoin that are creating new financial markets and rapidly changing how business is conducted.
Over the past three legislative sessions, the Wyoming Legislature passed 20 laws to better define digital assets. Policymakers have then wired those securities into existing commercial laws to provide protections to investors. As a result, the Cowboy State is the only state to offer a comprehensive legal framework and clarity around these exciting new financial instruments.
This year, state authorities are expected to establish a chancery court, which will be among the first nationally, to provide further legal precedent. Last month the Wyoming Banking Divisions issued the first charter for a crypto-bank, marking the country's first approval of a new type of bank charter in more than 40 years.
A state known more for T-bones than technology may at first glance seem like an unlikely incubator for one of the world's most innovative emerging markets. But Wyoming's advantageous tax policies, which have long attracted discerning investors, make it a logical destination for cryptocurrency.
Wyoming tax codes are well known. Residents pay no state income or capital gains tax, no gift or estate tax, no tax on out-of-state retirement income, and no tax on mineral ownership or intangibles. It is not hard to see why Wyoming topped the Tax Foundation's list of most tax-friendly states in the nation.
Less known are Wyoming's strong privacy and creditor protection policies. Private trust records are not public, which means details regarding trust assets remain private. Records are automatically sealed in the event of judicial proceedings.
Wyoming is one only a few states that permits single family private family trust companies (PFTCs) to act as trustee for a trust or group of trusts. This structure creates privacy and facilitates family involvement in the decision-making process, allows for control over the investment asset mix, trustee succession and, importantly, is a tool by which the younger generation can be educated about valued family assets.
Those protections have created a groundwork ripe for cryptocurrencies. In 2017, Wyoming lawmakers crafted legislation that exempted certain digital tokens from security rules and excused digital assets from property tax requirements. Those policies have begun to draw an influx of capital and start-ups, and with them jobs and investment.
"The unique combination of these benefits created an environment that has allowed Wyoming to emerge as the country's most digital asset-friendly economy and regulatory jurisdiction," says Joel Revill, chief executive officer of Two Ocean Trust, a Wyoming based provider of wealth management services.
Whereas states like New York have sought to fence out cryptocurrencies, a form of blockchain, through regulation, Wyoming is leaning in. The state's comprehensive legal framework, the only of its kind in the United States, permits firms based here to act as the custodian of record for investors. That establishes jurisdiction, which has begun to realize benefits for residents and state coffers alike.
"The unique combination of these benefits created an environment that has allowed Wyoming to emerge as the country's most digital asset-friendly economy and regulatory jurisdiction."
JOEL REVILLCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER TWO OCEAN TRUST
The potential is immense. Nearly 70 percent of commercial banks are experimenting with blockchain—which could return as much as $12 billion in savings to financial institutions, according to experts. More than 14 countries are exploring the possibility of introducing official cryptocurrencies. Businesses spent $2.1 billion on blockchain solutions in 2018, and the market is expected to be worth $20 billion by 2024.
Wyoming legal framework has opened the doors to innovative applications of blockchain technology—which provides an "immutable" transaction leger valuable for ensuring supply chain integrity. Last year, the Wyoming Blockchain Task Force heard testimony about the application for land title transfers. The technology has been explored as a way to track food, including beef, from farm to consumer.
"The ethos of blockchain and the ethos of Wyoming are very similar," Caitlin Long, cofounder of the Wyoming Blockchain Coalition, told Wired magazine in 2019.
Wyoming's digital asset management companies, and cryptocurrencies at large, still face uncertainty of federal regulation, which are evolving alongside this new market. But Wyoming's far-sighted vision has put it on the leading edge.
"It's not every day that you get to be part of an exciting new asset class , and thanks to the work of our Governor, legislators and bank regulators, Wyoming is out in front of everyone with regards to this opportunity."
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Clube do Tenis do Estoril hosts the traditional Kids Day this Sunday, April 30th. The venue is expected to sell out as thousands of youngsters and their families join the celebration of the biggest tennis event – and the only ATP World Tour tournament - in Portugal.
The organization has put together a fun and action packed day that not only will delight teenagers and the young tennis fans but also cater to the needs of smaller children, from as early as three years old.
The Fun Center will be the epicenter of the day's activities staring at the Wilson Demo Court where, throughout the day, tennis clinics will take place for both beginners and more experienced players alike. In the Portuguese Tennis Federation Court and the Biggs Court children will be able to hit a few shots with the pros and enjoy numerous other activities promoted. The "Kid's Place" monitored by "Terra do Nunca" will also host fun and games all day long aimed at kids from 3 to 8 years old. Besides the inflatable castles and obstacle courses, a vast number of dynamic team games will entertain the young ones while their parents enjoy world class tennis in the courts.
Babysitting services are also provided from 11h00 19h30.


