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#include <uv.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <string.h>

static uv_loop_t *loop;
static uv_tcp_t server;

/*
 * Stores everything about a request
 */
struct client_request_data
{
    time_t start;
    char *text;
    size_t text_len;
    char *response;
    int work_started;
    uv_tcp_t *client;
    uv_work_t *work_req;
    uv_write_t *write_req;
    uv_timer_t *timer;
};

/* Allocate buffers as requested by UV */
static void alloc_buffer(uv_handle_t *handle, size_t size, uv_buf_t *buf)
{
    char *base;
    base = (char *)calloc(1, size);
    if (!base)
        *buf = uv_buf_init(NULL, 0);
    else
        *buf = uv_buf_init(base, size);
}

/* Callback to free the handle */
static void on_close_free(uv_handle_t *handle)
{
    free(handle);
}
/*
 * Callback for freeing up all resources allocated for request
 */
static void close_data(struct client_request_data *data)
{
    if (!data)
        return;
    if (data->client)
        uv_close((uv_handle_t *)data->client, on_close_free);
    if (data->work_req)
        free(data->work_req);
    if (data->write_req)
        free(data->write_req);
    if (data->timer)
        uv_close((uv_handle_t *)data->timer, on_close_free);
    if (data->text)
        free(data->text);
    if (data->response)
        free(data->response);
    free(data);
}
/*
 *  Callback for when the TCP write is complete
 */
static void on_write_end(uv_write_t *req, int status)
{
    struct client_request_data *data;
    data = req->data;
    close_data(data);
}
/*
 * Callback for post completion of the work associated with the
 * request
 */
static void after_process_command(uv_work_t *req, int status)
{
    struct client_request_data *data;
    data = req->data;
    uv_buf_t buf = uv_buf_init(data->response, strlen(data->response) + 1);
    data->write_req = malloc(sizeof(*data->write_req));
    data->write_req->data = data;
    uv_timer_stop(data->timer);
    uv_write(data->write_req, (uv_stream_t *)data->client,
             &buf, 1, on_write_end);
}
/*
 * Callback for doing the actual work.
 */
static void process_command(uv_work_t *req)
{
    struct client_request_data *data;
    data = req->data;
    // Do the actual time-consuming request processing here
    data->response = strdup("Hello World, work's done\n");
}

/* Callback for read function, called multiple times per request */
static void read_cb(uv_stream_t *stream, ssize_t nread, const uv_buf_t *buf)
{
    uv_tcp_t *client;
    struct client_request_data *data;
    char *tmp;
    client = (uv_tcp_t *)stream;
    data = stream->data;
    if (nread == -1 || nread == UV_EOF)
    {
        free(buf->base);
        uv_timer_stop(data->timer);
        close_data(data);
    }
    else
    {
        if (!data->text)
        {
            data->text = malloc(nread + 1);
            memcpy(data->text, buf->base, nread);
            data->text[nread] = '\0';
            data->text_len = nread;
        }
        else
        {
            tmp = realloc(data->text, data->text_len + nread + 1);
            memcpy(tmp + data->text_len, buf->base, nread);
            tmp[data->text_len + nread] = '\0';
            data->text = tmp;
            data->text_len += nread;
        }

        fprintf(stdout, "%s", data->text);

        free(buf->base);
        if (!data->work_started && data->text_len &&
            (strstr(data->text, "\r\n") || strstr(data->text, "\n\n")))
        {
            data->work_req =
                malloc(sizeof(*data->work_req));
            data->work_req->data = data;
            data->work_started = 1;
            uv_read_stop(stream);
            uv_queue_work(loop, data->work_req,
                          process_command,
                          after_process_command);
        }
    }
}

/* Callback for the timer which signifies a timeout */
static void client_timeout_cb(uv_timer_t *handle)
{
    struct client_request_data *data;
    data = (struct client_request_data *)handle->data;
    uv_timer_stop(handle);
    if (data->work_started)
        return;
    close_data(data);
}

/* Callback for handling the new connection */
static void connection_cb(uv_stream_t *server, int status)
{
    struct client_request_data *data;
    /* if status not zero there was an error */
    if (status == -1)
    {
        return;
    }
    data = calloc(1, sizeof(*data));
    data->start = time(NULL);
    uv_tcp_t *client = malloc(sizeof(uv_tcp_t));
    client->data = data;
    data->client = client;
    /* initialize the new client */
    uv_tcp_init(loop, client);
    if (uv_accept(server, (uv_stream_t *)client) == 0)
    {
        /* start reading from stream */
        uv_timer_t *timer;
        timer = malloc(sizeof(*timer));
        timer->data = data;
        data->timer = timer;
        uv_timer_init(loop, timer);
        uv_timer_set_repeat(timer, 1);
        uv_timer_start(timer, client_timeout_cb, 10000, 20000);
        uv_read_start((uv_stream_t *)client, alloc_buffer, read_cb);
    }
    else
    {
        /* close client stream on error */
        close_data(data);
    }
}

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
    loop = uv_default_loop();
    struct sockaddr_in addr;
    uv_ip4_addr("0.0.0.0", 9999, &addr);

    /* initialize the server */
    uv_tcp_init(loop, &server);
    /* bind the server to the address above */
    uv_tcp_bind(&server, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, 0);
    int r = uv_listen((uv_stream_t *)&server, 128,
                      connection_cb);
    if (r)
    {
        return fprintf(stderr, "Error on listening: %s.\n",
                       uv_strerror(r));
    }
    /* execute all tasks in queue */
    return uv_run(loop, UV_RUN_DEFAULT);
}


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Q: using cython to generate a unix timestamp If you have every integer in memory to construct a datetime object, is there a better way than the following.
atoi(datetime(year,month,day,hour,minute,second).stftime("%s"))

A: You can use time.mktime() together with datetime.timetuple():
dt = datetime.datetime(year, month, day, hour, minute, second)
unix_time = time.mktime(dt.timetuple())

Or, if you don't need the datetime object, you can construct a 9-tuple compatible with time.struct_time and pass it directly to mktime():
time_tuple = (year, month, day, hour, minute, second, day_of_week, day_in_year, dst)
unix_time = time.mktime(time_tuple)

Note that time.mktime() does not take into account day_of_week and day_in_year, so feel free to set them to -1.
You may also set dst to -1, indicating that mktime should automatically determine whether DST is in effect.

Using Cython, you can also construct a struct tm and pass it directly to mktime(3):
from libc.time cimport tm, mktime

cdef tm time_tuple = {
    'tm_sec': second,
    'tm_min': minute,
    'tm_hour': hour,
    'tm_mday': day,
    'tm_mon': month - 1,
    'tm_year': year - 1900,
    'tm_wday': day_of_week,
    'tm_yday': day_in_year,
    'tm_isdst': dst,
    'tm_zone': NULL,
    'tm_gmtoff': 0,
}
unix_time = mktime(&time_tuple)

This is exactly what happens behind the scenes when you call time.mktime() in Python.
Again, tm_wday/day_of_week and tm_yday/day_in_year are ignored and dst may be -1.

