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Cloth Menstrual Pads: The 5 Advantages Every Woman Should Know
Women and Menstrual Pads
As a woman, I take pride in keeping myself clean, especially when 'the Great Flood cometh' every month. Yes, I'm talking about that messy, monthly thing we have going on for us girls.
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Microplastic make their way into our coastal waters, damaging our planet and harming aquatic creatures. I also found out that a quarter of our fish now have these plastic particles. This proves how detrimental plastic wastes are to us and the planet.
Most reusable pads contain natural fibers that decompose faster than synthetics. Cloth menstrual pads made from bamboo, for example, are a great environmental choice. Bamboo has wood-like properties, can grow as fast as three feet per day (wow!), and will spread on its own. Also, they can thrive almost anywhere. Isn't that just awesome?
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Disposables like maxi pads and tampons build up a lot of moisture. And as you all know, moisture is the favorite breeding ground for bacteria. It's easy to develop a yeast infection. What is scarier is the connection between Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS) and the use of super-absorbent tampons. HALF of all known cases of TSS links to tampon use. In severe cases, this complication can lead to death!
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USDA explains how a whopping 94% of all cotton planted in the US are genetically engineered. GMOs have a bad reputation of causing many health problems. That includes allergies and leaky gut syndrome. Moreover, cotton crops contain pesticides. So we can assume that there are harmful residues in commercial pads as well.
What does a commercial sanitary pad contain?
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Getting employees on board is the hardest part
Skepticism can slow e-contract learning process
Hannah Lutz
Electronic contracting generally isn't a hard process for dealership employees to learn, but getting them on board with the idea can be a sizable hurdle.
Most dealerships need only an hour of formal training. The learning process is ongoing as new employees are hired and more lenders and F&I providers begin accepting contracts digitally. Experts say employees learn best by putting e-contracting into practice.
RouteOne's and Dealertrack's field teams spend anywhere from a few hours to a few days with clients in most cases. Nissan's captive finance company, which has supported e-contracting since 2007, has its field team work with dealers on an ongoing basis.
"It's like any other process. Some people adopt it better than others," said Brian Massey, director of credit operations at Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp.
Many of the concerns F&I managers have are based on misconceptions that go away once they start using an e-contracting system, said Jennifer Carroll, general sales manager at Trophy Nissan in Mesquite, Texas, near Dallas.
"People have in their head that it takes so much longer to e-contract a customer, when in reality, if you e-contract correctly, it takes five minutes to contract every retail installment contract," Carroll said.
Oesterle: Solicit help in real time.
RouteOne CEO Justin Oesterle said dealerships are most successful when they solicit e-contracting help from his company in real time, instead of simply trying to follow a set of directions. "The challenge with training is if you don't get to apply it in real-world situations, you miss some of the nuance about how the tool works," Oesterle said. "Once you do it, it is intuitive enough to be able to do again. But if you've only trained, there's a little bit of fear of the unknown of how it's going to do with your first live customer."
About six months ago, Carroll hired an F&I manager who wasn't e-contracting. When Carroll asked why, he said he wasn't sure how to do it. She walked him through it in less than an hour, and he was completely proficient, she said.
Since e-contracting became widely available several years ago, training has shifted, said Jon Strawsburg, vice president of product planning at Reynolds and Reynolds Co. Dealership personnel have to be flexible and transparent with customers, he said.
"A lot of the training now focuses on how to talk to the consumer properly, how to disclose things, how you explain the different pieces of a deal," Strawsburg said. DocuPad, a Reynolds tool that many dealerships use for e-contracting and for capturing digital signatures, "helps them do that," he said.
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"Mood Of Love", by keyboardist and vocalist, Sonny Garr is an expression of love, joy, pain, and happiness all rolled up into twelve riveting songs.
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Sonny has been in this game for 30 years, and has recorded with the legendary Brunswick label out of Chicago, done numerous studio sessions, and played in various bands throughout Milwaukee and the Midwest, so at this stage, he has a lot to say.
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418 Pa.
418 Pa. 154 (1965)
MILLILI v. ALAN WOOD STEEL CO.
Millili v. Alan Wood Steel Company, Appellant.
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Argued January 12, 1965.
May 3, 1965.
Thomas J. Burke, with him James S. Kilpatrick, Jr., and Haws & Burke, for appellant.
Charles A. Lord, with him Harry T. Rosenheim, Jr., John A. McMenamin, and Richter, Lord, Toll & Cavanaugh, for appellee.
Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MUSMANNO, May 3, 1965:
On August 20, 1961, Peter Millili, the plaintiff in this case, lost his right hand, or a good part of it, when a crane passed over it as he was performing a paint job in the mill of the Alan Wood Steel Company. He brought a trespass action against Alan Wood Steel and the jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendant. Millili moved for a new trial which was granted by the court en banc on the basis that the trial judge had erred in failing to instruct the jury that, if the operator of the crane was guilty of reckless or wanton misconduct, the plaintiff could recover regardless of any possible contributory negligence.
The defendant Alan Wood Steel appeals, seeking reversal, contending that the plaintiff had not requested the trial judge to charge on reckless or wanton misconduct, that he took no specific or general exception to the charge and that the failure to charge on the subject in question was not such fundamental and basic error to warrant a new trial.
In Patterson v. Pittsburgh Railways Company, 322 Pa. 125, this Court said: "Inadequacy of a charge may be taken advantage of on general exception where the instructions omitted are vital to a proper conception by the jury of the fundamental principles of law involved. . . Indeed, even in the absence of a general exception the appellate court of its own motion may reverse because of basic and fundamental error."
In Hader v. Coplay Cement Mfg. Co., 410 Pa. 139, 145, Justice JONES, speaking for the Court, pointed out that: "Upon appellate review we are not bound by the reason or reasons advanced by the court below in support of a judgment or order for it is the judgment or order itself which is the subject of review." and quoted Chief Justice WOODWARD, who said, in Thomas v. Mann, 28 Pa. 520, 522: "The only error upon the record is a wrong reason for a right judgment; but, as we review not reasons but judgments, we find nothing here to correct."
The pertinent rule was even more forcibly declared in Sherwood v. Elgart, 383 Pa. 110, 115: "The rule here applicable is that a correct decision will be sustained if it can be sustained for any reason whatsoever; in other words we will not reverse in such a case even though the reason given by the Court below to sustain its decision was erroneous."
On the whole record we find that the action of the court below in ordering a new trial was proper.
The instrumentality involved in this case was a mill crane which, contrary to the make-up of most vehicles, usually travels on a track which is above rather than below the traveling apparatus. The crane operator thus cannot always see the track over which his machine moves. On the day of the accident here in controversy, Millili was standing on a suspended scaffold some 50 feet above the ground, engaged in painting the underside of the structure sustaining the crane and track. To apply the brush to the painting surface it became necessary for him to bend over and, in doing so, it became equally necessary that he cling to something. He clutched with one hand the crane track rail above him as he leaned over painting with the other hand. Before he began this particular movement, he noted that the crane was in a stationary stance some three or four feet away from him. Suddenly and without warning it moved toward him and, in the plaintiff's words, "he cut my hand right away." The operator stopped the crane and the plaintiff exclaimed to him: "What have you done to me? My hand is cut off." The operator replied: "I didn't realize that you were there."
The operator testified that he did see a man standing on the scaffold, that is, he could see his legs. And then, at a point, he said, he saw that the man's legs "started climbing up," undoubtedly the spasmodic reaction of pain resulting from the crushing and severing of the hand above. After stopping the crane the operator saw Millili "hanging on the side," he grabbed him and applied a tourniquet to the bleeding hand, or what was left of it.
In his charge to the jury, the trial judge said: "Just by this rule was the plaintiff negligent in grasping the rail upon which the crane traveled, in determining whether the plaintiff was negligent your answer to the question of fact already called to your attention will be of some assistance. If you find that the plaintiff was negligent, then it would be your duty to return a verdict for the defendant. In such case you need give the instructions going to damage no further consideration."
When the verdict was rendered in open court, plaintiff's counsel asked for a poll of the jurors. The court clerk asked: "How do you find in this issue?" Juror No. 1 replied: "We feel that it was negligence."
Since the jury had found for the defendant, it is obvious that when Juror No. 1 said "We feel that it was negligence," she was not referring to negligence by the defendant. She was referring to negligence of the plaintiff as explained by the trial judge when he put the question: "Was the plaintiff negligent in grasping the rail?" In this particular part of his charge, the trial judge referred to a potential plaintiff's "negligence" three times in two immediately succeeding sentences.
Of course, there is nothing wrong about designating "contributory negligence" as "negligence", but in a case of this character where the alleged negligence and alleged contributory negligence were in such close juxtaposition as almost to be intertwined, the trial judge should have taken pains to differentiate sharply between negligence and contributory negligence. This he failed to do.
As already stated, the crane operator testified that he saw the plaintiff on the scaffold. He knew that this workman was painting, even though he saw only his legs. But if he saw the legs, it did not require much reasoning on his part to realize that the workman's hands could not be too far away and that, in order to retain his perch on the scaffold, one of the painter's hands could well be grasping the rail above his head. The trial judge, however, although nothing could possibly have been further from his intentions, in all probability misled the jury into believing that the plaintiff had the burden of proving that he was without fault in holding on to that rail. In the early part of his charge, the judge said: "It is required of a workman working in a place of danger that he exercise care for his own safety according to the circumstances. He, the workman, knows that he is working, occupying a place of danger and his care must be commensurate with the danger. He equally knows that he must perform faithfully the services required of him, both the obligation to protect himself from harm in this place of danger and the obligation to perform faithfully the services required of him, and must be met with a due regard for the other."