I expected to enjoy Dana Milbank's article entitled "From Obamacare to the IRS scandal, Republicans are ignoring the facts" But Milbank decided that he should Ballance his observation that Republicans are indifferent to facts with the following paragraph.
Yep that's showing em Dana. 1. "little" is a nice weasel word, but the ACA eliminated the huge Medicare advantage extra payments and massively cut the rate of growth of regular Medicare payments. It also made hospitals responsible for the costs of treating the infections people pick up there. I don't claim that the sudden complete utter change in US entitlement spending is mostly due to the ACA but the assertion "little" is based on completely ignoring those data which are inconvenient to the quest for Ballance, that is all of the relevant data.
What this really means is Labor can work fewer hours as a result of Obamacare causing healthcare insurance to be less costly. The number of hours needed to work would decrease 1.5 to 2%. People may want to work less and it sounds like they will opt to work less. The Republicans and Tea-baggers (their right of right brothers) just made their own version of the CBO's report. The entire blog-o-sphere is laughing at Fox News and the Republicans with their obvious effort to distort the report.
John Cochrane: I Would Never Dream of Suggesting that this Correlation Implies Causation!
I purposely did not make any argument, draw any conclusions or anything else.
And the person who posted it is a prominent, high-profile right-wing economist.
What conclusions do you draw about that economist? About the economic effect of unemployment benefits?
Unemployment in NC & SC. (I'm not saying which is which). Can you tell which slashed UI benefits? Can you tell when?
Now what conclusions do you draw?
Besides, of course, our own numerous free publications and some of the bigger blogs like Zero Hedge and Seeking Alpha, there is a broad selection of outstanding investing blogs that cover everything from ETFs to metals to disaster prepping. We decided to put together a list of some of our favorites.
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After an eight-year term, Ben Bernanke arrives at Brookings Institution for his first day of work and Janet Yellen was sworn in as the first woman to chair the Federal Reserve on Monday February 3, 2014. Succeeding a term of great upheaval, Yellen has the four decade background in monetary and economic affairs to take the reins, but is unlikely to make a repeat performance of Bernanke. However, his work to stimulate the economy and lower interest rates will most likely continue under her authority. Always a staunch ally of Bernanke, it remains to be seen how she will apply her unique skills and ideas for Americas Central Bank.
Ben Bernanke is leaving a legacy of unprecedented actions; he was the first chairman to use emergency lending powers to rescue businesses since the Great Depression. He devised a monetary policy that curbed longer-term interest rates by lowering credit costs after the short-term policy rate bottomed out. His goal to declare an inflation target was met in 2012 at 2% and he made the Federal Open Market Committee meetings more of an open floor forum encouraging a sharing of ideas and policy views.
According to a report put out this week by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Postal Service, about 68 million Americans — more than a quarter of all households — have no checking or savings account and are underserved by the banking system. Collectively, these households spent about $89 billion in 2012 on interest and fees for non-bank financial services like payday loans and check cashing, which works out to an average of $2,412 per household. That means the average underserved household spends roughly 10 percent of its annual income on interest and fees — about the same amount they spend on food.
Alito is Right. Perceptions of the U.S. Supreme Court Differ From the Reality.
WEST PALM BEACH – Using a mix of jokes and drawing on his own experience, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito said Monday that being a judge at the nation's top court is often not what it appears to be.
"A lot of people, I think, have the impression that sitting on the bench and listening to oral arguments is the main thing we do," Alito said to a crowd of 1,120 at the Palm Beach County Convention Center.
Hmmm. And to think I thought that the justices spent most of their time reading those specially-printed-and-bound-at-a-cost-of-$5,000-to-$7,000-per-case certiorari petitions. At least the ones whose covers bear the name of $1,000'Hr.-D.C.-Based-Supreme-Court-Specialist as counsel. Or the ones filed by state attorneys-general challenging federal-court grants of habeas petitions.
Guess the justices have some time left over to do other things, like prepare for oral argument in cases whose petition covers bore the name of $1,000/Hr.-D.C.-Based-Supreme-Court-Specialist as counsel. Or like signing on to opinions that summarily reverse federal-court grants of habeas petitions at the behest of state attorneys-general.
This week while he's in his pajamas at a luxury hotel in Palm Beach. Maybe next week, too. The justices don't meet again for another two-and-one-half weeks.
Yes, perceptions of the U.S. Supreme Court differ from the reality.


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Former President Donald Trump and Kayne West exit an elevator at the New York's Trump Tower on December 13, 2016.
Yes, Racists Occasionally Have Dinner Together
Michael Arceneaux Nov 29, 2022 4 min read
Donald Trump is the poster child of white supremacy, but I'm not shocked his Black friend is the one who brought a(nother) racist to Mar-a-Lago
I'm sorry, but I actually laughed at Donald Trump blaming Kanye West for bringing the white supremacist to his house for dinner.
On his social media platform Truth Social, Trump responded to criticism over allegedly hosting a dinner with Ye—a man who blew up his billionaire status by repeatedly making antisemitic comments—and his friend, white supremacist Nick Fuentes, at Mar-a-Lago in Florida.
"So I help a seriously troubled man, who just happens to be black, Ye (Kanye West), who has been decimated in his business and virtually everything else, and who has always been good to me, by allowing his request for a meeting at Mar-a-Lago, alone, so that I can give him very much needed 'advice'," Trump wrote in a message posted on Saturday.
"He shows up with 3 people, two of which I didn't know, the other a political person who I haven't seen in years. I told him don't run for office, a total waste of time, can't win. Fake News went CRAZY!"
Trump is dumb and evil and I wish him nothing but the absolute worst for the rest of his miserable existence. On the other hand, I'm sad to confirm he can be still be funny sometimes.
I know the political press still has a crush on Ron DeSantis, the socially awkward discount version of Trump, but I'm telling y'all, there is no way another GOP candidate can beat Trump. It's going to take more to topple a celebrity racist with comedic timing.
Aside from evil having a funny bone, while I'm not in the habit of taking Trump's side on an issue, I believe him here.
Donald Trump is usually too busy caught up in himself to focus on others, much less recognize someone only famous to internet bigots. Nor is it not at all surprising to find that Kanye, a Black man, would be hanging around a racist known to use phrases like "n*gger voters." In 2015, A.P.C. founder Jean Touitou used the N-word to describe his latest collection and claimed Kanye approved the move. I'm sure he did.
A Black man who argues slavery was a choice is the kind of goofy Black man who would travel with a racist to another racist's house for a social visit.
Trump is not wrong about Kanye being a seriously troubled man who apparently hangs out with Holocaust deniers and has with no chance of becoming president of the United States of America—but Kanye is not the reason the two apparently hit it off so well.
Yet it has been surreal to watch so many political reporters, columnists, and pundits once again tiptoe around the obvious. As much as people want to complain about how stale Trump's political career is, so is the coverage of him. It has never been a secret that Donald Trump is a bigot and his affinity for white nationalists and supremacists has been repeatedly proven over and over again—most notably last year during his coup attempt.
The sky is blue, water is wet, Kanye West needs to take his medication and be deprogrammed, and Donald Trump is a damn racist.
We don't need to hear from people like David Friedman, who served as Trump's U.S. Ambassador to Israel from 2017–2021, feigning shock that Trump doesn't mind a social dinner with folks who are into Adolf Hitler.
"To my friend Donald Trump, you are better than this," Friedman wrote on Twitter Friday. "Even a social visit from an antisemite like Kanye West and human scum like Nick Fuentes is unacceptable."
"I condemned Barak Obama associating with Louis Farrakhan and Jeremiah Wright," Friedman added. "This is no different. Antisemites deserve no quarter among American leaders, right or left."
For the record, it is a dumb, ugly false equivalence to compare Jeremiah Wright to Louis Farrakhan. One is an actual theologian who saw his legitimate criticism of American foreign policy as a pastor with a former calypso singer presently with strange ties to an alleged cult. Beyond that, as fascinating as the lies people tell themselves can be generally, on this issue, enough.
This is not a hard story to decipher.
Kanye West is a bigot.
Nick Fuentes is a bigot.
Donald Trump is a bigot.
It makes sense that they found each other—and that they've already turned on each other.
Fuentes has been a longtime supporter of Trump, but days after the controversy, he reportedly said:
"Conservative media speculates that Ye and I are being used to hurt Trump. It is the other way around. Trump and MTG (Marjorie Taylor Green) are being used as bait to lure the base back into supporting people like Kevin McCarthy, Ronna McDaniel, and Rick Grenell. I didn't leave the MAGA movement. The MAGA movement left me.
What are Christian Americans going to get out of a McCarthy speakership or new Trump White House? Lower gas prices? Reduce the corporate tax rate?
Years will pass us by as things remain fundamentally the same. We must dream bigger. There's only one guy talking about how the aspirations of the Trump movement have been hijacked by people like (Jared) Kushner."
All of the men involved are petulant narcissists with a penchant for taking out their insecurities on others through bigotry.
Even so, much like everyone else, once Trump clears the field next year, he will be the nominee and they will fall in line.
Their bickering doesn't matter. What matters is that Trump is a racist who tells you he is racist every chance he gets. It is common knowledge, and in 2022, we have to break the cycle of how stories like these are covered.
We know Trump is racist and enjoys the company of white supremacy. What we need now is what yet another direct nod from Trump to white supremacy means about his base of supporters and the GOP writ large? But don't worry: the campaign is so early.
I'm sure there will be many others swinging by Mar-a-lago.
This post originally appeared on Medium and is republished with author's permission. Read more of Michael Arceneaux's work on Medium.
Race & Politics, Kanye West, Donald Trump, White Supremacy