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text:
from __future__ import unicode_literals
import sqlite3
import click

sql = '''create table if not exists users(
    id integer primary key autoincrement,
    name varchar(30)
    )
'''

@click.group()
def cli():
    pass

@cli.command(short_help='initialize database and tables')
def init_db():
    conn = sqlite3.connect('test.db')
    cur = conn.cursor()
    cur.execute(sql)
    conn.commit()
    conn.close()

@cli.command(short_help='fill records to database')
@click.option('--total', '-t', default=310, help='fill data for example')
def fill_data(total):
    conn = sqlite3.connect('test.db')
    cur = conn.cursor()
    for i in range(total):
        cur.execute('insert into users (name) values (?)', ['name' + str(i)])

    conn.commit()
    conn.close()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    cli()

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I've been fortunate for seventeen years to be a dad for three boys who are now men, and a daughter-in-law : Chris, and his wife Mandy, now expecting their first child; Tommy, and Matt. My amazing wife did all the work raising them solo for most of the thirteen, eleven and nine years, respectively until I had the privilege of marrying into the family.
Many of the fathers being honored today, Sunday the 17th of June, chose to marry and be awesome husbands and fathers, learning from mistakes – there is no instruction manual for child-rearing (the principles laid out in the Bible are very instructive but need help and support to put into practice); however, in the present day, many are amazing dads by modeling what they learn from other dads.
Other dads chose to become adoptive dads, uniting their family regardless of DNA or origins and be loving and dedicated "Dad" to their children – all of them. And their families reflect that dedication, from generation to generation. Now sometimes these adoptive dads have initial practice through raising children, and learn with each new mouth to feed.
But sometimes, people have the opportunity thrust upon them, to be husbands and fathers of older children, and hope for the day these children embrace him as "dad", or "Pops" or "dude". And it is for this reason, that I can understand the special joy that the Creator and Father of all Mankind, has for each of us who love and embrace our Heavenly Father. It is a relationship that one chooses- even if it is really already there.
In honor of my own father with whom I had a difficult relationship for many years, due his illness and recovery, dysfunctional family dynamics, divorce and my own ignorance. Passing away younger than I myself am this year, my Dad has been missed now for 29 Father's Days.
What a beautiful family. Hope your Fathers Day left you feeling loved and appreciated. It sure looks like it in the pictures.
Thank you for your kind words! I'm trying these days to be much more fit. Like that young guy i was in my wedding pictures my wife shared in her blog!


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Q: How to install first project after build in qmake subfolder template? I have a qtcreator project with subfolder template. The folders looks like this:
mainProject/
   mainProject.pro
   staticLib/
      (bunch of .cpp and .h files)
      staticLib.pro
   testApp/
      main.cpp
      testApp.pro

And the mainProject.pro file:
TEMPLATE = subdirs
CONFIG += ordered

SUBDIRS = staticLib \
          testApp

testApp.depends = staticLib

I would like to install the static library so I added the install option in the staticLib.pro file:
headersDataFiles.path = $$LIBPATH/include
headersDataFiles.files = $$PWD/*.h
INSTALLS += headersDataFiles

libraryFiles.path = $$LIBPATH/lib
Debug:libraryFiles.files = $$OUT_PWD/debug/*.a
Release:libraryFiles.files = $$OUT_PWD/release/*.a
INSTALLS += libraryFiles

The problem is when I build the project in Qtcreator, it builds the static lib and then the application without running make install first, so the build for the app fails. And Qtcreator only lets me add build steps after qmake_all (which build both projects without installing the lib first).
So the question is, is there any way I could build staticLib project, install it and then build testApp?
EDIT: The testApp project can always be linked to the library from the output directory of the first project. But I would like to move the .a and headers files to other folder to keep the project organized. The testApp building failure it's not the problem. Sorry for the misunderstood.

A: I don't like the idea of adding steps in Qt creator (if it's no the only way, of course) as they are not persistent over different dev environments AFAIK. For example, you will need to add this step in Qt Creator each time you download/clone code from repository on another machine.
The way we've done it on Windows (however, it should work for other platforms also) is via the QMAKE_POST_LINK and $$QMAKE_COPY (pre-define qmake cross-platform copy command):
FILES_TO_COPY = $$DESTDIR/staticLib.a <path to your header1> <path to your header2>

or if you prefer:
FILES_TO_COPY = $$DESTDIR/staticLib.a
FILES_TO_COPY += <path to your header1>
FILES_TO_COPY += <path to your header2>

You can use vars like $$PWD, to not hardcode full path to headers, and then
DESTINATION_DIR = $$shell_quote($$shell_path("/put/it/here/"))
for (FILE, FILES_TO_COPY)
{
    FILE_PATH = $$shell_quote($$shell_path($$FILE))
    QMAKE_POST_LINK += $$QMAKE_COPY $$FILE_PATH $$DESTINATION_DIR $$escape_expand(\\n)
}

UPD: If you have all needed headers in one directory, you can use QMAKE_COPY_DIR instead of QMAKE_COPY.
Also, if you plan to build it on one specific platform, you could omit the $$shel_quote/$$shell_path and just write the correct paths.

A: Or if install is what you want, you can just add
QMAKE_POST_LINK=$(MAKE) install

to your .pro file


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The vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said his party is challenging the outcome of the February 23 presidential election because it was a "monumental" fraud.
Mr. Obi said this in a statement on Tuesday, noting that the decision of Atiku Abubakar, PDP presidential candidate, to challenge the election result in court is in line with democratic principles.
The former Anambra State governor said challenging the election result in court is the most civilised way to seek redress and grow the country's democracy.
Acording to him, Atiku has always stood for democracy.
"By challenging the fraud, we have decided to deepen democracy the civilised way as a party and a people that believe in the rule of law," he said.
Obi added that letting the election result to go unchallenged would have been "suicidal".
Atiku had on Monday filed a petition before the presidential election tribunal asking it to declare him the authentic winner or, in te alternative, cancel the election.


A Simple Meat & Cheese Plate.
This is a great plate to make if you're entertaining friends for the holidays or even if you're having a lazy afternoon at home. You can have nibbles and tastes without eating too much. Of course, the flavors are great with wine, too! This plate features Italian dry salame, a trio of Spanish cheese (Iberico, Manchego & Cabri al Vino), roasted gorgonzola crackers and reduced-fat tortilla chips. I chose three different types of olives: gherkin stuffed green olives, green Cerignolas and pitted green olives. Delicious!
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City Council Approves Climate Emergency Resolution
City of Tacoma » In the News » City Council Approves Climate Emergency Resolution
Tanisha Jumper, Media and Communications, tjumper@cityoftacoma.org, (253) 591-5152
Stacy Ellifritt, Media and Communications, stacy.ellifritt@cityoftacoma.org, (253) 591-2005
The Tacoma City Council passed Resolution No. 40509 on Tuesday, December 10, declaring a climate emergency in Tacoma, and affirming Council's support of initiatives that mitigate impacts.
The Puyallup Tribal Council also passed a resolution on December 10, declaring a climate emergency in Tacoma. These resolutions affirm each government's mutual interests to address a regionally comprehensive and coordinated effort to combat climate change.
"By passing this resolution, the City of Tacoma has both declared a climate emergency and defined concrete actions to be taken in response. Among the many issues addressed, the City is committed to updating our Environmental Action Plan to reflect the urgency of climate change while defining a pathway to reaching the City's carbon reduction goals by 2050," said Mayor Victoria Woodards. "To our youth who have spoken up on this issue, we heard the issues you raised at the Climate Strike. Your voice is powerful, and I hope you will stay engaged on this important issue."
The City's Environmental Action Plan (EAP) will be updated by April 2021. This resolution directs the EAP to include a more significant focus on climate and environmental justice initiatives. The resolution also calls for City staff to receive education and engagement on climate issues. This will include employee trainings on climate science and equity to ensure awareness of how climate change impacts the delivery of services to the community and capital improvements.
"In consultation with local youth leaders, I am excited to offer this resolution as a major milestone to address the urgent need for action towards reducing our greenhouse gas emissions and to do everything in our power as policymakers and the community to achieve this goal," said Council Member Ryan Mello. "We no longer have the luxury to make progress incrementally – the threats demand urgent and unprecedented action and that is what this resolution works to achieve."
For more information on the EAP, visit cityoftacoma.org/EAP or contact (253) 591-5172 or email sustainability@cityoftacoma.org.