At the end of his charge the judge said to the jury: "The court reminds you that we have had testimony that it is required of a workman working in a place of danger that he exercise care for his own safety, according to the circumstances. He, the workman, knows that he is occupying a place of danger and his care must be commensurate with the danger. He equally knows that he must perform faithfully the services required of him, both the obligation to protect himself from harm in this place of danger and the obligation to perform faithfully the services required must be met with a due regard for the other duty. Judged by this rule, was the plaintiff negligent?"
This repetition by the judge, almost word for word, of what he had already told the jury about the obligation of the plaintiff-workman could not but have influenced the jury into believing that it was the plaintiff who had to defend himself rather than the defendant. The inevitable inference from this double-barreled insistence that the plaintiff had an obligation to protect himself from danger, and be faithful to his employer (although no one had questioned that Millili was anything other than a faithful employee) was that there was something wrong about the plaintiff placing his hand on the rail. But there was no more fault attaching to this act than there is in placing one's hand on a cold stove. It is only when heat is introduced into a stove that it can burn. The plaintiff could not ipso facto be charged with contributory negligence because he grasped the rail. The rail was a wholly innocuous agency, so long as the crane was not running. The rail provided an anchorage for the workman as he bent over to paint, 50 feet above the ground, doing his work and performing "faithfully the services required." A line workman may climb, with perfect safety, a telegraph pole to which high tension wires are strung before the electricity is turned on. A cleaner may work safely on the floor of a twenty-foot deep swimming pool before the water gushes in. A plane mechanic may, with complete insouciance, walk out on the wing of a jet plane before it leaves the ground. Thus, Millili's grasping of the crane track rail could not of itself constitute contributory negligence and the court erred in failing to charge that the burden of proof was on the defendant to prove that, by taking hold of the rail, the plaintiff had culpably contributed to his own tragedy.
Contributory negligence is wholly extraneous to the issue in controversy unless it contributes to the happening of the event which causes injuries. The fact that one enters a street in violation of a traffic ordinance is of no consequence if he is injured later by circumstances wholly unrelated to the manner in which he entered the street. The fact of Millili's hand on the rail was wholly irrelevant except that Millili had the duty to know that the crane would operate while he had his hand on that rail. He testified that previously the foreman would inform the painters when the crane was to be used, but on the day of the accident no such warning was given, nor did the crane operator sound any warning signal. In addition, the crane was not equipped with a hand fender or a warning horn as required by a rule of the Department of Labor and Industry.
In spite of all this, the plaintiff, according to the judge's charge, was required to exculpate himself before the jury. In Stegmuller v. Davis, 408 Pa. 267, the judge charged the jury that the plaintiff had the burden of proving "carelessness on the part of the defendant and not contributed to by any carelessness or negligence on the part of the plaintiff." This Court held that such was not the law. "The burden of proving the existence of contributory negligence is upon the defendant."
In Heimbach v. Peltz, 384 Pa. 308, this Court declared that an instruction which declared that a duty devolved on the plaintiff "to make out a case free of contributory negligence" was misleading and erroneous. In Brown v. Jones, 404 Pa. 513, we found reversible error in a court's charge which stated that "the plaintiff is obliged to show you a case which is free from contributory negligence."
It is a mistaken idea that contributory negligence is a minor incident in a case and can be treated casually in the court's charge. Contributory negligence can be fatal to a plaintiff's case and, therefore, must be established with that solemnity and quantum of proof required to establish any vital fact. The defendant has the burden, which never shifts, to prove that the plaintiff was contributorily negligent. The defendant's burden in this respect is no different from that carried by the plaintiff in establishing negligence on the part of the defendant. Thus, if the plaintiff has proved by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant was negligent, but the evidence as to contributory negligence is equally balanced, the plaintiff is entitled to the verdict because, in such a situation, the defendant has failed to carry his burden of proof. A fortiori, where the plaintiff's evidence of noncontributory negligence outweighs the defendant's evidence of contributory negligence, the plaintiff on this phase of the case must prevail.
The case at bar called loudly for instructions on the burden of proof regarding contributory negligence. The court's charge contributed not even a whisper to this vital phase of the case. Such muteness constituted basic and fundamental error. In Patterson v. Pittsburgh Railways, supra, we said: "Where, as here, the case calls loudly for such instructions, the failure to give them must be regarded as basic and fundamental error."
The jury was also entitled to instructions on that phase of the law which has to do with reckless or wanton misconduct. The failure on the part of the defendant to notify painters of the operation of the crane on the day of the accident could easily be characterized as negligence, but the question arises as to whether the failure of the operator to warn the plaintiff when he (the operator) knew of the plaintiff's nearness to the macerating wheel of his crane could not be appraised as reckless or wanton misconduct. In Kasanovich v. George, 348 Pa. 199, the decedent was walking in the pathway of a streetcar with his back to the car, which struck and killed him. The trial court found the decedent's conduct to be contributory negligence per se and granted binding instructions in favor of the defendant company. This Court reversed and, speaking through Chief Justice STERN, said: "Instead of giving binding instructions for defendant, the learned trial judge should have instructed the jury that, even if the motorman was grossly negligent, plaintiff, because of decedent's contributory negligence, cannot recover, but that such contributory negligence would not be a bar if the motorman was guilty of wanton misconduct, that is, if he exhibited a reckless disregard for decedent's safety after observing his perilous position and realizing the danger involved in proceeding at a high rate of speed and without giving warning of his approach."
In the case at bar the crane operator was aware that the course of his crane could traverse the spot where the plaintiff's hand might well be, he gave no warning when he was about to start his crane, and, in handling the controls of his machine, faced away from the plaintiff. These facts would justify the court charging on reckless or wanton misconduct, and we find that the court below did not abuse its discretion in ordering a new trial on that basis alone.
Order affirmed.
Mr. Justice EAGEN and Mr. Justice ROBERTS concur in the result.
CONCURRING OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BELL:
I concur in the grant of a new trial because it was fundamental error to fail to charge the jury that defendant has the burden of proving that plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence: Stegmuller v. Davis, 408 Pa. 267, 182 A.2d 745. Cf. Pleasant v. Carr, 387 Pa. 634, 130 A.2d 189. However, I must add this warning — if plaintiff's evidence shows that he was guilty of contributory negligence he cannot recover: Bohner v. Eastern Express, Inc., 405 Pa. 463, 468, 175 A.2d 864.
While the Court's erroneous charge on contributory negligence was not the basis for its Order granting a new trial, ". . . a correct decision will be sustained if it can be sustained for any reason whatsoever; in other words, we will not reverse in such a case even though the reason given by the Court below to sustain its decision was erroneous: [Citing cases]": Sherwood v. Elgart, 383 Pa. 110, 115, 117 A.2d 899.
There was no evidence of wanton negligence, as the trial Judge mistakenly believed. In Geelen v. Pennsylvania R.R. Co., 400 Pa. 240, 161 A.2d 595, the Court correctly stated the law (page 248): ". . . wanton misconduct is substantially different from simple negligence and even gross negligence, not only in degree but in kind. In order to exist it must be found that the engineer, in this case, had actual knowledge* of the decedent's peril for a sufficient length of time before the accident to give him a reasonable opportunity to stop the train and avoid the accident and, despite this actual prior knowledge, the engineer manifested a reckless disregard of decedent's danger . . . ."
Since there was no evidence of wanton negligence, it would have been improper to charge on that point: Hronis v. Wissinger, 412 Pa. 434, 437, 194 A.2d 885.
CONCURRING OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE JONES:
The court below granted a new trial on the ground that the trial judge had erred in failing to charge the jury that, if the crane operator was guilty of wanton misconduct, the plaintiff, regardless of any contributory negligence on his part, could recover. For the reason assigned, I agree with the action taken by the court below.
However, I must disassociate myself from the statements and implications in the majority opinion as to the effect of contributory negligence on the right of the plaintiff to recover, if the defendant was negligent rather than guilty of wanton misconduct, and as to the infirmity of the instructions of the trial judge on the subject of contributory negligence.
The standard of conduct to which the instant plaintiff was required to conform was well stated in Gregorius v. Safeway Steel Scaffolds Co., 409 Pa. 578, 584, 187 A.2d 646. It is my opinion that, if the instant plaintiff's conduct fell short of such standard and if plaintiff's conduct was a "juridical cause of the injury, and not simply a condition of its occurrence" (McFadden v. Pennzoil Company, 341 Pa. 433, 436, 19 A.2d 370; Geelen v. Pennsylvania R.R. Co., 400 Pa. 240, 248, 161 A.2d 595), then, absent wanton misconduct on the defendant's part, the plaintiff cannot recover. Under our case law the burden of proving such contributory negligence is upon the defendant. That does not mean, however, that if plaintiff, in his own case, produces evidence which reveals that he was guilty of contributory negligence, he can recover. The language of the majority opinion appears to approve the doctrine that, even though plaintiff's own case reveals contributory negligence, nevertheless plaintiff may still recover, a doctrine to which I do not subscribe.
Moreover, my examination of the instructions given by the trial judge indicates that such instructions adequately and properly covered the subject of contributory negligence, except on the impact of contributory negligence if the defendant was guilty of wanton misconduct.
I would affirm the grant of a new trial solely on the ground assigned by the court below.
Mr. Justice O'BRIEN joins in this opinion.
CONCURRING OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE COHEN:
I concur in affirming the order of a new trial, but I do so only on the ground that it was fundamental error to fail to charge the jury that defendant had the burden of proving that plaintiff was contributorily negligent.
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Q: Fatal error: Call to a member function fetch_assoc() on a non-object (mysqli) I just switched my webhoster and tried to deploy my PHP application there. Unfortunately it crashes during the login process with this error message:
Fatal error: Call to a member function fetch_assoc() on a non-object in /home/infobo9/www/xxx/login.php on line 41

