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A Trip to the Smithsonian Biological Conservation Institute and a Debate at Dinner
November 18, 2014 by Josh Ettinger
On a windy autumn day in early October, a group of residents and board members traveled to the Smithsonian Biological Conservation Institute, located in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. The Institute houses the National Zoo's research center and endangered animal breeding facilities. It only opens once a year to the public. While ISH board members had planned to bring a group of residents to the open house last fall, the Institute unfortunately canceled the event due to the government shutdown.
We learned that the land was originally the site of a U.S. Army Remount Service depot, where horses were trained for service in both World Wars. After World War II, the site was transferred to the Department of Agriculture and eventually given to the Smithsonian in 1975. In contrast to the National Zoo's enormous diversity of animals, the Institute houses a small collection of endangered species, including red pandas, snow leopards, maned wolves, and kiwis. There were also many scientists exhibiting their research projects. One particularly interesting Smithsonian initiative uses satellite imagery to map forest destruction around the world. Overall, it was a pleasant, interesting day and refreshing to breathe fresh mountain air outside the city.
On a separate note, one of the best parts of living at ISH is the chance to partake in interesting conversations at dinner every night. I participated in a compelling discussion last week with two Chinese residents, a Finnish student and several American residents. It started when one resident brought up the recent pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.
The Chinese residents remarked that in their personal experiences, American students too quickly assume that democracy is the best form of government. One of the Chinese residents suggested that this has to do with upbringing, such as the reverence of the American Revolution as taught in American classrooms. She said that other systems are too quickly denounced, arguing that the Chinese system, while heavily criticized in Western media, has been beneficial for the country. China has experienced unprecedented economic and social growth over the last several decades under its current political system. Additionally, recent government initiatives are attempting to root out corruption and improve educational standards.
The Finnish and American residents responded that while its recent growth is undeniable and admirable, China still has a long way to go in regard to human rights. One resident mentioned the Chinese government's censoring of the Internet and the persecution of outspoken citizens, such as artist Ai Wei Wei. Additionally, the Finnish resident noted, the U.S. Constitution and democratic system is one of the most stable political systems ever created.
The Chinese residents countered that most people know how to easily access blocked websites, though indeed, the government does place restrictions on the population's access. Perhaps their strongest counterargument, however, was their point that China isn't ready for democracy. Its people do not yet have an adequate educational level to make informed decisions. Given China's economic situation of the 20th century and today, a top-down government has been most effective. This has allowed for rapid implementation of national policies. Furthermore, though the government may limit rights to free speech and expression, it is continuing to provide greater social welfare programs. It is therefore not fair to equate the government of China with much harsher totalitarian regimes like those that exist in the Middle East. Perhaps one-day China could gradually transition into a democracy, but it is not ready yet. If China shifted to democracy today, it would be disastrous.
The Chinese residents shrewdly observed that lately, democracy is not working so effectively in the United States. An American resident pointed out that democracy is designed to be "messy," and that the U.S. is not a direct democracy, but a democratic republic. I added that the political problems the U.S. faces today are not necessarily due to problems with the political system; gerrymandering and flexible campaign finance laws, for instance, have distorted the vision of our founding fathers, rendering citizens powerless in the face of political gridlock.
The debate continued for about an hour, long past the completion of our meals. We seemed to reach a consensus that in an ideal world removed from political and economic constraints, democracy would be favorable; it gives citizens a high level of control over the future of their country and ubiquitous civil rights. Yet given the complexities of the world today, the implementation of democratic systems may be too idealistic. Moreover, the conversation ended with everyone questioning their own beliefs, which is exactly what ISH is all about.
About Josh Ettinger
Hometown: Long Island, New York
Internship: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Originally from Long Island, New York and a graduate of Hofstra University Honors College in New York, Josh came to ISH in August 2013. During his time at ISH, Josh has held two different internship positions, one on Capitol Hill and another with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), where he continues to work. Josh is an active resident member with the ISH Committee on International Dialogue.