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The secret to this kind of training is the quality of the aromatic extracts. They must accurately portray not just the aroma of a freshly poured drink, but must change over time to reflect the changes that happen after time in the glass.
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Dr. Dodd was long the only professional perfumer with a university post, lecturing in chemistry at the University of Warwick and directing its Institute of Olfactory Research. He has collaborated in the creation of hundreds of consumer products, both ingestible and not. Along with his conventional work blending aromas for soaps and colognes, Dr. Dodd has explored the power of smell in other, less conventional ways. For example, he supplied the aromatic materials for a smell-based art exhibit that toured the United Kingdom.
It is Dr. Dodd's exceedingly well-developed nose that detects nuances most of us never will, enabling the re-creation of the precise aromas that make a drink distinctive — whether it's the soft touch of roasted nuts in Scotch or the chamomile in a craft gin.


Most athletes know the importance of how to prepare for glory, I am not necessarily one of those individuals. Don't get me wrong, I always want to win on tournament day but more times than not, fun gets in the way. Knowing this, I don't try too hard by overthinking it, I know better. For me it comes down to your head and controlling your mental game. Face it, we all have amazing shots and if you can keep that thought in your head during the tournament you will play well. Of course that is easier said than done but all you need to do is get that stuck in your head: reset before every shot, breathe, and execute. Hopefully then you will have all the fun you need to never stop playing this game that will always give back when played properly between the ears.


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Home » Opinion » Profiles in Cowardice
Profiles in Cowardice
Marc Elias,
Shortly before John F. Kennedy's book about courage in the United States Senate was released, he wrote an extraordinary essay in the New York Times Magazine that sought to explain the cross-pressures elected leaders feel as they formulate positions. If Profiles in Courage sought to demonstrate what political courage is, Kennedy's essay offered insights into why some politicians display courage while others do not.
Kennedy rejected the romanticized notion that leaders demonstrate political courage solely because they "love the public better than themselves." To the contrary, political courage often stems from politicians' love of themselves, because they "need to maintain their own respect for themselves" and "because their desire to maintain a reputation for integrity is stronger than their desire to maintain his office."
As for those without any political courage, Kennedy concluded: "It is when the politician loves neither the public good nor himself or when his love for himself is limited and is satisfied by the trappings of office, that the public interest is badly served."
I was brought back to this delicate contradiction, of political courage relying on a commitment to democracy or a deep level of egotism mixed with self-preservation, while working through Texas's failed bid to the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse the election results.
When Ken Paxton, the indicted Attorney General of Texas who is facing a new federal investigation, brought this frivolous lawsuit in the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate the 2020 elections in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, people understood his likely motivation: to win a pardon by currying favor with Donald Trump.
In an odd way, I found solace in the fact that at least I could understand Paxton's motivations: they were purely transactional.
But no similar bargain, however corrupt, could explain the behavior of the 17 other sycophantic state attorneys general who quickly followed Texas's lead. It is as if they didn't get the joke—Paxton wasn't filing this lawsuit to win, he was filing it to get a pardon. While these other 17 attorneys general presumably didn't need pardons, they blindly followed along, walking right past democratic norms, the expressed will of their voters and their own legacies and self-respect.
There is a Yiddish saying that a schlemiel is somebody who spills his soup and a schlimazel is the person it lands on. In this lawsuit, Paxton was the schlemiel. The other 17 AGs were definitely the schlimazel.
Even worse were the 126 Republican members of Congress who then added their names to this same effort. The 17 attorneys general could maybe claim that they were participating in this farce as their states' chief lawyers. The 126 Republican members of Congress were, like court jesters, just there to bow and scrape in front of Dear Leader for his amusement.
If life were a movie, the Republicans' humiliating display of self-loathing would end with a Republican politician boldly standing up to the president and showing political courage. But this is not a movie and Republican leaders failed us on the national stage.
However, we saw a few glimpses of the types of political courage Kennedy described from two other groups.
The first were judges. Most judges care enormously about their reputations for integrity. They are used to being called "Your Honor" and having people stand up when they enter and exit the room. Their desire to be perceived as independent guardians of the law was powerful motivation to stand up for democracy against the buffoonery that Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell and others displayed in their courtrooms.
The second group were the local election workers and officials who took pride in the work that they did and the elections they ran. They were not willing to disparage their efforts and their communities simply to please a defeated candidate. They had too much pride for that. They are the real heroes of this election.
Some will suggest that there were some high-profile Republican leaders who showed courage. While a few members of Congress, for example, recognized that Joe Biden was the president-elect when he was in fact the president-elect, that is not courage—that is merely accepting reality. And while their colleagues were trying to disenfranchise millions, they largely stayed silent. Their inaction will forever be etched in the national memory.
It would be wrong to say that this perverse lack of political courage is solely a symptom of Trumpism and that the Republican Party will somehow revert back to the Party of Lincoln at noon on January 20th. It won't, and we would be naive to think so. We will continue to see an anti-democratic agenda leveraged through regressive policies, tactics, and other craven acts.
Those of us who care about democracy can no longer afford to rely on the type of political courage Kennedy described in 1955. We must go further to display our own political courage by proposing and implementing new solutions to tackle these grave problems and not allow what Martin Luther King Jr. called "the appalling silence of the good people" to take hold without repercussions.
If, instead, we ignore the cowardice of these political leaders for another two or four years, we too will have failed to love both the public good and ourselves.
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July 27, 2014 News » National
New York Times Calls For Legalization of Marijuana
The publication compared the federal ban on cannabis to Prohibition.
By GlobalPost
The New York Times called for the legalization of marijuana on Saturday, comparing the federal ban on cannabis to Prohibition.
In an editorial, the prestige publication said marijuana laws disproportionately impact young black men and that addiction and dependence are "relatively minor problems" especially compared with alcohol and tobacco.
"It took 13 years for the United States to come to its senses and end Prohibition, 13 years in which people kept drinking, otherwise law-abiding citizens became criminals and crime syndicates arose and flourished," the newspaper said.
"It has been more than 40 years since Congress passed the current ban on marijuana, inflicting great harm on society just to prohibit a substance far less dangerous than alcohol. The federal government should repeal the ban on marijuana."
Noting that the editorial board reached its conclusion after much discussion, The Times described the social costs of marijuana laws as "vast."
Citing FBI figures showing there were 658,000 arrests for marijuana possession in 2012 — far higher than for cocaine, heroin and their derivatives — it said "the result is racist, falling disproportionately on young black men, ruining their lives and creating new generations of career criminals."
While advocating for a ban on marijuana sales to those under 21, the paper also said the "moderate use of marijuana does not appear to pose a risk for otherwise healthy adults."
The editorial, titled "Repeal Prohibition, Again," kicks off a series of stories about the issue and invites readers to weigh in.
The call comes just weeks after recreational pot sales began in Washington, making the western US state just the second after Colorado to allow people to buy marijuana with no medical requirement.
Also earlier this month, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill making New York the 23rd state to legalize marijuana for medical use.
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Ford Kenya national organising secretary for youths David Wakoli has questioned the motive by the county government of Bungoma to axe casuals who were inherited from the defunct local authorities of their duties.
Wakoli was addressing the press in his office recently where he said that those who are mostly affected are the ones tasked to ensure Bungoma town and its environs is clean, saying that others have not received their salaries for the past two months.
He told the press that he had received complaints from the affected workers last week, arguing that the youths were subjected to the biometric data registration exercise and it was ascertained that they were county government workers but were now being sacked since they are now regarded as ghost workers.
"These youths have been casuals for the last 10 years and were inherited from county council. How come they are now being sacked in the name of ghost workers?" Wakoli lamented.
He said others were being threatened to face the same axe given the fact that they do not have political godfathers at the county government in a bid to get employed, alleging that others were being asked to part with money so as to get employed permanently.
"I have been reliably informed that others are being asked to bring their political godfathers so as to be employed permanently after parting with bribes to those in charge of the whole exercise. Where do they take the salary which they are paid from the public coffers money," posed Wakoli.
The Ford Kenya youthwing asked Bungoma governor Kenneth Lusaka to come out clean and tell Bungoma residents as to why his government was laying off casuals yet he publicly assured them that workers from the defunct local authority will not be sacked after ascending to the helm of power.
Wakoli told Lusaka to review his decision of sacking Bungoma youths notwithstanding the fact that they overwhelmingly voted for him during the contentious March 4 2013 general election, arguing they woke up as early as 4.00am to clean the town but the county government was only mistreating them.
Elsewhere, Bungoma senator spokesperson also took issue with MBSI security services managing director Wanyonyi Waswa to ensure he pays the security guards manning the county government offices, adding that failure to which, he will have no alternative but to rise up an help them demand for their rights.
Efforts to reach Lusaka were futile as he was not picking our calls nor replying to our text messages whereas Waswa was so rude to the press when called for comments, where he said that there is no media house in Bungoma that can summon him to comment on petty issues.