This is the code:
$DB = new DB;
$mysqli = $DB->getMySQLiObject();

$sql = "SELECT ios_worker.username, ios_worker.prename, ios_worker.lastname, ios_worker.partnerid_fk, ios_worker.workerid, ios_worker.password, role.rolename, role.roledescription, ios_partners.accessToAdminPortal FROM ios_partners join ios_worker on ios_worker.partnerid_fk = ios_partners.partnerid join workerrole on workerrole.workerid_fk = ios_worker.workerid join role on workerrole.roleid_fk = role.roleid  WHERE ios_worker.username = ? LIMIT 1";
$stmt = $mysqli->prepare($sql);
$result = $stmt->bind_param('s', $username);
$result = $stmt->execute();

var_dump($mysqli);

if (!$result) {
    echo $mysqli->error;
}

var_dump($result);

while ($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) { // <-- fails here
   ...
}

Output:
Notice: Undefined index: source in /home/infobo9/www/xxx/login.php on line 23
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    Fatal error: Call to a member function fetch_assoc() on a non-object in /home/infobo9/www/xxx/login.php on line 41

So $mysqli is set, and $result is true. What am I doing wrong?
I also copied the query and it runs without any problems in PHPMyAdmin.
I know this answer was asked multiple times but I am not able to fix this issue since hours and none of the answers fixed my problem.

A: You need to call fetch on the statement not the $result
while ($row = $stmt->fetch()) {
   ...
}

http://php.net/manual/en/mysqli-stmt.fetch.php

A: Your var_dump of result is an instance of mysqli if it was a result set it would be an instance of mysqli_result.
The reason you aren't getting results is because you didn't transfer the result set.  In your case $result is simply the return value of $stmt->execute(), which is a boolean.
What you need to do is get the results after you execute the statement.
$DB = new DB;
$mysqli = $DB->getMySQLiObject();

$sql = "SELECT ios_worker.username, ios_worker.prename, ios_worker.lastname, ios_worker.partnerid_fk, ios_worker.workerid, ios_worker.password, role.rolename, role.roledescription, ios_partners.accessToAdminPortal FROM ios_partners join ios_worker on ios_worker.partnerid_fk = ios_partners.partnerid join workerrole on workerrole.workerid_fk = ios_worker.workerid join role on workerrole.roleid_fk = role.roleid  WHERE ios_worker.username = ? LIMIT 1";
$stmt = $mysqli->prepare($sql);
$stmt->bind_param('s', $username);
$stmt->execute();

//put the results in to the $result variable
$result = $stmt->get_result();

while ($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
   ...
}

A: $stmt->execute();
$result = $stmt->get_result(); while ($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {...}
if you are getting ERROR : Fatal error: Call to undefined method mysqli_stmt::get_result() : It requires the mysqlnd driver... if it isn't installed on your webspace you will have to work with BIND_RESULT & FETCH!
link to go through http://php.net/manual/en/mysqli-stmt.get-result.php http://www.php.net/manual/en/mysqli-stmt.bind-result.php
http://www.php.net/manual/en/mysqli-stmt.fetch.php

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Ratbert, Wally, Dilbert and Alice sit at a conference table. Ratbert says, "I had years of valuable experience as a rodent before I became vice president of marketing." Ratbert continues, "My marketing plan is simple. Each of you will cling to the leg of a technology columnist until we get some good press." Dilbert approaches a technology columnist and says, "It looks like you're full." The man has people clinging to both legs. He responds, "You can cling to the cat until a space opens."


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- February 12 -
International Darwin Day
Darwin Day is a recently instituted celebration intended to commemorate the anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin on February 12, 1809. The day is used to highlight Darwin's contribution to science and to promote science in general.
The celebration of Darwin's work and tributes to his life have been organized sporadically since his death on April 19, 1882, at age 73. Events took place at Down House, in Downe on the southern outskirts of London where Darwin and members of his family lived from 1842 until the death of Emma Darwin in 1896.
In 1909, more than 400 scientists and dignitaries from 167 countries met in Cambridge to honour Darwin's contributions and to discuss vigorously the recent discoveries and related theories contesting for acceptance. This was a widely reported event of public interest. Also in 1909, on February 12, the 100th birth anniversary of Darwin and the 50th anniversary of the publication of On The Origin of Species were celebrated by the New York Academy of Sciences at the American Museum of Natural History. A bronze bust of Darwin was unveiled. On June 2, 1909 the Royal Society of New Zealand held a 'Darwin Celebration'. 'There was a very large attendance.'
On November 24–28, 1959, The University of Chicago held a major, well publicized, celebration of Darwin and the publication of On the Origin of Species.
Scientists and academics sometimes celebrated February 12 with 'Phylum Feast' events—a meal with foods from as many different phyla as they could manage, at least as early as 1972, 1974, and 1989 in Canada.
In the United States, Salem State College in Massachusetts has held a 'Darwin Festival' annually since 1980, and in 2005, registered 'Darwin Festival' as a service mark with the US Patent and Trademark Office.
The Humanist Community of Palo Alto, California, was motivated by Dr. Robert Stephens in late 1993 to begin planning for an annual 'Darwin Day' celebration. Its first public Darwin Day event was a lecture by Dr. Donald Johanson (discoverer of the early hominid 'Lucy'), sponsored by the Stanford Humanists student groupand the Humanist Community on April 22, 1995. The Humanist Community continues its annual celebration of Darwin, science, and humanity, on February 12.
Independently, in 1997, Professor Massimo Pigliucci initiated an annual 'Darwin Day' event with students and colleagues at the University of Tennessee. The event included several public lectures and activities as well as a teachers' workshop meant to help elementary and secondary school teachers better understand evolution and how to communicate it to their students, as well as how to deal with the pressures often placed on them by the creationism movement.
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The red grouper (Epinephelus morio) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean.

Description
The red grouper has a body with a standard length which is 2.6 to 3 times as long as it is deep. The preopercle is subangular with the serrations at its angle being slightly enlarged and the upper edge of the gill cover is straight. The gill cover has three flat spines with the central spine being the longest. The dorsal fin contains 11 spines and 16-17 soft rays while the anal fin has 3 spines and  8 soft rays. The pectoral fins are longer than the pelvic fins and the caudal fin is truncate. The They are dark reddish brown on the upper part of the head and body, shading to paler pink on the underparts, they are marked with lighter spots and blotches across their body and there are darker margins to the fins. This species has a maximum published total length of , although they a more commonly found at lengths around , and a maximum published weight of .

Distribution
The red grouper's typical range is coastal areas in the western Atlantic, stretching from southern Brazil to North Carolina in the US and including the Gulf of Mexico and Bermuda.

Habitat and biology
The red grouper is a demersal, largely sedentary species which has an extended (~40 day) pelagic larval stage before it settles in shallow coastal hardbottom habitat as juveniles. They remain in inshore waters for 4–5 years before migrating to offshore hardbottom habitat—particularly on the edge of the continental self—as adults. Spawning occurs offshore between January and June, peaking in May. While primarily eating benthic invertebrates, the red grouper is an opportunistic feeder in the reef community. The diet commonly includes xanthid and portunid crabs, juvenile spiny lobster, and snapping shrimp, with the occasional fish. The red grouper is of moderate size, about 125 cm and weighs 23 kg or more. Body coloration is typically reddish-brown in color often, with many white spots.  When aggravated (they are highly territorial) or involved in spawning activities, these fish can very rapidly change coloration patterns, with the head or other parts of the body turning completely white, and the white spots appearing more intense.