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On November 4, 2018, Career Wardrobe, one of the nation's largest independent organizations empowering individuals transitioning to work with professional clothing, job search support, and professional development, held their annual Empowering Tea and Fashion Show at The Baldwin School in Bryn Mawr. Longtime local TV personality Monique Braxton was emcee, with an assist from our very own editor Kristin Detterline. The fashion show included runway looks by Mushmina, Plume & Thread, Louella, and The Wardrobe Resale with models provided by SugarHouse Casino. Guest speaker Katie O'Neill, co-founder and creative director of Mushmina, discussed how the custom-designed brand of unique handmade Moroccan accessories is devoted to the empowerment of women.


A firm's competitive advantage can be created through keeping long-term relationships with customers. To achieve successful long-term relationships, partners have to develop and maintain quality relationships with each other, especially in international markets. In this study, we examine the role of learning orientation in relationship quality between exporters in a transition economy, Vietnam, and their foreign importers. We also investigate the mediating role of exporter ethnocentrism. A test based on a random sample of 297 exporters in Vietnam indicates that learning orientation is a key factor that assists exporters in building quality relationships with their importers. In addition, learning orientation lessens the degree of exporter ethnocentrism, a behaviour which prohibits exporters to build quality relationships with their importers.


The E-Club team was really surprised by the attendance last week (really, the week before). Of course, the first guests didn´t see last ones so some probably felt lonely, but there were about twice as many plates to wash than expected. The Estonian Master Chefs in Sydney practiced their skills making Cabbage Rolls (kapsarullid) and Swiss roll (rullbiskviit).
E-klubi eestvedaja Indrek Ott (vasakul).
Q: Name as many Estonian brewers as you can.
Everyone who has been there knew at least two. But still, there are some more and extra points were won by two girls (not men as expected) - Good work Aale and Tiiu.
Q: Who or what is known as 3 sisters in Estonia?
This is a famous building in the Old Town of Tallinn. It was built in 1362 (about 410 years before Captain Cook officially discovered Australia), renovated in 2003 and turned into a hotel where you have to pay from € 550 per suite.
Q: How many counties/states there are in Estonia?
Well, there is a coloured map of Estonian counties in club room, but only 3 people wrote down right answer. This was more like an open your eyes question.
- Just an interesting fact to know is that Estonian Air has 8 airplanes at this stage.
- Estonia's highest point is 318 m above sea level (Suur Munamagi). It´s also the highest point in the Baltic States.
- If you take an airplane and fly the shortest route from Tallinn to Sydney, then you have to fly 15,225 km (roughly), the average diameter of planet Earth is only 12,742 km.
- Now, the most important answer for the question, how to say "CHEERS" in Estonia? It´s TERVISEKS!!! Not prosit or anything like it.
Winner of this quiz was Ingrid, who won a free meal and drink at E-club.
This coming Thursday, 11th of August, we will ask questions about the European Union and Estonia. So far more and more people are participating to our club nights. Also, that night will be the last chance to practice for the Baltic Ball, 13th of August, in the Lithuanian Club.
E-Club corner 2 The E-Club team was really surprised by the attendance last week (really, the week before). Of course, the first guests didn´t see last ones so some probably felt lonely, but there were about twice as many plates to wash than expected. The Estonian Master Chefs in Sydney practiced their skills making Cabbage Rolls (kapsarullid) and Swiss roll (rullbiskviit).
Mu bossil on veebilehtede arendamine kaasaegselt kohe ära teha. Sellegipoolest on mõistlik vaadata tekstilise kodulehtede tegemine kaasaegselt ja selle kõrval staatilist lahendust ning lisaks efektiivne veebilehtede tegemine kaasaegselt http://www.aara.ee/Kodulehe_valmistamine reaalselt kasutatav tutvustava veebilehtede tegemine saadaval ka üksikult vaid paari nädalaga organisatsioonile kodulehe tegemine kvaliteetselt ja garantiiga.


Edit Island is an option which allows the player to move and edit content located on Accordia.
The Edit Island screen can be accessed by tapping the square Menu button next to the currency toolbar.
Upon opening the Edit Island screen, the player will see green lines forming shapes with green plus signs in it where there isn't anything located, but can later have something placed there.
If the player tries to place something where there is not enough space then the area surrounding that item will turn from green lines and plus signs to red lines and plus signs where there isn't room.


Enter: Waypoint, FB No, Name, Grid Ref, Postcode or Location.
Try the new Quick Trig Finder Form!
To make finding the particular page in the growing number of pages, trigtools has now been divided, into the above pages (old page here).
This sub-section of TrigpointingUK is dedicated to analysing the vast amount of data is held on the system, and hopefully along the way finding some interesting information.
It all started as a small script for my own interest (which was the best trig) and sort of grew from there (it now includes powerful location searching, intereactive maps, and a extensive section on Levelling). The T:UK scripts where a section on my TrigTools, then Teasal agreed to host it here (so it can access the full power of the database).
If something doesn't seem to be working as it should, or there is some other information you would like to see here then, please add a message to the TrigpointingUK forum.