Victoria Pericon, founder of SavvyMommy.com featured Zoobies™ last year for the segment titled "Parent Tools" on CBS News in New York City. The segment featured several products that highlighted some of the latest products that makes parenting a little easier. Zoobies™ the plush animals that transform into pillows and blankets.
Zoobies™ was started by two young brothers who wanted to produce something "new, innovative; and extremely cuddly; something that would be both fun for kids and handy for parents at home and on the road", says founder, JC Smoot. The patented Zoobies™ concept is the only plush animal concept out there that turns into both a pillow and blanket. After designing 12 animals for the brand new 2007 Safari Collection and unveiling them at the 2007 TIA Toy Fair in New York, they realized they were on to something big. Less than 5 months later they are in hundreds of boutique & gift shops across the country, distributing internationally, and have won three awards in addition to the Seal of Approval from Savvy Mommy.
Zoobies™ U.S. office is located in Provo, Utah. The Safari Line is the first of several that will be released down the road. The wholesale price is currently $14. They have been extremely successful with retailers like Jim Davis of Kids Center in Tucson Arizona who sold over 200 his first two months of carrying Zoobies™.
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Balaji Gopalan
Co-Founder and CEO at MedStack
Balaji Gopalan is the Co-Founder and CEO at MedStack, an-out-of-the-box privacy compliance solution for digital health startups. Prior to that, he launched the BlackBerry BBM service and led platform strategy at D2L, Nymi and EventMobi. Balaji is an expert in product management and software platform ecosystem design, and a well-respected startup educator, advisor and mentor. He is an advocate for the role of ecosystems in industry transformation and in tackling tough problems like improving healthcare.
Éliane Ubalijoro
Deputy Executive Director (Programmes), GODAN
Dr. Éliane Ubalijoro is GODAN's Partnerships and Research Lead. She is the founder and Executive Director of the International Development consulting group, CLEAR. She holds the post of Professor of Practice for Public and Private Sector Partnerships at McGill University's Institute for the Study of International Development and has contributed to and authored numerous academic publications.
Dr Ubalijoro is a fellow of the African Academy of Sciences. She is a member of Rwanda's National Science and Technology Council, having been a member of the Presidential Advisory Council for Rwandan President Paul Kagame, a member of the Board of Trustees of WWF International, the International Digital Monetary Council and the Ducere Global faculty.
Éliane is passionate about the question of gender equality in STEM subjects. She has been named Chair of the Scientific Program Committee for the Next Einstein Forum 2020, is a member of the 2020 Gender Summit Advisory Committee and sits on the Advisory Panel of the open-access Scientific African Journal published by the NEF. Dr Ubalijoro is also widely experienced in the health and nutrition sector, having acted as final paper advisor for the International Masters for Health Leadership, and been heavily involved in the International HIV/AIDS Alliance. She project managed a Gates Foundation project in Global Health, after which she was invited to act as reviewer for the Grand Challenges Canada Stars in Global Health programme. She also held the position of Chair of the International Advisory Board of the African Institute of Biomedical Science and Technology.
Howard Manis
Partner at Macdonald Sager Manis LLP
Howard F. Manis has been practicing bankruptcy and insolvency law (creditors' and debtors' rights) and commercial litigation since his call to the Bar in 1993.
He provides legal advice to trustees in bankruptcy, receivers, banks and other financial institutions, landlords, trade suppliers and debtors (both corporate and individuals) in all aspects of insolvency law, including bankruptcy, proposals, reorganizations and restructurings, enforcement of security, and in protecting rights outside of insolvency proceedings. His practice also comprises secured and unsecured debt enforcement for private and institutional lenders and manufacturers and distributors in the sporting goods industry.
In addition, Howard has a strong commercial litigation expertise where he regularly acts for both plaintiffs and defendants on behalf of corporations and private individuals in a wide range of sophisticated commercial disputes, including but not limited to, securities issues, shareholder disputes and interpretations of business agreements.
Howard regularly gives seminars on a wide range of topics in his areas of practice.
Howard has three daughters and loves spending quality time with his family. He is actively involved in many sports including spinning, baseball, and hockey, and recently competed in the Maccabiah Games in Israel, where he won a Silver Medal with Team Canada. Having been born and raised in Montreal, Howard is also a lifelong, die-hard Habs fan.
Solina Teav
Investment Manager at Grand Challenges Canada
Solina is an Investment Manager at Grand Challenges Canada (GCC) where she guides investments through the funding cycle. Prior to joining GCC, she worked with Akipeo to develop a fund targeting sustainable agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa. She has also advised a number of Toronto based impact start-ups including Tickit Health and Ulula. Ms. Teav transitioned to impact based work from her role as an Associate Director in Debt Origination at Scotiabank where she led and supported the sourcing, structuring and execution of private and public debt offerings across multiple sectors. She spent her early career in capital markets working across multiple asset classes with a focus on origination.
Founder and president of Landmark Consulting Group
Ted Fujimoto is the founder and president of Landmark Consulting Group since 1994. Landmark clients are leadership teams in the entertainment, healthcare, education, insurance and real estate sectors representing a mix of some of the top worldwide recognized brands and emerging companies. Landmark helps these clients redesign their organization to be prepared for moments of opportunity or crisis. Over the decades, Landmark has worked with teams from LVMH, Remy Martin, Air Touch Communications (now part of Verizon), General Motors, Sony, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Walton Family Foundation, among others.
Landmark's driving motivation is the level of impact clients have been able to achieve directly from the assistance provided with $500 million in philanthropy awarded to clients, over $1.5 billion in investment capital deployed, over 700 public schools redesigned representing 350,000 students, deployment of new mobile phone networks in 58 countries, launch of insurance captives that outperformed their peers and a job creation plan that resulted in 100,000 new jobs in 10 years for an island. Ted is an entrepreneur at heart and at age 18 founded his first company that began by designing and implementing logistics, customer relationship management and financial systems.
Shortly thereafter, Ted sold his first company and became an equity partner in a consulting firm that had a 35+ year track record of redesigning the customer retail network experience for 11 automotive and hospitality brands worldwide. The magic in the firm's methodology was how organizations can systematically create, replicate and sustain a completely different culture by changing the mindset of team members and the motivational drivers from extrinsic to intrinsic.
He serves on the board of the California Credit Union, a $3 billion credit union which recently completed the largest merger of equals in credit union history.
Inventor and entrepreneur with patents
Wayne Fromm is a successful inventor and entrepreneur with patents in the U.S. and other countries to his credit. Included among his creations include Disney's Aladdin Magic Lamp", "Crayola's Colour and Show Projector", "Saban's Power Ranger Room Defender" and "Nestle's Nesquik Magic Milkshake Maker" and what is now known internationally as the "selfie stick".