Habitat engineers of the sea
Red grouper actively excavate pits in the seafloor. They start digging in the sediment from the time they settle out of the plankton and continue throughout their lifetime. They use their caudal fin and their mouths to remove debris and sediment from rocks, creating exposed surfaces on which sessile organisms actively settle (e.g., sponges, soft corals, algae). The exposure of structure also attracts a myriad of other species, including mobile invertebrates and a remarkable diversity of other fishes, from gobies and butterflyfish to grunts and snapper.  The lionfish Pterois volitans started invading red grouper habitat by 2008, from Florida Bay to the Florida Keys and offshore to Pulley Ridge, a mesophotic coral reef on the West Florida Shelf west of the Dry Tortugas. Known for being extremely capable predators on small reef fish, scientists are very interested in determining the extent to which their invasion changes the functional dynamics of associated communities.

Parasites
As other fish, red groupers harbour a number of parasites, including, on its gills, the monogeneans Pseudorhabdosynochus justinella and Pseudorhabdosynochus yucatanensis.

Taxonomy
The red grouper was first formally described as Serranus morio in 1828 by the French zoologist Achille Valenciennes (1794-1865), with the type locality given as the fish market in New York, the fish being "probably caught south of there".

Utilisation
The red grouper is a commercially important species for fisheries throughout its range and it is also an valuable resource for recreational fisheries too.

References

External links

Epinephelus
Fish of Guatemala
Fish of the Atlantic Ocean
Sport fish
Fish described in 1828
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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Parafia św. Stanisława Biskupa i Męczennika w Cleveland (ang. St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Parish) – parafia rzymskokatolicka położona w Cleveland w stanie Ohio w Stanach Zjednoczonych.

Jest ona wieloetniczną parafią w diecezji Cleveland, z mszą św. w j. polskim dla polskich imigrantów.

Ustanowiona 1873 roku i dedykowana św. Stanisławowi ze Szczepanowa.

 Kościół jest na liście zarejestrowanych obiektów historycznych w Cleveland, Ohio.

Historia
W 1873 roku biskup Cleveland, Richard Gilmour, zatwierdził powstanie parafii św. Stanisława Biskupa i Męczennika. Pierwsze nabożeństwa odbyły się w opuszczonym kościele Matki Bożej.

W 1876 Amasa Stone, właściciel Newburgh Rolling Mills, ogłosił w Polsce nabór do swojej firmy. Tysiące Polaków przyjechało w okolice Newburgh w Cleveland. Z powodu tej imigracji, konieczne było nowe miejsce kultu by pomieścić więcej parafian. W 1879 roku Franciszkanin Wolfgang Janietz, OFM, przeniósł centrum kultu do kościoła św. Józefa przy Woodland Avenue.

W 1881 roku mały kościół został wybudowany, ze szkołą na parterze i kościołem na pierwszym piętrze. W 1885 parafia liczyła około 600 rodzin i większy kościół był potrzebny.
Ks. Antoni Franciszek Kołaszewski, który był wówczas proboszczem parafii św. Stanisława Biskupa i Męczennika, podjął się zadania budowy obecnego kościoła. Kamień węgielny położono w 1886 roku a struktura kościoła została ukończona w 1891 roku.

Od 1906 roku, nadzór nad parafią przejął zakon franciszkanów.

Ze względu na rosnącą liczbę dzieci w wieku szkolnym, nowy budynek szkoły został wybudowany w 1907 roku, co zbiegło się z przyjazdem Sióstr Świętej Rodziny z Nazaretu. Szkoła została zaprojektowana przez ojca Leonard Darscheid, OFM, z Prowincji Najświętszego Serca Pana Jezusa.

21 kwietnia 1909 roku, tornado zniszczyło bliźniacze wieże na fasadzie kościoła i dach. Odbudowano kościół w ciągu roku, z tym, że władze miejsce nie zezwoliły na odbudowę wież do pierwotnej wysokości.

Wielu dostojników kościelnych odwiedziło parafię św. Stanisława Biskupa i Męczennika. W 1969 roku, wówczas kardynał Karol Wojtyła, późniejszy papież Jan Paweł II odwiedził kościół. Jego Świątobliwość podarował relikwie św. Stanisława, polskiej społeczności w Cleveland.
W 1999 roku parafie odwiedził Lech Wałęsa, były prezydent Polski i przywódca "Solidarności".

Według ksiąg parafialnych, 127 mężczyzn i kobiet z parafii św. Stanisława Biskupa i Męczennika, przyjęło święcenia kapłańskie lub zakonne.

Dwie franciszkańskie prowincje służyły parafii św. Stanisława Biskupa i Męczennika
 Prowincja Najświętszego Serca (1906–1988}
 Prowincja Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny (1989 do chwili obecnej).

Z dniem 8 maja 2004 roku, Kościół został podniesiony do rangi Sanktuarium św. Stanisława Biskupa i Męczennika.

W 2012 roku franciszkanie opuścili parafię po 105 latach służby.

Szkoły
 St. Stanislaus Elementary School
 Central Catholic High School

Grupy parafialne
 Dad's Club
 Golden Agers
 PTU
 Lil Bros
 English Choir
 Polish Choir
 AA & Al-Anon
 Youth Group
 CYO
 Avilas
 Eucharistic Ministers
 Ushers
 Mass Servers
 Athletic Club
 Lectors

Nabożeństwa w języku polskim
Niedziela – godz, 10:00

Bibliografia

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne
 Diecezja Cleveland
 St. Stanislaus B & M – Informacja diecezjalna
 St. Stanislaus B & M – ParishOnline.com
 Cleveland history

Polonijne parafie rzymskokatolickie w Stanach Zjednoczonych
Parafie pod wezwaniem św. Stanisława Biskupa Męczennika
Parafie rzymskokatolickie w Ohio
Parafie diecezji Cleveland
Parafie franciszkańskie (OFM)


Published: Jan. 17, 2017 at 11:58 a.m.
Updated: Jan. 17, 2017 at 01:42 p.m.
Antonio Brown's adventures into social media could wind up costing the All-Pro Steelers wideout.
NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reported Tuesday that Brown faces a potential fine for going live on Facebook from the Pittsburgh locker room following the team's 18-16 playoff win over the Kansas City Chiefs, per a league source.
"The use of social media by coaches, players, and other club football operations personnel is prohibited on game day (including halftime) beginning 90 minutes before kickoff until after the post-game locker room is open to the media and players have first fulfilled their obligation to be available to the news media who are at the game."
Brown obviously skirted a portion of that directive, live broadcasting a speech from coach Mike Tomlin that landed smack dab on the radar of the New England Patriots, Pittsburgh's foe in Sunday's AFC Championship Game.
"When you get to this point in the journey, man, not a lot needs to be said," Tomlin said during the Brown recording, which garnered more than 1.1 million views and 20,000 shares before being taken down.
"Let's say very little moving forward. Let's start our preparations. We just spotted these a--h---- a day and a half," a fired-up Tomlin said of the Patriots. "They played yesterday. Our game got moved to tonight. We're going to touch down at 4 o'clock in the f---ing morning. So be it. We'll be ready for their a--. But you ain't got to tell them we're coming."
Finished Tomlin: "Keep a low profile, and let's get ready to ball like this up again here in a few days and be right back at it. That's our story."
Brown's quarterback, Ben Roethlisberger, was unhappy his wideout let that speech out to the public.
"It's an unfortunate situation that we've got to deal with right now," Roethlisberger told 93.7 The Fan, via ESPN. "That's a sacred place where things are said and hugs and tears, and it's kind of a special place. So a little disappointed with AB for that ... Coach talks and then I talk, and you just don't want everyone to know what's going on in there with the family. And also, I wish AB would have been listening to coach and myself instead of being on the other side of the locker room filming."
Tomlin sounded off on the receiver's actions on Tuesday as well, hinting there will likely be a bigger punishment from him than any potential fine the league might hand down.
"It was foolish of him to do that," Tomlin said. "It was selfish for him to do that. And it was inconsiderate for him to do that. Not only is it a violation of our policy, it's a violation of league policy. Both of which he knows. So there's consequences to be dealt with from his perspective. We will punish him, we won't punish us. And we'll do so swiftly, and we'll do so internally."


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Fatale Tanga (angleško Nymphadora Tonks) je izmišljen lik iz serije fantazijskih romanov o Harryju Potterju britanske pisateljice J. K. Rowling. Je aurorka na ministrstvu za čaranje in članica Feniksovega reda.

Je tudi metamorfag, kar pomeni, da lahko svoj izgled po volji spreminja. Poroči se z Remusom Wulfom. Dobita sina Teddya. V zadnjem boju, ko Harry Potter porazi Mrlakensteina, Fatale Tanga in Remus Wulf umreta.