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[Vim](http://www.vim.org) is a kickass text editor turned IDE (with the right plug-ins).
[Android](http://www.android.com) is an awesome mobile operating system that's
open and plainly rocks. *Why not put these two together?*

[`android-dev.vim`](https://github.com/jalcine/android-dev.vim/tree/v0.1.0)is a Vim plugin
that allows you to build your Android application on the command line and
within Vim. The plug-in is written purely in VimL for portability.

## Requirements
> **NOTE**: This plugin has ONLY been tested on a bleeding edge version of Vim
> 7.3 with `--features=huge`. Please report any problems you encounter with
> version information and compilation options included.

At the time of writing, there isn't any language dependencies but it does
require on the following:

  + [Ant](http://ant.apache.org) is used a lot to handle most of the building
    tasks. We ❤ you!

  + [Android Development Tools](http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html)
    have to be not only on your system, but discoverable in your $PATH.

## Installing
I recommending using [Vundle](http://github.com/gmarik/vundle) to install
plugins. The line necessary to add this plugin is as follows:

```viml
Bundle 'jalcine/android-dev.vim'
```

## Commands
All of the methods for the plug-in are defined with `AndroidDev` as the leading
prefix. Some of the commands you'd use a lot are as follows:

 + `:AndroidDevBuildDebug` - invokes a debug build for your Android application.
 + `:AndroidDevProjectCreate` - inits the wizard to build a new Android project.

## Options
Extensibility is what we love and one of the more popular philosophies out
there. The following are a list of recommended options to be set after
installing this plugin.

 + `g:android_sdk_path` defines the path that at which you'd be able to find
   your SDK tools for Android. The folders `tools` and `platform-tools` should
   be discoverable in here.

## License
This plugin is licensed under the MIT license. Make it work, people!

## Author
I'm [Jacky Alcine](http://jalcine.me) and I love code and chatting. Find me on
[Twitter](https://twitter.com/jackyalcine) or `jalcine` on Freenode!

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Rules still fuzzy on redistricting
By Warren Richey Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
@WarrenRichey
The US Supreme Court has made it slightly more difficult to challenge newly drawn election districts that are allegedly the result of illegal racial gerrymandering.
But in their unanimous decision on Monday in a North Carolina redistricting case, the justices dodged the central issue: To what extent may race be used to draw election districts?
The case involves a challenge by white voters to the drawing of a district that is designed to help African-Americans elect candidates of their choice. The district is 47 percent black. The district itself is long and narrow, extending 71 miles across the state.
Conservatives on the high court have long expressed reservations about the use of racial criteria to draw district lines, while the more moderate and liberal justices have felt that sometimes race must be taken into account to compensate for past discrimination.
Legal analysts on both sides of the contentious issue had been closely following the case for clues to how the court would settle the issue of race-based redistricting plans. Such guidance is important for state legislators who face widespread redistricting following the 2000 census.
This decision does not provide much guidance. Instead, the court ruled that a panel of lower court judges erred when they struck down the new district on a summary judgment motion, prior to holding a full trial.
The case now returns to the federal court in North Carolina, where a trial must be held to determine whether state legislators used race as a "predominant factor" when drawing the election district.
If the court finds that they did, the district must be struck down in accord with prior Supreme Court rulings. If the court finds that race was a factor, but not a major factor, then the judges may uphold the district lines.
At that point, whatever the outcome, the case will likely return to the Supreme Court.
US Supreme Court to hear Wisconsin electoral redistricting case
Supreme Court unanimously rejects GOP challenge to VA districting case
What can be done to address racial gerrymandering?