Wayne speaks at a number of colleges and universities, including participant for four years at the MIT Endicott campus Birthing of Giants program sponsored by INC Magazine and the Young Entrepreneur's Organization.
Fromm's business enterprises and associations have been reported in the media including Entrepreneur Magazine, Inventor's Digest, Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, Investor's Daily News, CNN, Business Week, Toronto Star, Financial Post, Globe and Mail, New York Post and CTV Biography. Fromm has licensed to many global companies including Nestle Foods, Crayola and the Walt Disney Company. Wayne was mentored by the late Jack L. Kamin, co-founder of the multi-billion dollar company Cadillac-Fairview.
Dr. Peter Szyszlo
Independent consultant and scholar
Dr. Peter Szyszlo is a seasoned practitioner and scholar in the field of international higher education. He holds a PhD from the School of International Development and Global Studies at the University of Ottawa. Furthermore, he was the first candidate to successfully complete the doctoral program in the inaugural cohort. His research and professional interests include: globalization, the knowledge society/economy/diplomacy, academic internationalization, education for development, innovation transfer and mapping institutional change.
In addition to holding senior advisory positions at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences - Next Einstein Initiative and the University of Ottawa, Dr. Szyszlo was a visiting scholar at the University of Bologna, a consultant for the Partnership for Higher Education in Africa, a NATO research fellow and a visiting faculty fellow at the Soros Foundation. He currently serves on the editorial board of the Scientific African journal.
Ilona Dougherty
Managing Director of Youth & Innovation Project at University of Waterloo
Ilona is the Co-creator and Managing Director of the Youth & Innovation Project at the University of Waterloo. She is an award-winning social innovator and a regular voice in the Canadian media advising business, civil society and government on how they can tap into the value and unique abilities of young people. She has extensive leadership and governance experience having co-founded several successful organizations. In 2004, she Co-founded Apathy is Boring, a non-partisan social enterprise that educates Canadian youth about democracy and encourages them to vote. Ilona was named an Ashoka Fellow in 2009, was a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012, and one of the Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada by the Women's Executive Network in 2015.
Siddharth Vishwanathan
Siddharth is a digital marketing expert who has managed large scale budget, teams and campaigns across financial services as well as retail. He has also managed a digital marketing agency in Canada. He has also spent a portion of his career as a software developer as well as a product director in the cyber security space. He spends a lot of his time amping up his skills (machine learning), working on new projects like app development and advising start-ups on their goto market strategies. He also takes a keen interest in connecting teaching people digital marketing. Areas where he can provide expertise: digital marketing, analytics, persona development, goto market strategy.
Andre Garber
Partner and Co-Chair of the firm's Emerging Companies Group in Toronto
Andre maintains a broad corporate law practice, advising venture capital firms and emerging and high growth companies across Canada. Andre is a recognized leader in Ontario's technology ecosystem and a tireless advocate for clients. Andre is also passionate about innovative technology and service offerings that are reshaping the global legal industry. Andre has advised companies throughout their lifecycle from formation to exit. Andre has cultivated relationships with emerging growth companies and venture capital investors from around the world. Andre often acts as the go-to external counsel for all legal matters around the world. Andre has also acted as a strategic advisor to venture capital funds focused on investing in legal tech startups. Andre also serves as a founding board member of Skate to Great, a charity designed with the mission of providing every child in Canada the opportunity to skate, regardless of their economic or physical circumstances.
Mr. Dat Le Viet
Project Director of Arkki ASEAN, Assistant to Chairwoman, Vietnam Angel Network
Dat holds a Bachelor in Corporate Finance from National Economics University in Hanoi. His experience spans over 8-year working in the Innovation and education ecosystem in Vietnam.
He is Project Director of Arkki ASEAN, the official Finnish STEAM education and 21st-century skill training program for children 4-19 years old, and Innovation training program for adults and corporates. His job focuses on supporting country partners to adapt, operate and develop Arkki in the local market. Arkki ASEAN is now in Thailand and Vietnam, and expanding soon to Indonesia, Malaysia and The Philippines.
Dat was Program Director of Saigon Innovation Hub, and Innovation Specialist of the Vietnam – Finland Innovation Partnership (IPP) Program. He was also Co-founder of HATCH! VENTURES - a startup incubator and catalyst of the Vietnam startup & innovation ecosystem.
He also worked as an Associate Director of Robin Hood Camp, 90-year-old Summer Camp in Maine (U.S.), and worked as an advisor, speaker and operator for various organizations, summer camps and educational projects related to children and youth: UPSHIFT Vietnam, AIESEC Hanoi, AIESEC FTU Hanoi, RMIT Hanoi, RAECP, etc.
Mdm. Phi Van Nguyen
Steering Committee, Project 844, Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam
Nguyen Phi Van holds an MBA from Australia majoring in marketing communication. Her experience spans over 20 years as a senior executive in brand, retail, and franchise development across global emerging markets in Asia, The Middle East, Africa, and Eastern Europe.
She is board advisor at the Asia Pacific Chief Marketing Officer Council (CMO), advisor to the Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam on startup & innovation, chairwoman of Vietnam Business Angel Network, chairwoman of Open Innovation Vietnam, and chairwoman of Saigon Innovation Hub.
Phi Van is 2015 award winner of Retail Leadership presented by Asia Retail Congress, and 2017 & 2018 award winner of 100 Top Great Retail Minds presented by World Retail Congress.
Phi Van is the author of five books, "Franchising – The Short Route to Global Markets", "Cross The Rice Field, Reach The World", "Go Global: An MSME's guide to global franchising", and "I, The Future and The World", and "Searching for yourself".
Enis Erkel
Visiting lecturer at Koc University
Enis has been a visiting lecturer at Koc University Graduate School Of Business teaching Technology Project Management in the MBA program since 2017. Previously he was Koc University's R&D&I consultant, and also the Executive Director of KWORKS, Koc University Entrepreneurship Research Center. During his tenure, KWORKS became one of Turkey's top technology accelerators.
As a Senior Key Expert, Enis participates in a UNDP Project aimed at increasing innovation in three key regions of Turkey.
Since 2010, Enis has been a CEO-in-Residence for several technology startups. He has been an advisor to the board of ARDIC (Istanbul, Turkey) which is a leading end-to- end IoT platform provider and intelligent-edge services SaaS company.
Between 2010-2013, Enis was the Head of R&D for Turk Telekom (TT) Group and he was was granted a design patent during this period. Served on the boards of two Eureka clusters in Europe: Eurogia2020 and Celtic Plus. Eureka Clusters catalyse the generation of innovative, industry-driven, near to the market and pre-competitive R&D projects in their respective domains as intergovernmental organization.
Previously, Enis was one of the founding managers of LG-Nortel, established in 2005 in South Korea. As a joint venture telecommunications equipment/solutions company between LG and Nortel, the JV gained 60% telecom market share in Korea, while achieving annual revenues of up to 1.4B USD. For four years, Enis held key executive roles in the company including Vice President of Business Development, and VP of Technology providing leadership for a 1000-staff Technology organization.