Liki v Harryju Potterju

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en:Order of the Phoenix (fiction)#Nymphadora Tonks
fi:Feeniksin kilta#Nymfadora Tonks
fr:Lieux dans l'univers de Harry Potter#Ministère de la Magie
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Details of the TV Contract
from the Philadelphia Inquirer,
OLN's broadcasts will include technology and gimmicks such as miked players, in-game interviews and net-cams to enhance a game whose rules have already been tweaked for the new season to encourage offense. Comcast and OLN will offer on-demand video highlights and archival programming to digital cable subscribers and produce at least one game weekly in high definition. Comcast and OLN also will work with the NHL to make live game video available this season to broadband Internet users, probably as a pay service. Later they plan to collaborate to create a separate NHL Channel. It will have 24 hours of hockey shows and eventually carry live games, although, Bettman said, "OLN gets first choice in the schedule." OLN and the league want to create a national hockey night. For the 2006-07 season, the league will devise its schedule so that on a certain night each week, probably Monday, only one game will be played in the NHL, and it will be on OLN. The strategy seems to put hockey night against Monday Night Football, which is shifting to ESPN in 2006. There's work to be done. OLN does not have an HD channel. OLN president Gavin Harvey said it will produce games in high definition and "make those available to our affiliates and distributors." Some OLN hockey games may be carried on local sports channels. OLN and Comcast must build a national hockey production team and hire announcers. OLN plans to produce a postgame hockey show that will air after its live games, so it must build a studio.
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Our Sweetheart Cropped Top may be one of the most versatile summer pieces you can own as you can pair this with almost everything in your wardrobe!
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I don't really need to say much about these shades, they speak for themselves, I do believe Lady Gaga has worn them for a video or two. It takes me back to the days in Camden where the rivets and industrial peeps were wearing spiked neck collars as headbands. I am guilty of it as well, it's a nice "fierce" touch which doesn't cost anything if you already have the choker!


Galileo program in NBS IT is seeking a mid-level experienced ServiceNow Developer (on-shore) for actively participating in the software development lifecycle of the enterprise wide implementation of ServiceNow. It will be including design, development and implementation of ServiceNow Service Catalog and Catalog Items. In leveraging best practices and procedures the successful candidate will develop and analyze functional requirements, identify opportunities for efficiencies in work process and innovative approaches to business requirements. The engagement further requires hands-on working experience in a GxP basing environment along with a proper understanding of mandatory documentation and regulations to adhere to (i.e. transport of update sets through the different ServiceNow environments, application of IQs, OQs, PQs, execution of test scripts).


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Umbrina canariensis is een straalvinnige vissensoort uit de familie van ombervissen (Sciaenidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1843 door Valenciennes.

De vis komt voor aan de zuidkust van Zuid-Afrika vanaf Kaap Agulhas -de zuidpunt van Afrika- tot bij Oost-Londen in de Oostkaap. Zowel in het Engels als in het Afrikaans wordt hij Baardman genoemd, hoewel deze naam soms ook aan U. robinsoni gegeven wordt.  De vis wordt 42 cm lang en heeft 7-8 golvende lijnen van kop tot rugvin. Vanaf het strand wordt hij zelden gevangen omdat hij een voorkeur voor wat diepere wateren heeft.

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Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust has been celebrating the NHS's 70th birthday by holding summer thank you parties in Stoke Mandeville, Amersham and Wycombe hospitals for its 450 volunteers.
Volunteers at the parties enjoyed a generous buffet and a free raffle. Long Service Certificates were also handed out by Board representatives to recognise those who had given their continuing support over a number of years. Among those receiving a certificate was Elizabeth (Betty) Hetherington who has just completed 35 years of volunteering in roles including Shop Trolley Volunteer at Amersham Hospital and Baby Clinic Volunteer at Little Chalfont Children's Centre. When asked why she had given her time freely for so long, Betty replied that it had become a way of life to help at the hospitals and that she really enjoyed it.
Volunteers have supported the work of the NHS throughout its history, performing tasks which enhance patients' experience and complement the work of paid staff. Within Buckinghamshire's hospitals, volunteers carry out a large number of roles ranging from ward support volunteers and A&E buddies to gardeners and meet and greeters.
If you are interested in volunteering at your local hospital and want to learn about current volunteering vacancies, please go to www.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk, email bht.services.voluntary@nhs.net or call 01296 316676.


This weekend, from Friday, August 24 to Sunday, August 26, features Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival, DTLA Proud Fest, Muse 'til Midnight at LACMA, Harry Potter Roller Skating Night, ScareLA, Matcha LA Fest, and MUCH more.
2. The DTLA Proud Festival returns to Pershing Square for a weekend of community and diversity celebration starting with a free all ages celebration this Friday featuring live music, food vendors, artists and more representing the culture, history, and diversity of the Los Angeles LGBTQ+ community. Keep in mind Friday evening will be alcohol free and Saturday and Sunday event days are 21+ and will be serving alcohol.
4. The Roadium in Torrance presents Classic Drive-in Movies every Friday night in August and the first Friday of September. Each family-friendly event features classic films projected on the screen tower. Continuing the series is a screening of Five Summer Stories.
5. Halo Top celebrates their grand opening at The Grove with free ice cream for the first 100 guests and a life-sized ice-cream wonderland with life-sized ice cream pints, themed ball pits, golden swings, and other playful installments.
7. The Labyrinth Masquerade Ball happening August 24-25 at the Millennium Biltmore in DLTA is a unique experience featuring extravagant costumes, performances, multiple ballrooms with dancing, mythological acts, special effects and the popular Goblin Court.
9. Barnsdall Fridays returns to Barnsdall Art Park for the tenth year in a row, with evening tastings of boutique wines and music from KCRW DJs perched atop a hill with incredible city views.
12. Rooftop Cinema Club returns to the rooftops of LEVEL in DTLA and NeueHouse in Hollywood with multiple screenings this week that include The Greatest Showman, Coco and more.
13. Check out Todd Schorr's Neverlasting Miracles at KP Projects on La Brea Ave. Gallery hours are noon to 6 p.m., Tuesday to Saturday. The exhibition runs through September 1.
14. Are you a Chase bank customer? Got a freebie you might want to know about. Coolhaus is teaming with the Forum and Chase to hand out free ice cream sandwiches to Chase customers on Fridays all summer long. Locations will change every Friday, and the offer is ice cream sandwich per cardholder. Get more info here.
15. WP24 by Wolfgang Puck's Summer Supper + Show returns every Friday and Saturday, July through August, with a Asian-inspired dinner at WP24 by Wolfgang Puck followed by a movie screening on the private 26th floor hotel rooftop. This weekend they'll screen Noting Hill.
16. 260LA is hosting a sample sale with Jonathan Simkhai and Charlotte Olympia August 22-25.
Saturday August 25th, 201818. Muse 'til Midnight at LACMA is the ultimate late-night party. 2018's edition is a celebration of 3D art, inspired by LACMA's new exhibit, 3D: Double Vision. Enjoy music curated by DUBLAB, access to five galleries and more.
19. Los Angeles' first Matcha LA Fest celebrates all things matcha on August 25-26 with over 20 vendors, matcha in many different forms, a photo booth, giveaways, matcha merch, and more.
21. Summer Happenings at The Broad is a series of late-night events featuring music, performance and art. Now in its third year, the evening series is inspired by The Broad's new exhibition, A Journey That Wasn't which explores artists' representations of time, memory and repetition. This month the series will highlight Chinese artists with performances by post-punk band Re-TROS, Xiu Xiu, MIIA, Asian Dope Boys and more.
22. Cinespia is back for its 17th summer season, at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery for screenings of films modern, cult, and classic. This Saturday they'll screen Big and Sunday they'll screen Barbarella as part of the Johnny Ramone tribute.
25. Summer Street Market Nights, a delicous evening at The Mixing Room in DTLA is a monthly event featuring an assortment of interactive food stations offering international cuisine and themed entertainment. This months theme is One Night in Bangkok!
27. Brick Fest Live: Lego Fan Experience in Pasadena (August 25-26) is coming to the Pasadena Convention Center for two days of insane builds, hands-on activities, and sets to buy.
28. Celebrate Latinas when LATINAFest: Mind, Body & Soul, a free festival, comes to La Plaza de Cultura y Artes in Downtown Los Angeles.
31.. The Silverlake Flea-Night Market taking place every Saturday from 5-10 p.m. all summer long features a plethora of local, independent sellers that offer vintage clothing, art, rare vinyl, crafts, and much more.
43. Get your stretch alongside some adorable dogs during Dog Yoga at The Dog Cafe. Yoga will be led by instructor Melissa Burton and will be followed by play time with pups and refreshments.
44. The 3rd Annual BBQ Day at Smorgasburg LA is coming this Sunday and fans of ice cream can head down to Ice Cream Alley, a special area dedicated to showcasing ice cream.
45. Los Angeles Magazine's inaugural FIT LA is a morning wellness event featuring a Pure Barre class, healthy bites, beauty and nutrition samples, mini spa treatments and more at Calamigos Beach Club in Malibu.
46. To celebrate National Dog Day this Sunday The Citadel Outlets ll host their annual 'Barks & Brews'event welcoming hundreds of local pets and their owners for a day of craft beer tasting, food truck bites and live entertainment.
48. There's a Vegan Block Party happening at Dry River Brewing this Sunday featuring vegan and cruelty free vendors like Jades Vegan Sushi, Veggie y Qué, Mini Drops Ice Cream and much more. Free to enter and food is for sale.