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Home News The Pope Has Ordered the Vatican to Return Three Parthenon Marble Fragments...
The Pope Has Ordered the Vatican to Return Three Parthenon Marble Fragments to Greece
The Vatican Museums will return three Parthenon marbles to Greece following the order of Pope Francis on December 16.
The fragments—a horse's head, a boy's head, and a bearded man's head—have been in the Holy See's possession for two centuries, with the Vatican labeling the return "a donation" from Francis to the head of the Greek Orthodox Church, Archbishop Ieronymos II. It was, the statement said, "a concrete sign of his [Francis'] sincere desire to follow in the ecumenical path of truth."
The Vatican's statement clarified that the donation was a spiritually motivated gift between one church and another, and not a bilateral state-to-state return. The Vatican Museums, along with Western institutions more broadly, have come under pressure to return collection works acquired via colonial looting. The designation likely aims to avoid setting a precedent that could impact other priceless works in its possession.
Francis' decision seems to be a direct consequence of his meeting with Ieronymos in Athens in late 2021. During the visit, the pope publicly acknowledged the mistakes of the Catholic Church in dealing with Greek Orthodox communities and took a nighttime tour of the Parthenon. The Pope made another ecumenical gesture in 2019 when he gave Bartholomew I of Constantinople a relic of St. Peter.
Pope Francis visits with Ieronymos II in Athens. Photo by Vatican Media via Getty Images.
The marbles are part of the decorative frieze that adorned the 2,500-year-old Parthenon, a masterpiece of classical architecture that endured heavy looting in the early 19th-century. Both the Acropolis Museum, purpose-built in 2009 to house the marbles, and the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports expressed gratitude for the Vatican's donation.
The move is renewing focus on the British Museum to return its sizable collection of Parthenon marbles, which were stolen by Lord Elgin in 1801 during his stint as ambassador to the Ottoman Empire before being sold to the trustees of the British Museum in 1816. It's a longstanding debate that seemed to be drawing closer to a conclusion in December 2022 when George Osborne, chair of the British Museum, discussed the marbles with the Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in the latest in a series of secret meetings.
In a speech given after the meeting, Mitsotakis suggested an agreement between the two parties was possible. If a deal is struck, the marbles could return to Greece as soon as early 2023.
The Vatican Museums did not respond to a request for comment.
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As it turns out, the Patriots' stunning Super Bowl victory wasn't the only improbable come-from-behind win this past weekend.
Much like the Falcons in the NFL's showcase game, St. Bonaventure fell to VCU in overtime on Saturday after it appeared to have the game in hand. The Bonnies' loss, though, was a lot more, well, bizarre.
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Simultaneously, the Board of Directors also announced that Mr. Keith Tainsky, Sr. Director of Finance, will immediately assume the position of Chief Financial Officer, and Mr. Leza, Chairman of the Board of Directors, will assume the role of Executive Chairman and Technology Advisor of Exar. In his new role, Mr. Leza will devote more time to the Company and work with Mr. Benton and the Company's executive management team in shaping strategy, technology and product direction.
Mr. Benton has over 25 years of finance, business, and operational experience, 16 of which have been in senior management positions. Mr. Benton's experience includes a range of leadership positions at companies including, ASMI International NV, eFunds, SoloPower, and Synapsense. Mr. Benton started his career at Arthur Andersen & Co. after receiving his B.A. from the University of Texas. Mr. Benton currently serves on the Board of Directors of Pivotal Systems, Inc., which provides best-in-class monitoring and process control technology for the semiconductor manufacturing industry.
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Pittsburgh Pirates Trade Andrew McCutchen to San Francisco Giants (Giuseppe)
Just 2 days after the Pittsburgh Pirates shipped their ace Geritt Cole off to Huston for a 4-player package, the Bucs decided to launch their inevitable rebuild on Monday when they traded one of the greatest players to ever put on a Pirates uniform to the San Francisco Giants.
#SFGiants have agreed to acquire Andrew McCutchen from the #Pirates, pending a review of medical records, sources tell The Athletic.
Andrew McCutchen came into the 2017-18 offseason as one of the most likely stars to get traded this offseason and it is now official. Andrew McCutchen will be playing out the last year of his contract in San Francisco. The star center fielder will make a total of $14.5 million in this upcoming season, which is great for the Giants who will make a significant upgrade in their struggling outfield for low pay and no long-term commitment. Additionally, unless he signs an extension with San Francisco in 2018, McCutchen will be one of many stars to hit the free agent market in the 2018-19 offseason.
McCutchen has came onto the scene in 2009, in which he came in fourth place in the Rookie of the Year voting behind Tommy Hanson, J.A. Happ, and Chris Coghlan. Little did everyone know, a Pittsburgh icon was born.
The Pirates had suffered 21 consecutive years in which they did not make the playoffs, and in 2013, McCutchen led the Pirates to a playoff berth for the first time in seemingly forever. McCutchen would take home MVP honors in the Pirates' magical 2013 season and would lead them back to the playoffs in 2014 and 2015 before the team came in 3rd place in their division in 2016 and 4th in 2017. Regardless, McCutchen had cemented his legacy as one of the greatest Pirates ever and made baseball in Pittsburgh not only watchable but fun to watch.
McCutchen won 4 Silver Slugger Awards, a Gold Glove, and received 5 All-Star nods in his 9-year Pirates career. In 2017, McCutchen hit .279 with 28 home runs, 88 RBI, and 159 hits. He also amassed an OPS+ of 129 (100 is league average), 2.5 WAR, with a .363 OBP and an OPS of .849.
McCutchen will be sent to San Francisco in return for the Giants' No 4 prospect OF Bryan Reynolds and RHP Kyle Crick. Reynolds hit .312 with 10 home runs and 153 hits in just 121 games for the San Jose Giants in 2017, while Crick made 30 relief appearances in 2017 for the Giants and had an ERA of 3.06.
The Giants have now traded for Evan Longoria and Andrew McCutchen this offseason, showing us that they intend to prove that their mediocre 2017 was a fluke, and while this was a smart move for the Giants, this is a sucker punch to the heart for all Pittsburgh Pirates fans and even Andrew McCutchen who wrote a heartfelt farewell note to all of the fans that had watched him become a Pittsburgh sports icon over the course of the past 9-years.
Pittsburgh.My Home.My Fans.My City. The placed that raised me and helped mold me into the man I am today. You will 4ever be in my heart.A tip of the cap to all who have been on this journey with me. With Love and respect,
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— andrew mccutchen (@TheCUTCH22) January 15, 2018
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nysportstalkrc says:
Great post man. Going to be interesting to see how SF does this season.
Giuseppe Vitulli says:
Thanks! It will certainly be interesting to see whether all of these offseason moves will pay off for the Giants next year. They have already immensely improved their lineup, and I wouldn't count them out in 2018 as far as the Wild Card race is concerned.
Absolutely. McCutchen and Longoria may not be what they once were but they're still very productive. Wildcard isn't far fetched.
Certainly!
Off The Wall Baseball says:
Great post and interesting take. Check out what I think about this move at https://offthewallbaseball.com/giants-acquire-andrew-mccutchen/traventapson/
Thanks, great post, and interesting take as well! It will certainly be interesting to see how the Pirates use McCutchen in this upcoming season!
doubledaydoubletalk says:
Giants have a closing window where Posey is in his prime. These moves are for him as much as anybody.
Certainly, very similar to what the Angels are doing with Trout.
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Lawrence Phoenix (novel), by Stephen Brust The Phoenix (novel), by Henning Boëtius Phoenix IV: The History of the Videogame Industry, by Leonard Herman ==== Periodicals ==== List of periodicals named Phoenix The Phoenix (magazine), Ireland The Phoenix (newspaper), United States' Project Phoenix, codename of the aborted BBC Newsbrief magazine ==== Other literature ==== The Phoenix (play), by Thomas Middleton The Phoenix (Old English poem) The Phoenix, a play by Morgan Spurlock The Phoenix, a poem attributed to Lactantius === Music === ==== Musicians ==== Phoenix (band), a French alternative rock band Transsylvania Phoenix, also known as Phoenix, a Romanian rock band Dave Farrell, American bass guitarist in the band Linkin Park ==== Albums ==== Phoenix (Agathodaimon album) Phoenix (Asia album) Phoenix (Vince Bell album) Phoenix, a 2003 EP by Breaking Pangaea Phoenix (Charlotte Cardin album) Phoenix (Carpark North album) The Phoenix (CKY album) Phoenix (Clan of Xymox album) Phoenix (Classic Crime album) Phoenix (Dreamtale album) Phoenix (Emil Bulls album) Phoenix (Everything in Slow Motion album) The Phoenix (EP), an EP by Flipsyde Phoenix (Dan Fogelberg album) Phoenix (Grand Funk Railroad album) Phoenix: The Very Best of InMe, a 2010 greatest hits collection The Phoenix (Lyfe Jennings album) Phoenix (Just Surrender album) Phoenix (Labelle album) The Phoenix (Mastercastle album) Phoenix (Nocturnal Rites album) Phoenix (Rita Ora album) Phoenix, album by Pink Turns Blue The Phoenix (Raghav album) Phoenix (Warlocks album) Phoenix (EP), by the Warlocks Phoenix (Zebrahead album) === Songs === List of songs named for the phoenix === Television === The Phoenix (1982 TV series), an American science fiction series Phoenix (Australian TV series), an Australian police drama Phoenix (South Korean TV series), a 2004 Korean drama "Phoenix", the 1986 premiere episode of The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers "The Phoenix", a 1995 episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman "Phoenix", a 2003 episode of Smallville "Phoenix" (Breaking Bad), a 2009 episode of Breaking Bad "Phoenix" (NCIS), a 2012 episode of NCIS === Video gaming === Phoenix Engine (disambiguation) Phoenix (video game) Phoenix1, a League of Legends team === Other uses in arts and entertainment === Atlanta from the Ashes (The Phoenix), an Atlanta, Georgia, monument Phoenix Art Museum, the Southwest United States' largest art museum for visual art Phoenix (chess), a fairy chess piece Phoenix (roller coaster) Phoenix, a Looping Starship ride at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay == Business == In business, generally: Phoenix company, a commercial entity which has emerged from the collapse of another through insolvencySpecific businesses named "Phoenix" include: === Airlines === Phoenix Air, an airline operating from Georgia, United States Phoenix Aviation, a UAE-Kyrgyzstan airline === Finance companies === The Phoenix Companies, a Hartford-based financial services company Phoenix Finance, a financial company which attempted to enter into Formula One racing Phoenix Fire Office, a former British insurance company === Media companies === Phoenix (German TV station) Phoenix (St.
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For the past several entries in my column I have covered the fundamentals of practical data modelling techniques. Each of the basic principles of Entity Relationship Modelling has been covered so far, including the idea that all data is relational. This time I will delve into more advanced normalization and de-normalization concepts, extending the Angry Shards game data model example.
In the previous article, I built the start of the Angry Shards game data model, a demonstration database used at CodeFutures. The first few normalized tables – shown in Figure 1 – were built out, including the player, game, and player_game entities.
I'm going to be adding some new cool features to the model, to support a richer game experience for the user – and of course to demonstrate some new data modelling techniques.
Let's add a new feature to the model: support for multiple rounds in the game. This way, as players get better at the game and advance levels, we can track how well they do in each round. To make this more interesting for the player and to encourage competition, let's record the highest score the player achieves, as well as the highest level obtained.
For our initial attempt at this, we will add some columns to the player_game table. To support up to 3 rounds for each game, let's add three new columns to the player_game table: game_round_score_1, game_ round_score _2, and game_round_score_3. Each of these columns will hold the resulting score for that particular round of the game. Similarly, to record the highest level and score, we will add high_level and high_score columns to the player_game table. The new model is shown in Figure 2.
The game is limited to 3 levels, unless we continue adding a new column each time another level is designed in. This is a hassle, and makes the model very inflexible.
It's not easy to track any other information about each round of play without adding multiple columns for each piece of data needed. For example, if we want to know how long it took the player to play a particular round, this approach would acquire 3 additional columns: game_round_time_1, game_ round_time_2, and game_round_time_3. Therefore, as we enrich the game experience, the model will become more and more unwieldy and cluttered – making it harder for the development team to understand as well.
Recording the high_score and high_level on the player_game table is just plan incorrect, as it directly violates the rules of data model normalization.
The reason? Because the high_score and high_level are not related to player_game, but rather belong with player table, since a player can have at most one and only one value for these attributes. Besides breaking theoretical rules, there is a far more practical side to this common error: each time you want to record the high_score and high_level values (at the end of each game), the application must update every player_game row for the player. This is incredibly inefficient as an active player could have 100s of player_game rows, resulting in a large number of updates to the database (and updates are almost always the least efficient operation in a production database).
Given that our objective is a highly flexible model that will support the life of the application and be as easy to work with as possible, we will apply some simple normalization techniques to fix it.
The first step is to move the high_score and high_ level columns to the player table. This associates these columns with the table to which they are truly related, as they can only occur once and only once per player instance.
player_game_round_id: Sequential ID, matching our standard for other tables.
status_code: The status of the round, a numeric code value representing in-progress, complete, abandoned etc.
round_play_time: The length of time it took the player to complete the round.
round_score: The score that the player achieved for the round.
round_level: The level of the game that the round was for.
player_game_id: The foreign key to the immediate parent table (player_game). This allows us to express the relationship of a given player_game instance to its player_game_round instances.
You can see that, after applying our normalization techniques, this version is much improved. Now we can flexibly add as many levels to the game as we like, and track various attributes about how a player does while playing those levels. In addition, we can track the high_score and high_level for each player – very useful information that we can provide to the end user.
It should be obvious that with a little work and thought, database normalization techniques can dramatically improve your data model, making it more flexible, efficient, and much easier to understand by your development group.
Now that we have covered database normalization, what about de-normalization? Why would you want to do this? When do you use it? These are good questions, as at this point in the process you will have likely spent a lot of time and effort normalizing your model.
By de-normalize, we mean breaking some of the database normalization rules, typically duplicating certain data elements in the structure.
Create a special table that joins selected attributes together, providing easy and fast access. This can eliminate some expensive joins for frequently accessed data, making the job of your developers easier at the same time.
Resolve challenging relationship structures, such as a social network graph, and links between entities.
Store pre-computed values for fast access to specific dashboard or statistical information.
These are just a few of the ways you can use de-normalization, providing you with a preliminary understanding of the topic. Next time I will detail some actual de-normalization examples to provide more information on this topic.
In this article, I covered database normalization techniques, and also when to selectively use de-normalization. These approaches make a data model far more meaningful, easier to work with, and increase flexibility – plus help to maximize performance.
Practice in using these techniquees is the best way to learn them inside-and-out – soon you will become a fluent data-modeller, able to apply these concepts to virtually any DBMS. With this knowledge, you'll be well prepared to deal with scaling your data, maintaining a solid structure that can work well in distributed environments.