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Population (Demography, Migration and Projections) ›
Mortality and life expectancy ›
Mortality and life expectancy by sex and place of residence
Time series: Pop_3.1_tab_mortality_DR_EN.xls
MORTALITY AND LIFE EXPECTANCY BY SEX AND PLACE OF RESIDENCE FOR THE 2016-2018 PERIOD
of dying from
х to х+1 years
of surviving
to x+1 years
expectancy
eo x
0 0.00617 0.00670 0.00561 0.99383 0.99330 0.99439 74.83 71.37 78.39
10 0.00015 0.00017 0.00014 0.99985 0.99983 0.99986 65.46 62.03 68.99
73 0.03577 0.05013 0.02580 0.96423 0.94987 0.97420 10.94 9.71 11.82
75 0.04308 0.05788 0.03324 0.95692 0.94212 0.96676 9.73 8.70 10.44
76 0.04780 0.06299 0.03791 0.95220 0.93701 0.96209 9.15 8.21 9.78
100+ 0.36960 0.37913 0.36592 0.63040 0.62087 0.63408 0.48 0.48 0.48
Urban residence
Rural residence
МORTALITY - Deaths, Infant deaths under 1 year of age, Crude death and infant mortality rates and Life tables
Statistics on Population and Housing fund Department
Ivaylo Gavazki
Detelina Popcheva
Chief expert
The dead persons are surveyed. Registration is done at the moment of death and the number is calculated as of 31.12 of the reference year.
Mortality indicators are calculated based on data on deaths. The number of dead children up to one year of age is used for characterizing the infant mortality.
Life tables (biometric tables) and life expectancy are used for examining the age-specific mortality. They indicate the order of dying of a generation and reflect the gradual decrease of this generation due to the mortality. The life tables contain a system of an age-specific coefficients (presented as a function of the age) measuring the level of mortality during the separate time periods, survivors to a given age, life expectancy, etc.
· Classification of Territorial Units for Statistical Purposes in Bulgaria (NUTS);
· Unified Classification of the Administrative-Territorial and Territorial Units in Bulgaria (UCATTU);
· International Classification of Diseases, X version.
Mortality indicators are calculated for a calendar year. Dead persons are included with an usual residence (current address) in the Republic of Bulgaria.
Death means a termination of all vital functions without a possibility to be recovered.
Crude mortality rate
Represents the ratio of the number of deaths during the year to the average annual population in that year expressed per 1000 inhabitants.
Infant mortality rate
Represents the ratio of the number of deaths of children under one year of age during the year to the number of live births in that year expressed per 1000 live births.
Perinatal mortality rate
Perinatal mortality rate represents the ratio of the number of deaths of children under one week and the stillbirths during the year, to 1 000 births in that year (live births and stillbirths).
Neonatal mortality rate
Represents the ratio of the number of deaths of children under 28 days during the year to 1 000 live births in that year.
Late neonatal mortality rate
Represents the ratio of the number of deaths of children from 7th to 27th day during the year to the number of live births in that year.
Post-neonatal mortality rate
Represents the ratio of the number of deaths of children after the 28th day up to 1 year during the year to 1 000 live births, of which the number of deaths of children up to the 28th day is subtracted.
Life expectancy at birth
Represents the ratio between the sum of men-years which the persons who have reached a given age x will survive for the whole period of their future life (from age x to the upper limit age) to the number of persons who have survived the age x.
Probability for dying
Represents the ratio of the number of dead persons at each age and the size of population from which these persons originate.
Probability for surviving
Represents the ratio between the number of those who survive to age x+1 years and the number of those who survive to age x years.
Dead persons
Regional breakdown of the population is done according to the country administrative-territorial division as of 31.12 of the reference year - settlements, municipalities, districts and statistical regions.
For dead persons:
· 1888 - 2018 - total for the country and by sex;
· 2010 - 2018 - on the NSI website.
For the life expectancy at birth:
· 1900 - 2018 - total for the country by sex;
Number; per 1 000 population
· Law on Statistics;
· Regulation (EC) 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European statistics;
· Regulation (EU) 1260/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European demographic statistics;
· Commission implementing regulation (EU) № 205/2014 laying down uniformed conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EU) No 1260/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council on European demographic statistics, as regards breakdowns of data, deadlines and data revisions;
· Law on Civil Registration.
Data are collected on the basis of Regulation (EU) 1260/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European demographic statistics.
Individual data are not published in accordance with article 25 of the Law on Statistics. The publishing of individual data can be performed only in accordance with article 26 of the same law.
Information is published annually according to the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute.
Data is published on the NSI website, section Population and demographic processes: Population (Demography, Migration and Projections)
in accordance with the Law on Statistics and the European Statistics Code of Practice respecting the professional independence and aimed at objectivity, transparency and equal treatment of all consumers.