Bajaj Auto, one of the biggest two-wheeler manufacturers in India, has silently pulled the plug on its Pulsar 180 motorcycle. A number of dealers in Delhi and Pune have confirmed that the bike will be sold only until stock last. While the Pune-based manufacturer hasn't issued any official statement in this regard, industry observers believe that falling sales have prompted Bajaj to withdraw the bike. The Pulsar 220F, having an ex-showroom price of INR98,694, has been consistently clocking good sales for Bajaj. The 220F has been one of the bestsellers in the Pulsar range.
Bajaj has already introduced the semi-faired Pulsar 180F to replace its elder sibling. The new bike commands an ex-showroom price of INR87,002 in Delhi. Bajaj, with the Pulsar 180F, has attempted to replicate the styling of the 220F at a more affordable price. The antilock braking system (ABS) equipped 180F is expected to be introduced in May. The vehicle is likely to carry a premium of INR8,000 over the non-ABS model. The ex-showroom price of the 180F ABS is likely to be around INR96,000. The Pulsar 180F ABS, regardless of the premium, will be the cheapest semi-faired bike in the Indian market.
Both the Pulsar 220F and the 180F are almost identical. Both bikes have a similar suspension system, tyres, and brake setup. The Pulsar 180F is hauled by a 178.6cc engine which produces 17PS maximum power and 14.2Nm peak torque. The bigger 220F, on the other hand, is hauled by an air-cooled, two-valve, 220cc motor which outputs 20PS maximum power and 18.55Nm peak torque.
The Pulsar 180F makes more sense for buyers on a tight budget, hunting for a semi-faired bike. The Pulsar 220F ABS is expected to have an ex-showroom price of INR1.06 lakh, which is around INR10,000 more than the speculated price of the 180F ABS.


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Q: AFNetworking [NSNull length] I'm getting a crash in my app with this error:
*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[NSNull length]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x1cb8068'

I have a lot of data I need to display in my table.
In this example, I am working with the key, brands, in my JSON.
If I NSLog the brands I will get something like this:
Brand A
Brand B
Brand C
null
Brand E
null
null
Brand Z
When I scroll through my table and I hit a  the app crashes.
How can I replace the  with a string?
Here's my method:
- (void)updateData
{
     AFHTTPRequestOperationManager *manager = [AFHTTPRequestOperationManager manager];
     [manager GET:@"http://mydataurl.com/abc" parameters:params success:^(AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation, id responseObject) {

        NSArray * aArray = [responseObject valueForKeyPath:@"result_payload.items"];

        self.inventoryArray = [NSArray arrayWithArray:aArray];

        // ***** Brand ******
        self.brandArray = [self.inventoryArray valueForKeyPath:@"brand"];

        for (int a = 0; a < [self.brandArray count]; a++)
        {
            self.brandString = [self.brandArray objectAtIndex:a];
        }

        [self.tableView reloadData];
     }
} failure:^(AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation, NSError *error) {

    NSLog(@"Error: %@", error);

}];

I have added a category for NSDictionary:
.h
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

@interface NSDictionary (Utility)

- (NSString*)stringForKey:(id)key;

@end

.m
#import "NSDictionary+Utility.h"

@implementation NSDictionary (Utility)

- (NSString*)stringForKey:(id)key
{
    NSString * string = [self objectForKey:key];

    if ([string isEqual:[NSNull null]])
    {
        return nil;
    }

    return string;
}

@end

I haven't used categories much, do I need to call this method in a specific place? Or just add the #import to my main class?

A: Are you sure the JSON is not returning an element with a "null" value?

A: If you look at the actual JSON document that the server gives you, you will find that it contains "null" values. When there is a "null" value in the data, JSON parsers will produce the value [NSNull null] to represent the null.
You have to check for that value. If you think you've got an NSString, or an NSNumber, or an NSArray or an NSDictionary but what you really have is an [NSNull null], and you send it a message, you will get a crash.
The easiest way to handle this: Add a category to NSDictionary with methods like

*

*(NSString*)stringForKey;

*(NSNumber*)numberForKey;

which calls objectForKey, checks the type of the object, and returns nil if its the wrong type.
As an example:
@interface NSDictionary (JSONExtensions)
- (NSString*)stringForKey:(NSString*)key;
@end

@implementation NSDictionary (JSONExtensions)
- (NSString*)stringForKey:(NSString *)key
{
    id result = [self objectForKey:key];

    if ([result isKindOfClass:[NSNumber class]])
        result = [((NSNumber *) result) stringValue];
    else if (! [result isKindOfClass:[NSString class]])
        result = nil;

    return result;
}
@end

This will return nil if the key is not present, or if the value is [NSNull null], or if the value is an array or a dictionary. It will convert a number to a string and return a string, so you are guaranteed to get nil or an NSString*. (Some servers tend to send strings consisting only of digits as numbers instead of strings). So if you want a string for the key "MyString", you write
NSString* myString = [myDict stringForKey:@"MyString"];

and you can be sure the result is nil or a string.

A: I use
- (id)objectForKeyNotNull:(id)key
{
    id object = [self objectForKey:key];
    if (object == [NSNull null])
        return nil;

    return object;
}

to convert the NSNull values to nil.  I add this as a category onto NSDictionary.


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Q: How to convert somewhat arbitrary strings to valid human-readable identifiers? I have long lists of human-readable strings, some of which contain a few non-ASCII and even non-Latin characters.
'Count €'
'Contains äüöß'
'Y tu mamá también.'
'что'

But a service I use requires names to consist of only a-z, A-Z, 0-9, ., _,  (space).
What is a concise way to convert them to uniquish names valid under those requirements?
We want to preserve human-readability as much as possible. For example, ideally do not change . to full stop, and do not change & to u38.  And we cannot simply drop invalid characters or diacritics.  For example:
'Count euro symbol'
'Contains a with umlaut u with umlaut o with umlaut sharp s'
'Y tu mama_ tambie_n.'
'cyrillic small letter che ...'

Here are the constraints:
- must be Python (2 and 3)
- must not require installing a package
- must preserve uniquishness (it's fine if there are edge cases where it does not)
- must be concise
(Note: 'Y tu mama tambien.' would not be acceptable given the likelihood of breaking the uniquishness constraint.)
There are some parallels to turning arbitrary strings into valid class names or identifiers.

A: Googling "python character names" brings up the unicodedata module.  So one place to start is something like
import string
import unicodedata

ALLOWED = set(string.ascii_letters + string.digits + '. _')
sentences = ['Count €', 'Contains äüöß', 'Y tu mamá también.', 'что']

def encode(s):
    return ''.join([unicodedata.name(c).replace(" ","_")+"_"
                   if c not in ALLOWED else c for c in s])

for s in sentences:
    print(s)
    print(encode(s))

which gives me
Count €
Count EURO_SIGN_
Contains äüöß
Contains LATIN_SMALL_LETTER_A_WITH_DIAERESIS_LATIN_SMALL_LETTER_U_WITH_DIAERESIS_LATIN_SMALL_LETTER_O_WITH_DIAERESIS_LATIN_SMALL_LETTER_SHARP_S_
Y tu mamá también.
Y tu mamLATIN_SMALL_LETTER_A_WITH_ACUTE_ tambiLATIN_SMALL_LETTER_E_WITH_ACUTE_n.
что
CYRILLIC_SMALL_LETTER_CHE_CYRILLIC_SMALL_LETTER_TE_CYRILLIC_SMALL_LETTER_O_

With just a bit more work (choosing an appropriate delimiter for an escape) you could guarantee that this can be round-tripped perfectly, but that's left as an exercise for the reader.


In an effort to consolidate certain operations in a central location, Super Shoe opened its corporate headquarters in Hagerstown on Sept. 22, a company official said.
The company's president, buyers and marketing employees will work out of the Dual Highway store in the Hagerstown Shopping Center, said Karen Emerick with accounts payable in Cumberland, Md.
Before, the company's buyers and marketing employees were scattered among several locations, she said.
The consolidation brings 10 to 15 employees to Hagerstown, she said. Some jobs are new.
Super Shoe operates Super Shoe Stores, Burroughs and Dexter stores in Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia, Emerick said.
The company has 20 Super Shoe Stores, which also sell uniform and work clothing, Emerick said.
Super Shoe owns 60 Dexter outlet stores and three Burroughs stores, she said. Burroughs also has trucks that deliver footwear to factories.