Between 2000 and 2005, Enis was Vice President of Nortel in charge of Carrier Solutions business in Asia, and later in Eastern Europe/Russia/CIS.
Enis joined Bell-Northern Research (BNR) in USA in 1985 and held successive R&D leadership positions with increasing responsibility. BNR was acquired by Nortel in 1996, and Enis joined Nortel technology as R&D Director.
Mr. Hyunh Cong Thang
Co-Founder & CEO at InnoLab Asia
Thang is an entrepreneur from Vietnam who has influence startup, innovation in ASEAN especially Singapore, Taiwan, Korea, Malaysia and Chile.
Co-Founder & CEO at InnoLab Asia (the implementation partner of Open Innovation Vietnam initiative from the Vietnam Ministry of Science and Technology for Open Innovation and Innovation in Vietnam and South East Asia)
Mentor at Start-Up Chile ( an initiative of the Chilean Government to attract early stage, high potential entrepreneurs bootstrap their startups using Chile as a platform to go global) International Adviser at Orphans' Futures Alliance Vietnam (ORFA)
Founder at Lead The Change ( youth and startups which empowers them to step into the world with essential entrepreneurship training, mentorship and networks )
Co-Founder & CEO - VICGO (a management consulting company for corporates & government) Over 10 years experienced, Thang is engaging and consulting actors in several industries, including start-up mentoring. With high communication and leadership skills, he is also leading young Vietnamese communities from various backgrounds: Education, IT, Innovation, Business & Marketing.
He received the Edutech Leadership award 2017 at Global Edutech Congress and Award 2017 at Mumbai, India thanks to his contribution to education and technology.
Edward Dieterle
Executive Director of the Center for Strategic R&D Alliances at ETS
In the Research & Development (R&D) Division of Educational Testing Service (ETS), Ed Dieterle leads the Center for Strategic R&D Alliances. In this role, he and other members of his team work closely with R&D's leadership and scientists to develop, deepen, and sustain strategic alliances with like-minded foundations, companies in the educational technology sector, member organizations, universities, and US and international NGOs and education agencies to help advance quality and equity in education. In addition, he oversees ETS's externally- funded research portfolio and R&D's merger and acquisition activities to expand R&D's ability to conduct innovative and impactful educational research and contribute to new product development.
Before coming to ETS, Ed was most recently the Director of a Commercial Data Science practice at Summit Consulting in Washington, DC. He and his team of statisticians and data scientists specialized in litigation analytics and program evaluation using administrative data. Before that, he was a Senior Program Officer for Research at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation where he developed and administered the Foundation's personalized learning research portfolio. From 2008-2011 he was a researcher at SRI International, with expertise in educational technology, including cross-disciplinary applications of statistical, computational, and machine learning tools. At SRI he served as a PI or co-PI on research projects for organizations such as the Department of Defense, NASA, and the Andrew Mellon Foundation.
Early in his career, Ed was a high school chemistry teacher, an instructor at Johns Hopkins University, and a curriculum developer for Public Television, and the National Park Service. Throughout his career, he has served on the National Academy of Sciences' Committee on Improving Learning with Information Technology, New York City Public School's iZone Research Advisory Council, Microsoft Corporation's Partners in Learning National Projects Advisory Board, and Learning Forward's Professional Development Redesign Technical Working Group.
Ed holds a doctorate in Learning and Teaching from Harvard University, a master's degree in Technology for Educators from Johns Hopkins University, and a bachelor's degree in Chemistry from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He, his wife, and their two teenage boys live in Washington, DC.
Changiz Sadr
P.Eng., FEC, CISSP
Director on Board of Engineers Canada
Changiz Sadr is a Telecommunications Engineer and a licensed Professional Engineer in Ontario. Prior to his recent assignment as the Directoron Board of Engineers Canada, he was practising in areas of Communications Infrastructure Engineering and Cyber Security for several years and has been recognized with many prestigious professional achievement awards, such as the Most Dedicated Communications Engineering Consultant in Ontario (Corporate Vision Magazine's Canadian Business Awards 2019) and Industry Excellence Award Finalist for Telecom Professional of the Year in 2008 (Authority of Telecom Management Practice).
Changiz Joined the Emerging Disciplines Task Force of Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) in 2008 as the industry Subject Matter Expert (SME) and led the Communications Infrastructure Engineering (CIE) group of this task force as the vice chair until 2011. During this time, he and his team created the Core Body of Knowledge (CBK) for CIE and presented to PEO Council. As its result, CIE became the 32nd engineering discipline in Ontario. Changiz has served PEO for over 20 years including PEO Council from 2013 to 2017, Executive Committee, Chair of Regional Councillors Committee, and also on chapter and several different committees such as Finance, Audit, Discipline, Experience Requirements Committee (ERC). He has also served 4 years on Council of Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists (OACETT).
He has received numerous awards including the Canada Sovereign's Medal for Volunteers, two PEO Order of Honour Awards, and five Ontario Volunteer Service Awards.
Foteini Zampati
Data Rights Research Specialist, GODAN
Foteini Zampati is a legal professional with over 15 years of experience. She works for KTBL as a data rights research specialist, advising the GODAN initiative on the ethical and legal aspects of open data. Ms Zampati is responsible for research into and analysis of legislation, on both a national and international level. More specifically, her areas of specialisation are Open Data and Intellectual Property, ownership issues and data rights, compliance and best practice across all aspects of national and European privacy and security, as well as data protection law and regulation (GDPR) in the agricultural sector.
Suchith Anand
Chief Scientist, GODAN
Dr. Suchith Anand is the Chief Scientist and Adviser at GODAN, currently representing GODAN on the Group on Earth Observation (GEO) Programme Board. He also oversees and facilitates GODAN's sizeable Partnership Network.
Dr. Anand is an internationally recognised expert in geospatial science, having authored a wide range of publications; from journal papers, scientific reports and book chapters, to keynote presentations and international strategy documents. He has done a lot of work around open principles in the fields of science and education, aiming to help bridge the digital divide, and has served as an invited speaker at the United Nations.
Blaise Aboh
Lead partner at Orodata Science
Blaise Aboh is lead partner at Orodata Science, an organization democratizing public data through augmented storytelling and reporting leveraging frontier technologies. As Innovation Architect at AI Envoy Robotics (AIER), Blaise creates value and attempts to solve real world complex challenges using Automation, Natural Language Generation and data. He is an Obama Foundation Leader-Africa, a Code for Africa Innovation Fellow, and a recipient of the Quartz Atlas for Africa Award.
Ganesh Ramachandran
Experienced Humanitarian, Mentor
Ganesh has over 20 years of Global Operational leadership work experience with UN Organization and INGO's. He has lead complex humanitarian operations in Balkans, Afghanistan, Asian Tsunami, South Sudan Crisis (2015), Sudan (2015) to name a few. He brings in significant Operational experience, coupled with Change management, staff engagement, and bottom-up the approach in complex organizational structures (Country, Regional & Global structures). He was honored "Chief Happiness Officer" in 2016 & 2017 by staff for development staff engagement, developed innovative approaches to keep staff excited, involved, and being part of the growing organization. Ganesh currently works for Unitaid/WHO supporting innovations in Global Health to fight HIV, Malaria, TB, and co-infections.