News release "Population and demographic processes".
· Population and demographic processes;
· Statistical Reference book;
· Statistical Yearbook;
· Booklet "Bulgaria".
Data on mortality are available to all users of the NSI website under the heading Population and demographic processes - Mortality: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/6629
Anonymised individual data can be provide for scientific and research purposes, and for individual request according to the Rules for the provision of anonymised individual data for scientific and research purposes.
Information service on request, according to the Rules for the dissemination of statistical products and services in NSI.
· Methodology on mortality: http://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/metadata/Pop_2_Metodology_mortality_en.pdf;
· Methodology on production of life tables;
· Manual for functioning of the Unified System for Civil registration and Administrative Service of Population.
Data is validated prior to the release.
Data on deaths and life expectancy is used by different institutions, central and local authorities, as well as by international organisations.
No user' satisfaction surveys are carried out.
Data on deaths is available by sex, age (different groupings), residence (different territorial levels), cause.
Data on deaths are published up to the end of April in the year following the reference year.
Life tables are published up to the end of May in the year following the reference year.
Data is released according to the terms.
Data is collected and processed for the different territorial units using one and the same methodology and definitions.
Changes of the methodology and definitions for different time periods are published in the survey methodology and metadata.
Source of data on deaths is the Unified System for Civil registration and Administrative Service of Population. Deaths are registered through a common USCRASP-CDS "Death notification".
Exhaustively for all deaths registered during the year.
Computer files are received from the Unified System for Civil registration and Administrative Service of Population (administrative source).
Data on demographic events is checked and controlled before to be loaded in the IS "Demography".
For successful processing, the initial notification should meet the system rules on validation and control.
The processed results are validated in respect the consistency of a single table and between the tables.
Data is processed by the IS "Demography" according to the rules for validation and control of the demographic events.
Download in SDMX 2.1 file format: МORTALITY - Deaths, Infant deaths under 1 year of age, Crude death and infant mortality rates and Life tables
4 months after the reference year.
4 monts after the reference year.
Data is released and published according to the terms.
Population and Demographic Processes in 2015
Friday, 15 April 2016 - 11:00
As of 31 December 2015 the population of Bulgaria is 7 153 784 persons, representing 1.4% of the EU population. Compared to 2014, the population decreases by 48 414 persons.
There are 65 950 live born children in 2015. The number of live births decreases by 1 635 compared to the previous year.
The number of deaths in 2015 is 110 117 and the crude mortality rate - 15.3‰. Compared to the previous year the number of deaths increases by 1 165.
Population2015_en_CV8W6X5.pdf
Life Expectancy at Birth in the Period 2012 - 2014
Friday, 15 May 2015 - 11:00
Life expectancy at birth of the Bulgarian population calculated for the period 2012 - 2014 is 74.7 years. Compared to the previous period (2011 - 2013) it increased by 0.2 years.
Life expectancy at birth for male population is 71.2 years, while for female it is 7.1 years higher - 78.3 years.
LifeExpectancy_2012-2014_en_MYJBJOD.pdf
Population and Demographic Processes in 2014 (Final data)
As of 31 December 2014 the population of Bulgaria is 7 202 198 persons or 1.4% of the EU population. Compared to 2013, the population of the country decreases by 43 479 persons.
There are 67 585 live born children in 2014. The number of live births increases by 1 007 children compared to the previous year.
The number of dead persons is 108 952 and the crude mortality rate - 15.1‰. Compared to the previous year the number of dead people increases by 4 607.
Population2014_en_2Y19BGI.pdf
Life Expectancy at Birth in the Period 2011 – 2013
Life expectancy at birth of Bulgarian population calculated for the period 2011 - 2013 is 74.5 years. Compared to the previous period (2010 – 2012) it has increased by 0.5 years.
Life expectancy at birth for male population is 71.0 years, while for female - it is 7 years higher - 78.0 years.
LifeExpectancy_2011-2013_en_QI2YVG3.pdf
Demographic Processes in 2013 (Final data)
Thursday, 17 April 2014 - 11:00
There are 66 578 live born children in 2013. The number of live births decreases by 2 543 children compared to the previous year.
The number of dead persons is 104 345 and the crude mortality rate - 14.4‰. Compared to the previous year the number of dead people decreases by 4 936.