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Cold, With A Lot Of Heart
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ In this Christmas themed blog, I'm going to write and review a well-renowned book by Charles Dickens called "A Christmas Carol". Its become a movie to remember on screen to get you in the mood for the Christmas season, but if you take the time to read it, you'll find that it will definatly be worth your while. It's known by many who have read it as a classic piece of literature and I absolutely agree with them. This novel is a fantasy that will make you think deeply about humanity, and it's best suited for middle schoolers, but will also be a captivating read for others outside that age group.
Getting into the Spirit of Christmas
In the book, the main character, Ebenezer Scrooge, is told to be one of the most unfeeling people in the world, especially around Christmas time, because to him, money is the only thing that matters. Greed and heartlessness has taken over him early in his life, and now money is all that he cares about. As a result, he pays his employees little, although he is wealthy, and refuses to waste time and money to celebrate the Christmas holiday because he thinks that it's an absolute "humbug". One year, while Scrooge is at home alone on Christmas Eve, he sees the ghost of his old business partner, Jacob Marley, whose spirit is covered in a large chain to weigh him down. The frightening apparition warns Scrooge that he must wear the chain in death that he forged in life, and that Scrooge's already has a "ponderous chain". He also says that in order for him to have a chance to change his ways, he will be visited by three spirits during the night. He then tells his old friend to expect the first spirit at one o'clock and mysteriously disappears. Confused, Scrooge goes to bed, only to awaken at the clock chiming one... I would give "A Christmas Carol" 5 out of 5 stars because it makes you feel like you're in the story, smiling and mourning with the characters. When you read this book, you laugh along with Scrooge's kind nephew and pity for the poor Cratchit family just as you would if you were really there.
I was also pleasantly surprised that the author published this story so long ago in 1843 because the story is still so popular today, reaching all age groups with different film versions.
Here are some movie versions I would recommend watching this Christmas with your family:
Mickey's Christmas Carol :
This movie is the perfect introduction for kids in the Pre-K to Elementary school age.
(currently streaming through Disney +)
The Muppet Christmas Carol :
This version follows the classic pretty close but has some hilarious Muppet moments
thrown in! It's great for all ages, especially the young at heart.
(also currently streaming through Disney +)
A Christmas Carol (starring George C. Scott) :
This movie is my favorite version because it's very realistic and captures the story perfectly including a joyful ending. This one is more serious than the others and would be great for older kids and adults.
(currently streaming on Hulu Premium and Sling Premium)
Lastly, I enjoyed how the author was able to show precisely how a man can fall into deep sin at a young age, but then be redeemed by the truth later in life. If we compare Scrooge's heart to a river, you can see how the metaphorical river gets polluted by the sins of Scrooge's father and the temptation of money. This pollution sets the river on an "unclean" path which in turn starts polluting other streams it comes in contact with such as the Cratchit family, particularly Tiny Tim, and Scrooge's nephew. The redeeming thing about this story is in the end, the "river" becomes refined and cleansed through the knowledge of the truth which in turn creates a clean source for all the other streams it once was polluting.
To me, the reason why "A Christmas Carol" has kept being a Christmas classic all these years is because it's a good example of what God has already done and can do for all of us, even the ones who seem hopeless. Just like Scooge, our hearts have become "polluted" and all we have to do is be humble enough to want to see the truth and accept the help God has already given us.
In the comments below, let me know what about this story connects you to the Christmas holiday?
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Autumn is now in full swing with the weather growing colder and the leaves changing to beautiful bright colors. If you need some entertainment this autumn, then there are some new movies being released on the big screen to interest people of all tastes. Here's your guide to new movies being released in November 2010.
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" is undeniably the biggest movie opening in November 2010. This is the newest instalment of the Harry Potter series. Due to the length of this book, it has been split into two parts (this is part one, covering roughly the first half of the book; part two should be released in 2011). Harry Potter fans around the world are counting down to go see Harry, Ron and Hermione as they look for the Horcruxes that will help them to defeat the evil Voldemort. I have to admit that if I only see one movie in the theater this month, it will be this one.
To watch a preview for "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1", click here.
Robert Downey Jr. stars in the new comedy "Due Date". His character, Peter, plays a man who is desperate to get home before his wife gives birth to their baby (she's due in just five days). However, nothing goes according to plan and he becomes part of a cross-country adventure. Will he survive the trip? Will he make it in time for his baby's birth?
I generally like Robert Downey Jr., so I want to be excited about this film. Honestly, though, it looks mostly obnoxious with just a few cheap laughs thrown in. Hopefully it will be better than I'm expecting. Click here to find out more about "Due Date" and decide for yourself.
Although "The King's Speech" is only going to have a limited release, I'm so excited about this film that I have to include it. Based on the true story of George VI, "The King's Speech" tells the story of how this younger brother must conquer his speech difficulties in order to unexpectedly become king (his older brother famously abdicated). The incredible Colin Firth stars as King George VI, with a supporting cast including Helena Bonham Carter, Geoffrey Rush, and Guy Pearce. This film has been hugely praised at film festivals. It looks beautifully made, and I for one can't wait to see it.
For more information about "The King's Speech", click here.
Other movies scheduled for release in theaters in November 2010 include: "Megamind" (animated movie starring Will Ferrell and Tina Fey), "Morning Glory" (Starring Rachel McAdams and Harrison Ford working at a TV network), "Unstoppable" (another Denzel Washington action/drama), "The Next Three Days" (Russell Crowe tries to break his wrongly convicted wife out of prison), and "Love & Other Drugs" (rom-com starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway).


The garbage plate is an example of American extreme cuisine. It was born in Rochester, New York, at Nick Tahou Hots, a landmark restaurant famous for this classic regional specialty. The earliest version goes all the way back to 1918 when it was originally called "Hots and Potatoes." The regular customers called it by the nickname "Hots and Po-tots," and it was basically a plate piled high with fried potatoes, baked beans, hot dogs, onions, mustard, and a chili-like meat sauce.
It wasn't until many years later that the dish was officially renamed the "Garbage Plate." The restaurant and bar had become very popular with Rochester's large community of college students, who upon seeing this huge plate of food, and not knowing what exactly it was called on the menu, would simply ask the waitresses, "can I get one of those plates with all the garbage on it?" The name stuck and the tradition has continued through the years.
In 1992, the "garbage plate" name was trademarked by Nick Tahou Hots. After that, local Rochester restaurants were restricted from calling their versions "garbage plates." Now, each establishment uses their own particular blend of ingredients to create their own version. Depending on where you go, it may be called a "trash plate," "messy plate," or a "dumpster plate" instead.
Today, this bizarre dish is a popular item all over the Rochester area and can be found at many local restaurants. In recent years, the cheeseburger has replaced the hot dog as the most popular type of garbage plate. Custom dictates you get your choice of two base items, from a list that includes home fries, pasta salad, baked beans, mac and cheese, French fries, and other similar food items.
After the starchy foundation is formed, it's topped with either grilled red hots, cheeseburgers, eggs, fish, or whatever else the restaurant you happen to be at offers. Then, finally, the plate is topped with the meat sauce, onions, and bright yellow mustard. As if that wasn't enough, the modern garbage plate is often served with a soft roll or a few slices of white bread to sop up all the liquid.
Rochester is a college town and the garbage plate is often thought of as a great late night snack (or meal) for college students. Nich Tahou's gets very crowded with a late-night crowd, and many consider eating a garbage plate local rite of passage. The popularity of this restaurant among the college crowd has even sparked a local charity event. The University of Rochester's Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity holds an annual Nick Tahou's Run.
The charity event benefits the local Mount Hope Family Center, which receives all proceeds collected during the event, including the sponsor funds and all the runner's entry fees. This race is held every year in the spring, with a three-man team. The race begins at the University of Rochester campus. The three-member team runs 2.2 miles through Rochester to Nick Tahou's. When the team arrives at the restaurant, the second teammate must eat a garbage plate as quickly as possible. The third teammate runs back to campus to finish the race. In a race variation known locally as the "Ironman," one person attempts to complete both running legs of the race and the eating alone.
If you are considering making this unusual dish at home, you will want to follow the step by step instructions. Since the dish can vary from restaurant to restaurant, there is no exact recipe for creating your own garbage plate. An at-home version will likely work best using leftover food from a big event. If you have leftover pasta salad, baked beans, macaroni and cheese, or other similar items, simply pile them on a plate, and top them with a protein like a burger or hot dog, and then top that off with meat sauce, onions, and mustard. Enjoy the homemade version (if you can) and make sure to have some heartburn medicine on hand just in case.
Rochester, New York's Famous "Garbage Plate"


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import scipy.ndimage as nd
from warnings import warn
import numpy as np

'''
Regrid an image in the laziest way possible (ie. no transformations)
'''

def lazy_2D_regrid(image, new_dim, hdr, channel_slice=None,
                   append_dim=True, *args):
    '''
    '''

    # If a cube is inputted, specify the channel to extract
    if len(image.shape) > 2:
        if channel_slice is None:
            raise TypeError('Must specify a slice if inputting a cube!')