Hailing from Madras (Chennai) southern India has lived in over 15 countries, traveling to 60+ countries, currently commutes between Geneva and London.
Ganesh is also a mentor, supports startups involved in impact fundraising, enjoys working with young people, and looking for innovative solutions to solve global issues by promoting out of the box thinking. Holds an Executive Certificate program I Organisational Change Management from MIT Sloan Executive Education.
Anastasios Avranas
Founder and Director, Interfima
Anastasios has initiated his career in the fund management industry as a back-office and a dealing room employee for Intertrust, a mutual funds management firm. Later on, he co-founded and ran as one of its four directors a financial consultancy firm, where he managed corporate finance services, leading in public and private restructuring projects, financing and refinancing schemes. Following that role, he got associated with Esthlos business boutique, an advisory firm in Athens engaged with corporate finance activities.
In 2007, he initiated financial training activities before initiating Interfima in 2010, a professional organization based in Luxembourg, with offices in the UK, the US and the UAE. Between 2007 and 2010 he was member of the board of directors for IMG marine builders a maritime design company with its HQ in Cyprus. He's also an active specialist for EBRD and a mentor for its Startup Programs in Southeastern Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia. In general Anastasios has engaged with a series of startups in the tech industry, either as an external advisor or as a member of the management team.
Anastasios possesses knowledge for a series of different industries and holds an MBA from the University of LaVerne and an MSc in Corporate Finance from SDA Bocconi. He has presented to professionals in topics such as financial management and planning and tutored young entrepreneurs on International Business and Finance.
Stuart Browne
CEO of Pycap Venture Partners
Stuart Browne is the CEO of Pycap Venture Partners, a corporate finance and venture capital firm, and an Investment Committee Member of OCE, a $350M Ontario Government backed venture fund. Stuart is also an Instructor for York University's Schulich School of Business MBA and MFIN programs as well as the University of Toronto's School of Continuing Studies, where he teaches courses in Corporate Finance, Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital and Private Equity. Stuart has been featured on numerous news outlets including BloombergTV, BNN, Financial Post, Toronto Star and itBusiness.ca, and published 5 articles on Techvibes related to investing in the technology sector.
Maureen Young
Director, Community Leadership
As Director of Community Leadership, Maureen provides strategic leadership of Coast Capital's corporate social responsibility and community investment programs, which see 10% of Coast Capital's bottom line invested into local communities with a goal of giving youth a hand up on their journey to financial well-being. She leads a team responsible for Coast Capital's social impact programs (grants, sponsorships, community partnerships, corporate campaigns, education awards, youth work experience program, Youth Community Councils, disaster relief and employee volunteer programs). She also oversees the credit union's corporate social responsibility strategy, initiatives, reporting, and B Corp certification.
Maureen Co-Chairs the credit union's Youth Affinity Network and serves as Chair of the Youth Futures Education Fund, an initiative she helped found, focused on ensuring youth from the foster care system have the opportunity to achieve their post-secondary education. Prior to joining the credit union, Maureen held senior positions with the Fraser Basin Council, Nelson & District Economic Development Commission, and Tourism Action Society in the Kootenays. Maureen lives in Victoria with her husband and four children.
Dr. Natalie Pankova
Chief Operating Officer at Metadvice
Dr Natalie Pankova is the Chief Operating Officer at Metadvice, a digital health startup building AI-driven clinical decision software to enable doctors to combine the avalanche of newly available medical information into their clinical practice, while enabling patients to retain access rights to data using distributed ledger technology (DLT). Dr Pankova holds a PhD from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto and has worked as a scientist and executive in pharma, biotech and healthtech companies. She is currently on the Editorial Board of Frontiers in Blockchain Journal, and on the WHO Digital Health Expert Roster. She has mentored startup Founders through Women In Tech Revolution and Hatch Enterprise, and is on the advisory board for several tech startups.
Mustafa Al-mosawi
Head of Concept Lab, Namecheap
Mustafa is currently Head of Namecheap's Concept Lab. With the help of a team of talented UX, Technology, and Marketing, Mustafa has helped define and refine the process of brining new products to market at Namecheap. This includes research, conceptualization, value proposition design, build, launch and post launch support. With 15 years of product experience in a variety of industries and business models, including B2B, B2B2C and B2C, Mustafa has learned through experience some common reasons for stumbling as well as succeeding on new product launches. Always learning and exploring, Mustafa is passionate about building a culture of understanding customers deeply in order to build great products that are both great to use, sell and support
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With the world coming together in this global crisis, the worst pandemic of its kind in 100 years, it's easy to get disheartened or stressed with the negativity and fear in communities, governments, and businesses. With that said, out of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, there are 7 Global Goals that we feel align with the crisis the world is currently facing. These 7 global goals impact everyone on earth, and at no time in history has there ever been a better time for people to come together virtually in the digital age and work together to create meaningful real-world solutions.
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Conflict and insecurity were the main drivers in 18 of the countries where about 74 million people are in need if urgent assistance. Ending world hunger is a challenge that effects us all. Solutions to combating hunger seems relatively simple and has worked in the past- get food to the people in need, when they need it. Humanitarian initiatives have answered the call for hunger time and time again, delivering food to the places in need, but this doesn't necessarily mean there is now food security.
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How can i Create my own VR tour app ?
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Hello everyone, I have benn to work in pano2vr and i create some architectural tours but i want to use the goolge cardboard headset to create my own VR app…. i don´t find the correct information to create it.
I grateful any information about VR apps.
Did you post you question on GardenGnome forum?
Both Pano2VR 5 and krpano 1.19 have "VR" modes that display flat panos and stereo pairs on VR devices. You can make tours with either one.
With krpano, you must use the "webVR" plugin, which provides all the VR device support, then coding the rest of the tour is almost as in previous versions. You need a lot of experience for that.
If you don't want to code krpano, Pano2VR does everything by a UI (which can be confusing, but is very productive once mastered; and there are very good tutorial videos). However its player is not so fully developed as krpano's.
Kolor Panotour Pro is a good but expensive GUI front-end for krpano, that many people like. I suppose it now supports VR mode.
The above mentioned solutions are for creating web content, to be accessed with a browser. To create a true self-contained app, distributed through a web store, is much more difficult. If that is your aim, you should first consult the Apple, Google and Oculus websites.