Population2013_en_AUIT2RS.pdf
Demographic Processes in 2012
As of 31 December 2012 the population of Bulgaria is 7 282 041 persons or 1.5% of the EU population. Compared to 2011, the country population decreases by 45 183 persons.
Population2012_en_IZXIDOM.pdf
Population of Bulgaria is 7 327 224 persons as of 31 December 2011 or 1.5% of the EU population. Male population is 3 566 767 (48.7%) and female - 3 760 457 (51.3%).
Population2011_en.pdf
2009-2010 Time Use Survey (Basic results)
Monday, 9 May 2011 - 13:00
Within the period October 2009 – October 2010, the National Statistical Institute conducted the fifth whole-year Time Use Survey.
TUS2009_2010_en.pdf
Wednesday, 27 April 2011 - 15:20
Express Results from Bulgarian Population and Housing Census 2011
Wednesday, 6 April 2011 - 14:40
Census2011pr_en.pdf
The National Statistical Institute presents the bilingual (Bulgarian/English) brochure Bulgaria 2018 to users of statistical information. The brochure is addressed to a wide range of users (international institutions, business, students, experts etc.) and changes the traditional presentation of statistical information by offering an innovative structure with a parallel translation in English. The publication contains topical statistical information about the demographic, social and economic development of the country over the 2013 - 2017 period.
Regions, districts and municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria 2016
The National Statistical Institute offers to the users who are interesting in regional statistics the specialized electronic publication 'Regions, districts and municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria 2016'.
Health Services 2017
The National Statistical Institute informs users of statistical information in the field of social statistics that the annual publication Health Services 2017 (in Bulgarian only) is already available.
The publication Health Services is a joint edition of the National Statistical Institute and the National Centre for Public Health and Analyses at the Ministry of Health.
The data sources are the statistical surveys carried out by the both institutions.
In the publication data are systematized as follows:
Population and Demographic Processes 2016
The NSI annual electronic publication Population and Demographic Processes 2016 is available for users of statistical information.
The issue is bilingual (Bulgarian/English) and contains detailed statistical information about the demographic state in the Republic of Bulgaria during the year of 2016. Data for the number and the structure of the population and for its natural movement and internal migration are published in the issue.
Mortality and life expectancy
Life expectancy by sex and age under hypotheses for exclusion of the basic causes for death
Probabilities for dying by sex, age and basic causes of death
Life expectancy by districts and sex
Marriages and divorces
Residence permits for foreigners
Population and demographic projections

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Q: How come my attempts to enable SOAP for PHP on my mac are not working? I'm running a PHP site on my local MacBook Pro, which requires Soap.  I went to /usr/local/src/php-5.2.11/ext/soap, and ran "make install".  It completed successfully.  I went to the /usr/local/src/php-5.2.11/ folder, and ran ./configure with many options including --enable_soap.
When I go to http://localhost/phpinfo, it does not list --enable_soap in the Configure Command.
If I add "extension=soap.so" to my /etc/php.ini, then I get this warning when I run php:
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I tried restarting apache, which didn't make a difference.
What am I doing wrong?  Help!

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What you have to do is to deactivate the default apache in System Preferences->Sharing->Web Sharing and then install your own stack with either fink or MacPorts (with MacPorts you can just add the package php5-soap). Other options might be MAMP or installing directly from source, which is likely quite involved.

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Babies born with opioid withdrawal disproportionately increasing in rural areas
An increasing number of newborns are being born with drug withdrawal symptoms from opioids in rural areas of the United States as compared to births in urban areas, according to a JAMA Pediatrics study.
The study, led by researchers from Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and the University of Minnesota, tracked newborns treated for opioid-related issues over 10 years.
Newborns diagnosed with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) due to their withdrawal symptoms increased from nearly one case per 1,000 births in rural areas from 2003-2004 to 7.5 cases per 1,000 births from 2012-2013, nearly 80 percent higher than the growth rate of such cases in urban areas.
Stephen Patrick, M.D., MPH
Senior author Stephen Patrick, M.D., MPH, M.S., assistant professor of Pediatrics and Health Policy at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, said the results highlight a dramatic and disproportionate rise in opioid-related complications for these patients in rural communities.
"As a nation, there is an urgent need to develop strategies tailored to rural communities focused on prevention and expansion of treatment," Patrick said.