More than 23 percent of television homes--nearly 26 million--have a hi-def TV set, according to Nielsen. The uptake was attributed to shrinking prices and growing awareness. Indeed, sets that were thousands of bucks a few years ago can now be had for a grand and change. At Amazon's outlet, a 50-inch 1080p Hitachi is priced at $1,400. At the other end of the scale, a 13-inch Haier CRT model can be had for around $100.
The media research company tracks HDTV penetration through its 56 People Metered markets. Washington, D.C. ranked No. 1 with the highest penetration among the 18 largest TV markets, with 31 percent; Boston and New York followed with around 30 percent each. The Motor City, with its inherent car troubles, was at the bottom of the big markets. Detroit clocked in with 21 percent penetration.
Nielsen previously divulged HD reception as well as set penetration, but not this time. In October 2007, 14 percent of TV households had at least one HDTV set, but about 20 percent of that segment didn't have programming in HD through whatever provider they were using. The penetration of HD homes that rely exclusively on over-the-air TV isn't broken out, but TVB's test facility suggests that troubling reception would drive HD owners to a pay TV service.
Sports is the most-watched type of programming in HD--not a revelation, since football was the first thing to be done in HD, and ESPN was the first network out of the gate with an all HD channel. Households with HD sets watched 54 percent more sports than the less privileged standard-def set. Somewhat inexplicably, political programming was the next most popular genre, with a 25 percent hike in HD households.
Roughly one in four households in the United States has an HDTV, but about 20 percent of those who think they're watching HD programming on their HD sets are wrong, says a new study from Leichtman Research Group.
Nielsen says 56 percent of U.S. households now have HDTV sets, but HD viewing continues to lag.
A recent study from Frank N. Magid Associates has found that 28 million U.S. households now have at least one HDTV.