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This man's 'secret' 148-day proposal to his girlfriend has won over the Internet
This man's 'secret' 148-day proposal to his girlfriend has won over the Internet
This Grimsby couple got engaged after a 148-day 'secret' proposal.
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi |
Updated: January 17, 2016 2:02:59 pm
Ray Smith even sought help from friends and colleagues for the proposal project. (Source: Youtube screenshot)
You've heard of romantic proposals, right? There are those that have been done over candlelit dinners, or having the question pop up on the big screen during a game? Or even during a romantic hot-air balloon ride? But what about proposing to your partner 148 times, without her even knowing it?
Ray Smith, 38, from Grimsby, UK, wanted to propose in a novel way to his girlfriend Claire Bramley, 33. According to a report, he wanted to do it during a hot-air balloon ride, but when Claire found out she was pregnant, that idea was tossed out. Ray started googling various ways to propose, and finally came up with his own unique way.
The elaborate proposal started July 31, 2015.
(Source: Youtube screenshot)
Ray would strategically place "Will you marry me" cards while taking selfies or photos with friends and family, without Claire finding out. To pull off the proposal, Ray told his girlfriend that he wanted to keep a record of the pregnancy. "I told her I was taking the pictures to track the progress of the baby, which was a little bit of a ruse," he added. "Sometimes she wanted to see the pictures so I had to take more than one – one with the card and one without."
Ray finally popped the question on Christmas Day last year, and Claire's answer was… of course, yes!
He uploaded a video with all the photos on his Youtube channel on January 3, 2016. The video starts off with the words: "I love you Claire Bramley and I love every second with you… So everyday since 31st July 2015 I have been wondering… How!, where and when I should ask you the most important question in the world…"
The couple is due to tie the knot in 2017.
Watch the proposal video here.
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The 2013 Audi S6
Kevin Mio, The Gazette
The stylish and comfortable interior of the 2013 Audi S6.
The brake calipers of the 2013 Audi S6
It didn't take long for me to feel right at home behind the wheel of the all-new 2013 Audi S6 4.0 TFSI quattro. It's hard not to get that impression when you are welcomed inside by very stylish and comfortable sport seats, and when pressing the ignition button brings to life a potent engine under the sleek black bonnet.
The 2013 model has lost some weight and power, but you would be hard pressed to find an issue with both developments. The German automaker has also added some new goodies, both standard and optional, for the sporty version of the A6 sedan.
The S6 has a starting price of $82,300, but the Phantom Black Pearl Effect S6 I rode around in for a week was packed with more than $16,000 in options.
Chief among them is a $6,500 Bang & Olufsen sound system which is literally music to the ears for audiophiles (the base sound system is a Bose, which is no slouch either). The Vision Package ($4,000) adds heads-up display and night vision. The Driver Assistance Package, a $2,300 extra, gives you adaptive cruise control and blind-spot monitoring, among other things.
Other optional equipment includes LED headlights ($1,700), 20-inch five-twin spoke alloy wheels ($1,000), a top view camera ($600) and carbon atlas trim ($500).
All those extras bring the final price tag to $100,895.
The S6 has a distinctive front fascia that differentiates it from its A6 brethren. There is a chrome centre grille and sportier looking fog light assemblies. The headlights, with the LED daytime running lights, also make the S6 stand out, especially with the optional LED package.
The theme continues at the back, with a large set of LED tail lights, a spoiler on the trunk lid and quad chrome exhausts to cap things off.
Inside, the S6 has a few surprises up its sleeve, especially with the Bang & Olufsen sound system. When you bring the engine to life, the multimedia screen pops out of the centre console, and a set of tweeters pop up in the corners of the dashboard. Pretty cool!
What was also cool was the Valcona leather sport seating, featuring a classic-looking pattern and a stitched S6 logo.
The dashboard features two spread out gauges, with a multi-function display in between that can be personalized to show pertinent information. Like other Audi models, the S6 has the multi-function knobs to control the ventilation system and heated front seats. And of course there is Audi's Multi-Media Interface that controls just about everything else on the S6 through a large dial and buttons placed right behind the shifter.
Where the S6 shines is under the hood. The heart of this machine is a 4.0-lite turbocharged V8 engine that produces 420 horsepower and 406 foot-pounds of torque.
And for a powerplant that delivers that much, it was surprisingly quiet. But even better than that was the fact it delivered the power efficiently and smoothly, with only a slight hint or any turbo lag.
It didn't take long for any of my passengers to notice just how much gusto the S6 has. All those ponies get put to the pavement via a seven-speed S-tronic automatic transmission, which is equally as smooth. The twin-clutch transmission has paddle shifters that can be used regardless of the main shifter's position (Drive, Sport or Manual). And the S6 also comes with Audi's venerable quattro all-wheel drive system.
The V8 engine also features Audi's Cylinder-on-Demand technology, which shuts off four cylinders when they are not required, improving fuel efficiency.
A new feature on the 2013 S6 is the sport adaptive air suspension at all four wheels, which includes a continuously adaptive damping system. The air suspension also allows the S6's body to be lowered depending on the speed, a change in ride height that results in a low centre of gravity and increased directional stability. The vehicle's aerodynamics are also improved at the same time. The settings for this system can be adjusted via the Audi Multi-Media Interface.
Fuel efficiency for the S6 is rated at 12.7 litres per 100 kilometres in the city and 8.3 L/100 km on the highway.
Driving/utility
My time behind the wheel of the S6 was thoroughly enjoyable. With smooth power and crisp steering, the S6 was a joy to run through sinuous curves, and even more fun on the open road when you can let the engine do its thing.
The cabin is quiet and comfortable, and there is a good amount of rear leg room. And the trunk, at 14.1 cubic feet, is also fairly spacious.
Feeling right at home in the S6 made the driving pleasant, but made giving it back at the end of the week a little bit more difficult. A family reunion will be needed in the near future!
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Seats: Five
Engine: 4.0-litre turbocharged V8
Power: 420 horsepower, 406 foot-pounds of torque
Transmission: seven-speed S-tronic automatic
Price: base/as tested: $82,300/$100,895
Fuel economy: 12.7 litres per 100 kilometres (city), 8.3 L/100 km (hwy.)
Cargo capacity: 14.1 cubic feet
Pros: Lower base price, more power, smoother engine
Cons: Less cargo space, extras add up fast
Audi S6 is smooth as silk under the hood
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In a statement released May 2, the Episcopal Church-United Methodist Dialogue Committee laments Methodists' adoption of the Traditional Plan during General Conference but also commends "the next faithful step" toward a full-communion resolution. The statement follows:
The members of the Episcopal Church-United Methodist Dialogue Committee met together April 29-30 at First United Methodist Church in Austin, Texas. Since its beginning in 2002, this dialogue committee has been seeking to discern God's will regarding how our churches might embody a new kind of public witness to the unity of Christ's body. These talks have continued for more than 80 years through many national and ecclesial challenges. By confronting serious matters of theological distinction as well as historical challenges related to race, class, and the hardening of denominational identities, the members of this dialogue committee in its various rounds have held out hope that the people called Methodists and the Episcopal branch of the Jesus movement might embrace one another in the fellowship of communion, publicly acknowledging our mutual sharing in the Gospel of Jesus Christ and formally recognizing one another's members, ordained ministries, and sacraments.
In Austin we decided through deep and honest conversation to continue on this path toward full communion by submitting a resolution to that effect to be considered by the United Methodist Council of Bishops and potentially forwarded to the United Methodist General Conference in May 2020. We do not make this decision naively and are fully cognizant of the hard realities our churches face. We feel the pain and inexpressible weight of discrimination that is the burden of LGBTQ Christians whose lives are so often objectified, debated, dismissed. We acknowledge that the decisions of the 2019 Special Session of the United Methodist General Conference have deepened divisions within the UMC and introduced sharp and as yet unanswered questions about the prospects for full communion between our churches. The road map to unity between our denominations looks different now than it did two years ago when we first introduced "A Gift to the World" to our churches.
And yet we believe that what we are experiencing in the various crises of our denominational life is the birth pangs of something remarkable, something new. We believe that the forces of polarization, mistrust, and animosity in our society and in our ecclesial life will not have the last word. There is a future with hope for unity in mission and ministry for the Body of Christ that has yet to be revealed. The work of this dialogue committee seeks to heal, in some small way, one division within the context of a whole world in need of healing and reconciliation. We desire as a dialogue committee to take the next faithful step in this journey, trusting in the God who alone holds the future and who may yet be calling us to something bigger and grander than we have imagined.
There are more decisions to come. The dialogue committee is not done discussing the possible futures for United Methodist-Episcopal unity. Yet in this moment we desire to stay on this road together, walking with one another in our joys and triumphs as well as our struggles and imperfections. We hope you will join us in this ongoing journey of discernment and hope.
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The Rev. James Howell
The Rev. Pamela Lightsey
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The Rev. Kyle Tau (staff)
The Rev. Robert Williams
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Follow the links below to find out more about the Now+then display.
Now+then was created by Sahir House in collaboration with Soft Octopus Design Studio and Thinking Film.
The display was part of the Museum of Liverpool's partnership programme Our City, Our Stories, which enables local groups and organisations to present their own interpretation of the museum's themes.
Sahir House is Merseyside's HIV Support, Information and Training Centre, based in Liverpool. Find out more about their services on the Sahir House website.
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