        img_slice = image[channel_slice]
        img_slice = img_slice.squeeze()
    else:
        img_slice = image

    # Calculate factors to 'zoom' by
    old_dim = img_slice.shape

    zoom_factor = [float(i)/float(j) for i, j in zip(new_dim, old_dim)]

    cntr_pix = [dim/2. for dim in new_dim]

    new_img = nd.zoom(img_slice, zoom_factor, *args)

    new_hdr = _3D_to_2D_hdr(hdr, zoom_factor, cntr_pix, specaxis=4, polaxis=3)

    if append_dim:
        if len(image.shape) == 2:
            pass
        elif len(image.shape) == 3:
            new_img = new_img[np.newaxis, :, :]
        elif len(image.shape) == 4:
            new_img = new_img[np.newaxis, np.newaxis, :, :]

    return new_img, new_hdr

def _3D_to_2D_hdr(header, zoom_factor, cntr_pix, specaxis=3, polaxis=None,
                  rm_axes=False):
    '''

    '''

    if isinstance(specaxis, int):
        specaxis = str(specaxis)

    if header['NAXIS'] == 4:
        if polaxis is None:
            warn("You should specify the polarization axis!"
                 "Assuming it is 4...")
            polaxis = '4'
        else:
            polaxis = str(polaxis)

    if polaxis is not None:
        del_axes = [specaxis, polaxis]
    else:
        del_axes = [specaxis]

    del_keys = ['CTYPE', 'CRVAL', 'CRPIX', 'CDELT', 'CUNIT', 'NAXIS']

    twoD_header = header.copy()

    if rm_axes:
        for key in del_keys:
            for axis in del_axes:
                del twoD_header[key+axis]
    else:
        for axis in del_axes:
            twoD_header['NAXIS'+axis] = 1

    if rm_axes:
        twoD_header['NAXIS'] = 2
        twoD_header['WCSAXES'] = 2

    twoD_header['CRPIX1'] = cntr_pix[0]
    twoD_header['CRPIX2'] = cntr_pix[1]

    twoD_header['CDELT1'] /= float(zoom_factor[0])
    twoD_header['CDELT2'] /= float(zoom_factor[1])

    return twoD_header

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I'm a web developer who specializes in React.js and I'm always on the lookout for cool new technologies.
Over the past year, I've had the pleasure to work on the QHack's technology team, building internal tools and improving our online presence. QHacks is a hackathon hosted at Queen's University where software developers come together to collaborate on projects and win prizes. I helped to create a landing page for the event and the application system for QHacks participants.
In my role on the QHacks executive team, I worked with a two other members of the exec to build the landing page for the hackathon as well as the interface students use to apply.
An interactive application that lets you explore the Mandelbrot set fractal. Made with Python and TKinter.


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The 10 Top Endpoint Security CTOs of 2019
Posted on July 2, 2019 by Ben Canner in Best Practices, Featured
Who are the 10 top endpoint security CTOs of 2019? What do they do to bolster their companies' solution offerings?
In enterprise C-suites, the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) handles both the technological needs of the business and research and development. Departmentally, the CTO leads the technology or engineering departments. In other words, the CTO manages vast strategic responsibilities in terms of investments and achieving objectives.
As such, the CTO often leads their company's product development. Additionally, because they work so much with proprietary technology, a CTO must demonstrate familiarity with intellectual property issues such as patent law. Ideally, they should also remain keenly aware of compliance and other regulatory requirements.
Few industries demand as much from their CTO as cybersecurity. Further, few branches of cybersecurity demand as much as endpoint security. With the advent of cloud technologies and evolving digital threats, enterprises now operate with increasingly porous digital perimeters. Simultaneously, hackers continue to refine their malware attacks to bypass legacy detection capabilities.
Therefore, endpoint security must embrace continual innovation and evolution to keep up with external threat actors. Languishing for even a moment too long can open enterprises up to security holes and zero-day attacks. Their CTOs need to stay at the top of their game, demonstrating intelligence and perseverance while leading their solutions into the future.
To celebrate their achievements, we present our picks for the top 10 endpoint security CTOs of 2019. Here, they are listed by company name in alphabetical order.
Bogdan Dumitru, Bitdefender
Bogdan Dumitru serves as CTO of Bitdefender; in fact, he joined Bitdefender over ten years ago. As CTO, he leads the development team in developing new endpoint protection technologies and updates. Obviously, this includes technology fighting off modern malware but also defending against zero-day attacks. Mr. Dumitru is a graduate of the Mathematics University of Bucharest.
Scott Lundgren, Carbon Black
Scott Lundgren serves as Carbon Black's CTO. Additionally, he operates as Chief Architect and a member of the Carbon Black founding team. As one of the top endpoint security CTOs, Mr. Lundgren helps guide Carbon Black with his technical vision and strategic direction. Previously, he earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and applied physics from Case Western Reserve University.
Dmitri Alperovitch, CrowdStrike
Dmitri Alperovitch co-founded CrowdStrike and works as its CTO. Therefore, he helped develop the architecture for the CrowdStrike Falcon endpoint protection platform and leads their threat hunting team. Further, Mr. Alperovitch and his team developed the CrowdStrike EDR capability. Previously, he received a B.S. in Computer Science and an M.S. in Information Security from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Milind Borate, Druva
Milind Borate is co-founder and CTO of Druva. As one of the top endpoint security CTOs of 2019, he brings more than 20 years' experience in enterprise product development and delivery. Additionally, he co-wrote Undocumented Windows NT in 1998 and holds multiple storage technology patents. Currently, Mr. Borate focuses on cloud storage and machine learning for unstructured data.
Grady Summers, FireEye
Through FireEye's acquisition of Mandiant in 2014, Grady Summers joined FireEye as Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. Now, Mr. Summers oversees a global CTO team as well as FireEye's R&D and product engineering. Previously, he served as CISO at General Electric. Mr. Summers holds an MBA from Columbia University and a B.S. in Computer Systems from Grove City College.
Steve Grobman, McAfee
Steve Grobman is Senior Vice President and CTO at McAfee. In his role as one of the top endpoint security CTOs of 2019, he sets technical strategy and direction to create security technologies. Thus, Mr. Grobman leads McAfee's development of endpoint protection technologies as well as its threat and vulnerability research. Additionally, earned his bachelor's degree in Computer Science from North Carolina State University.
Dr. Zulfikar Ramzan, RSA
As one of the top endpoint security CTOs of 2019, Dr. Zulfikar Ramzan leads the development of RSA's technology strategy. He has years of experience as a CTO; before joining RSA in 2015, he served as CTO for Elastica. Dr. Zulfikar holds more than 50 patents and earned a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT. Previously, he worked at Sourcefire and Symantec.
Joe Levy, Sophos
Joe Levy joined Sophos as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) in February 2015, bringing with him 20 years of experience and expertise. As such, he leads Symantec's technology strategy, product vision, and innovations in cybersecurity. Before Sophos, Mr. Levy worked as CTO of SonicWALL, where he helped research and develop next-generation firewalls and deep packet inspection. He holds a BA from Queens College, NY.
Dr. Hugh Thompson, Symantec
After over a decade of experience, Dr. Hugh Thompson became CTO of Symantec in August 2016. Among his achievements, Dr. Thompson guides Symantec's technology innovations and co-authored three books. Additionally, he serves as an adjunct professor at Columbia University in New York. Thompson holds a B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in applied mathematics from the Florida Institute of Technology.
Max Cheng, Trend Micro
Max Cheng serves as both CIO and Chief Core Technology Officer at Trend Micro. Thus, Mr. Cheng oversees Trend Micro's portfolio of information services and security technologies. Before becoming CTO, Mr. Cheng managed Trend Micro's TrendLabsSM, a major antivirus research and product support services headquarters. Additionally, Mr. Cheng holds a master's degree in business administration from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Of course, the power of a solution providers' endpoint security relies on more than just the Chief Technology Officer. It depends on the hard work and dedication of the entire C-suite team and the technical expertise of solutions providers technology teams.
However, the CTO can, and often does, set the tone for the entire solution provider. While capabilities and deployment models should most influence your choice of next-gen endpoint security, take a look at the CTO as well. They're the ones who shall lead the solutions into the future.
To learn more about endpoint security, make sure to check out our 2019 EPP Buyer's Guide! We cover the top vendors in depth and supply our own bottom line for each!
Ben Canner
Editor, Cybersecurity at Solutions Review
Ben Canner is an enterprise technology writer and analyst covering Identity Management, SIEM, Endpoint Protection, and Cybersecurity writ large. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English from Clark University in Worcester, MA. He previously worked as a corporate blogger and ghost writer. You can reach him via Twitter and LinkedIn.
Latest posts by Ben Canner (see all)
The 11 Coolest Endpoint Security CEOs of 2019 - July 16, 2019
Enterprise Endpoint Security FAQ - July 11, 2019
How the Zoom Bug Demonstrates The Importance of Endpoint Security - July 10, 2019
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