It has been exactly one week since President Donald Trump took his oath of office to become the 45th President of the United States. And in the past week, the man with no experience in politics has done quite a bit as President. To end his first week in office, Trump signed an executive action for the "extreme vetting" of immigrants. But what does "extreme vetting" mean? Its overall definition means that it will not be any easier for immigrants — especially of Muslim descent — to enter this country.
During the swearing-in ceremony for new Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, Trump signed two executive orders — one to rebuild and strengthen the military, according to USA Today, and another to "keep radical islamic terrorists out of the United States of America." This second action will "limit the flow" of immigrants entering the United States through extreme vetting, according to CNN. Vetting is, by definition, to examine something for its validity and authenticity. So what makes Trump's vetting of immigrants so extreme? It is called extreme vetting because it takes a much closer look at who can and can not get into the country. According to CNN, this new executive action will "make good on Trump's promise to tighten borders and halt certain refugees from entering the United States."
We don't want them here. We want to ensure that we are not admitting into our country the very threats our soldiers are fighting overseas. We only want to admit those into our country who will support our country and love deeply our people.
How will Trump begin this vetting process? According to The Washington Post, there will reportedly be a "ban on visas to the United States from several Muslim-majority countries." According to The Guardian a draft of the executive order reportedly included a 120-day ban on refugees resettling into the U.S. and an "indefinite ban" on resettling Syrian refugees. The rest is unknown — according to CNN, the official text for the executive action has not yet been released.
'Extreme vetting' is a euphemism for discrimination against Muslims. Identifying specific countries with Muslim majorities and carving out exceptions for minority religions flies in the face of the constitutional principle that bans the government from either favoring or discriminating against particular religions. Any effort to discriminate against Muslims and other religions runs afoul of the First Amendment.
This is just one of Trump's campaign promises that he is delivering on. During a campaign stop in August, Trump made a promise for the extreme vetting of immigrants. According to The Washington Post, during a speech in Ohio, Trump claimed he would "screen potential immigrants for 'hostile attitudes for our country or its principles" and ban them accordingly.
This executive order is a crack down on immigration policy and just another way of Trump acting on his campaign promises — even if it will effect so many people from entering this country.


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On Friday, May 22, 2015, Governor Hickenlooper signed seven bills into law, and on Tuesday, May 26, 2015, Governor Hickenlooper signed four bills into law. To date, he has signed 252 bills into law this legislative session. The bills signed Friday and Tuesday are summarized here.
HB 15-1321 – Concerning Measures to Support Rural School Districts, and, in Connection Therewith, Making an Appropriation, by Reps. Brittany Pettersen & Jim Wilson and Sens. Kevin Grantham & Kerry Donovan. The bill provides administrative flexibility for funding for small rural school districts.
HB 15-1277 – Concerning Measures to Effectuate the Conservation of Native Species in Colorado, and, in Connection Therewith, Making Appropriations from the Species Conservation Trust Fund for Purposes Recommended by the Department of Natural Resources, by Rep. Ed Vigil and Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg. The bill transfers funds for the purpose of conserving native species that are threatened or endangered.
SB 15-199 – Concerning the Continuation of the Funding for the Habitat Partnership Program in the Division of Parks and Wildlife, by Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg and Rep. Ed Vigil. The bill continues a program that transfers moneys from big game licenses to the Habitat Partnership Cash Fund.
SB 15-226 – Concerning the Education Requirements Necessary to Qualify for a License to Take Wildlife, by Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg and Rep. Ed Vigil. The bill allows the Parks and Wildlife Commission to establish alternatives to a mandatory hunter education course.
HB 15-1315 – Concerning Support for County Veterans Service Officers, by Rep. Su Ryden and Sen. Larry Crowder. The bill eliminates a requirement that counties match DMVA funding for county veterans service officers.
HB 15-1307 – Concerning a Modification in the Definition of the Term "Qualified Commercial Structure" as the Term is Used in the "Colorado Job Creation and Main Street Revitalization Act", by Rep. Daneya Esgar and Sen. Pat Steadman. The bill changes the definition of a qualified commercial structure for purposes of the historic preservation tax credit.
HB 15-1275 – Concerning Measures to Support Enrollment in Career and Technical Education Programs, and, in Connection Therewith, Making an Appropriation, by Rep. Faith Winter and Sens. Rollie Heath & Vicki Marble. The bill clarifies that career and technical course work related to apprenticeship and internship programs may be used for concurrent enrollment.
HB 15-1170 – Concerning Measures to Raise the Level of Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness that Colorado Students Demonstrate upon Graduation from High School, and, in Connection Therewith, Making an Appropriation, by Reps. Tracy Kraft-Tharp & Jim Wilson and Sens. Owen Hill & Rollie Heath. The bill adds a requirement of consideration of college enrollment to statistical performance indicator data.
HB 15-1180 – Concerning the Creation of a State Sales and Use Tax Refund for Tangible Personal Property that is Used in Colorado for Research and Development by a Qualified Medical Technology or Clean Technology Taxpayer, by Reps. Tracy Kraft-Tharp & Jim Wilson and Sens. Rollie Heath & Chris Holbert. The bill creates a sales and use tax refund for equipment used in clean technology and medical device firms with 35 or fewer employees.
HB 15-1230 – Concerning the Creation of the Innovative Industries Workforce Development Program, and, in Connection Therewith, Making an Appropriation, by Reps. Pete Lee & Mike Foote and Sens. Rollie Heath & John Cooke. The bill creates the Innovative Industries Workforce Development Program to reimburse employers with high-level internships and apprenticeships in innovative industries.
HB 15-1276 – Concerning the Creation of a Matching Grant Program to Facilitate Recruitment for Skilled Worker Training Programs, and, in Connection Therewith, Making an Appropriation, by Reps. Dan Pabon & Angela Williams and Sens. John Cooke & Rollie Heath. The bill creates the Skilled Worker Outreach, Recruitment, and Key Training Grant Program to offer grants for training skills that are needed in the workplace and to provide a certificate upon completion.
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Q: Building Gem - InvalidSpecificationException [...] are not files I'm trying to build my own gem but got that error. I think the cause of this is because I change the file name of the gemspec. At first this is my structure:
myapp/
    my-app.gemspec
    documentation.docx
    // other files