"We need to develop means to support rural hospitals, especially critical access hospitals, that are on the front lines in providing care for mothers and infants impacted by the opioid epidemic," he said.
NAS patients are more likely to have respiratory complications, low birth-weight, feeding difficulty and seizures as compared to other infants.
"The opioid epidemic has hit rural communities especially hard and we found that these geographical disparities also affect pregnant women and infants," said lead author and Mott pediatrician Nicole Villapiano, M.D.
"Our study highlights an urgent need to fund providers and programs that will help improve access to opioid prevention and treatment services for rural women and children. Maternal opioid use requires special attention given the poor outcomes and high costs. If we can provide resources to the areas that need them the most, we can do more on the frontlines to address the opioid crisis for our most vulnerable patients."
Rural infants accounted for more than 21 percent of NAS cases from 2012-2013, up from 13 percent in 2003-2004.
Maternal opioid use in rural areas was also nearly 70 percent higher than in urban areas in 2012-2013, with 8 cases per 1,000 childbirth hospitalizations compared to 4.8 cases per 1,000 childbirth hospitalizations in urban areas.
Rural infants and mothers with opioid-related diagnoses were more likely to be from lower-income families, have public insurance and be transferred to another hospital following delivery.
Villapiano noted that families in urban areas typically have wider access to treatment and addiction services that can help affected babies have better outcomes.
"We need to consider what kind of support moms with opioid disorders have in rural communities," she said.
Care for newborns with drug withdrawal uneven: study
Babies born with drug withdrawal symptoms on rise
Long-term unemployment linked to increase in babies born with drug withdrawal
Vanderbilt study finds babies exposed to narcotic pain relievers more likely to experience drug withdrawal syndrome
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College towns, known for their student populations and party atmosphere, can provide ample opportunity and appeal for graduates and seasoned professionals. Here's the 10 best, according to Livability.com.
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- College towns are known for their large student populations, party atmosphere and, in many cases, dependence on a successful athletics program. But college towns can also be a source of economic stability and provide ample opportunity and recreation for recent graduates and seasoned professionals, both within and outside of the education industry.
"Living in a college town allows residents, both young and old, to tap into the economic stability that universities provide and the creative energy that students bring," according to Livability.com, a division of Journal Communications, which named the 10 Best College Towns for 2015. Livability explores "what makes small to mid-sized cities great places to live, work and visit," through its blog.
To choose this year's list, Livability analyzed data from the U.S. Census, and other sources to find cities with a high concentration of schools, a highly educated population and cities that have a large population of 25- to 29-year-olds as an indicator of the town's ability to retain graduates. Bonus points were given to towns with Division I athletics because, "like it or not, strong sports programs help define college towns," Livability said. The availability of rental housing and the affordability of that housing were also considered.
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Bowling Green is the third largest city in Kentucky, behind Louisville and Lexington. The city is home to the second-largest college in the state, Western Kentucky University, which initiated "one of the nation's most successful downtown redevelopment efforts" through "a spate of construction projects on and around the campus," Livability noted.
"Once underused and blighted buildings are now home to restaurants, offices, apartments, and art galleries that lure a steady stream of visitors," Livability said.
Bowling Green is also home to the assembly plant for Chevrolet Corvettes (owned by General Motors (GM ) and the National Corvette Museum.
Last year, Forbes named the city as one of the 25 best places to retire in the U.S.
As the capital of Nebraska, Lincoln has been recognized as one of the top best places to live and home to the University of Nebraska.
While service and manufacturing industries dominate the job scene, Lincoln also has a growing high-tech sector and one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country.
"Nebraska's flatness combined with a collection of sidewalks, paths and bike lanes makes it an easy city to walk and bike in," Livability said. "Many college students opt to go without a car and have no trouble venturing off campus to visit Lincoln's entertainment district like Haymarket, which features trendy restaurants, shops and performance venues, or O Street which holds a solid lineup of pubs and clubs."
As well, Wilderness Park is one of the most popular parks in the city, covering nearly 1,500 acres.
And don't forget the city's signature "runza," a popular Russian sandwich that is a must-try for any visitor or resident.
As the capital city of South Carolina, home to the University of South Carolina and Fort Jackson, Columbia is loved by outdoor enthusiasts both students and residents alike with its Conagree, Broad and Saluda rivers and Conagree National Park.
In downtown Columbia, Finlay Park has a man-made lake, waterfall and playgrounds, according to Livability.