Then I change the name and move files which become like:
myapp/
    new-name.gemspec
    doc/
        documentation.docx
    // other files

Note: I already changed all the code including the lib to fit the new name
Then, when I run gem build new-name.gemspec I got this error:
ERROR:  While executing gem ... (Gem::InvalidSpecificationException)
    ["my-app.gemspec", "documentation.docx"] are not files

It still recognizing my old structure instead of the new one.
Any solution?
Thanks

A: Just realized that I must commit my new code to Git first.
Silly me.

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Author: Jacob Lips
Women may fall in love with men who bring them flowers, chocolates, and teddy bears. Well, for animals, material things are not always very exciting. Sometimes, it will take a whole performance for fe... Women may fall in love with men who bring them flowers, chocolates, and teddy bears. Well, for animals, material things are not always very exciting. Sometimes, it will take a whole performance for female animals to actually cave into the males. Here are five exciting courtship displays among animals: Birds Birds are beautiful—with their colorful plumage and graceful wings, who wouldn't fall in love with a bird? But for female birds, looks are not enough. Male birds have to do a whole song-and-dance performance in order to attract the opposite sex. Albatrosses use their large wings to flap and dance around while trying to tap their beak on to their prospective mate. Red-crowned cranes almost look like they do the capoeira when flirting with their mate. The male blue manakins perform together to attract a group of females. To learn more about the elaborate courtship dances among birds, check this out. Snails How snails show their love for another is not going to fly among people. When a snail finds a partner, they stab them with the appendage found on their head. It is known as the love dart. The stabbing process releases sperm to the partner. In people, that would be considered rape. But the snail kingdom has its own mating ritual that people couldn't relate to. Perhaps they find human courtship just as weird. Snails use the pronoun "they" because they are hermaphrodites. Black widow spider Mating among black widow spiders is extremely dangerous for the males. The female black widow is generally bigger. She usually eats her male counterpart during sex. That is why the insect is named black widow. But it is their nature, so the male doesn't fight the female. It would seem that intimacy becomes longer if the male allows himself to be eaten by the female black widow. The longer the sex, the more sperm to fill the female. In other words, the male black widow sacrifices himself in order to ensure more black widows in the future. His sexual suicide will not be in vain. Porcupines Female porcupines are only in heat for a maximum of half a day every year. So their male counterparts don't really have a lot of leeways to mate with them. As such, the males have to go to great lengths in order to copulate. It doesn't sound pretty tough—if you're human. When a female porcupine is in heat, the male porcupines can smell it. The first male to see the female should immediately mark her by drenching her in his urine. The urine is emitted through "a high-speed projectile," according to experts. Mice Do you know how Mickey Mouse loves to sing? Well, it turns out it is not something that is just made for the animated program. Mice really do love to sing, especially if the male is trying to woo his own Minnie Mouse. According to researchers, a male mouse would sing a unique song that is described as high-pitched. It has to be a unique song or the female wouldn't bother with him. There you have it, five different animals and five different courtship styles. There is really a lot to learn about animals so it is important that people do their job in preserving them and their habitat. This is exactly what Manakin Dance aims to achieve in its organization. The company sells T-shirts, hoodies, and bags in a bid to educate people about the environment while also directly helping out in terms of wilderness protection. A tenth of the profit that the company makes will go to the World Wildlife Fund. Source: Free Articles from ArticlesFactory.com Jacob Lips Author and Founder of Manakin DanceA company created to help push environmental causes to take its name from the interesting mating ritual of the manakins. Manakin Dance aims to bring the public's attention to three causes related to environmental protection: climate change, animal trafficking, and habitat destruction.


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An Investigation Into the Prevalence of Food Hypersensitivity Amongst Children in the Early Years Service in Ireland
Ruta Patel, Technological University Dublin
Public and environmental health
Successfully submitted for the award of Master of Science in Food Safety Management in 2020
In the early years services in Ireland, the study studied the prevalence of hypersensitivity to food and the associated food among children between the aging of 0 and 12. Participants were 980 EYS recorded with the State and Department of Education of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland during 2019. In the descriptive-analytical report, the management guideline for answering these questions by the EYS was circulated electronically via emails and included information regarding class, age, food hypersensitivity and food that induce hypersensitivity among children. Results on the prevalence of allergens to Food and Coeliac diseases and current policies to control them are discussed. In this research, it was found that nearly half of the male children are suffering from food hypersensitivity–be it Food Allergy, Coeliac disease, any kind of Food Intolerance and around 40% of the female children with and the experience of food hypersensitivity. Facilities with the same expertise are making a lot of commitment and are attributing their know-how on dietary allergens. Northern Ireland beat the Republic of Ireland by contributing more than 70% in data analysis.
https://doi.org/10.21427/s57a-g581
Patel, R. (2020). An investigation into the prevalence of food hypersensitivity amongst children in the early years service in Ireland. Masters dissertation. Technological University Dublin. doi:10.21427/s57a-g581
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