"Long-time residents here experience a vibrant social scene, evolving arts atmosphere and stable economy thanks in large part to a steady stream of college students, many of whom decide to stay after graduation," Livability said.
Home to the beloved Florida Gators at the University of Florida, one of the nation's 10 largest universities by enrollment, the city also offers plenty of activities and appeal to those who aren't die-hard sports fans. The Florida Museum of Natural History and Hippodrome State Theater -- are both in Gainesville. Outdoor activities include those at the Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park as well as the city's world-class fishing, snorkeling and scuba diving locations. And don't miss checking out the University's Bat House & Barn.
In 2014, Gainesville was named the state's second best metro location for economic and job growth -- its also 51st in the nation.
The quintessential college town, Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prestigious institutions, Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, along with several other schools.
Because of the number of schools in the area, education jobs make up a significant amount of employment in Cambridge. That said, a number of tech, medical and research companies have offices in Cambridge, making it a great town for students and professionals alike, Livability said.
"Both students and residents enjoy the walkability Cambridge offers. Whether it's during the heat of the summer or the freeze of deep winter you will find people taking sidewalks and pathways to and from bookstores, coffeehouses, neighborhood bars and art galleries," Livability said.
Its proximity to Boston also makes it a great town to live in.
"Uniqueness, diversity and independence are embraced in Denton," which is home to the University of North Texas and Texas Woman's University, said Livability.
Located in the heart of North Texas Horse Country, residents and students can take advantage of the area, which has one of the highest concentrations of horses in the country.
But Denton is also known for a thriving music scene, making it an attractive place for after-school, after work and nightlife activities.
Its proximity to the Dallas/Fort Worth area is also appealing to students and professionals.
Home to the oldest campus in the University of California system, Berkeley sits just outside of San Francisco.
A hub of the 1960s counter-culture, Berkeley has since developed into a laid back college town with a booming restaurant scene and plenty of outdoor activities offering views of the not-far-off Bay and San Francisco.
"What makes Berkeley great for college students also makes it great for residents," Livability said. "At the top of the pros column is the fantastic weather. Rarely is there a day that wouldn't be described as 'perfect' in most cities. Thank goodness there's lots of hiking options and parks. The city holds one of the best collections of restaurants in the nation ... and its proximity to Silicon Valley helps young professional connect with some of the most innovative companies on the planet."
Call it Collegetown, USA if you want. Columbia is not only home to the University of Missouri, but also has a half dozen other colleges there as well.
That said, a "strong entrepreneurial scene coupled with an artistic vibe and a politically progressive undercurrent makes living in Columbia, Mo. highly appealing to both college students and recent graduates," Livability said.
Durham is the home of the prestigious Duke University and North Carolina Central University. The city is also one of the vertices of the Research Triangle Park, including Raleigh, Chapel Hill and Durham, that is home to nearly 200 major companies and organizations across sectors, including technology, health care and biotech, and other research-heavy industries.
As well, the city's "diversity, highly educated residents, affordable housing costs and large portion of young adults" make it earn its runner-up rank for the top college towns.
Only 1,300 miles west from the other Manhattan and dubbed "The Little Apple," this bustling Midwest city is home to Kansas State University.
But Manhattan, Kansas couldn't be more different than its larger East Coast counterpart. "Manhattan's dynamic downtown, affordable housing choices and education-based economy make it one of the [top college towns] in the country," Livability said. "Manhattan's size makes it the perfect place to find great entertainment options, jobs and new friends while retaining a small town feel."


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Students create time capsules to open on graduation day
Amanda Larch, Executive Editor|April 21, 2020
Zachary Hiser
While preparing to teach a First Year Seminar (FYS) class for the first time, professor Sandra Reed stumbled upon information about the Voyager Golden Record, a time capsule sent into space in 1977. That inspired her to create the class' final project: students creating their very own time capsules, which they will open on their graduation day.
"(The Golden Record) is like curation on steroids," Reed said. "And it's a curation oriented toward an extraterrestrial audience that was sent out to the stars. And so that gave me the idea of a time capsule…they could choose what's important to themselves, right?"
The theme of Reed's FYS course is pervasive curation, which deals with decision making about sets of things—collection and curation in other words, she said. As Reed is a professor in the School of Art and Design, she knew she wanted her FYS class to reflect art collections and museum curations, teaching students what goes into each and how curation reflects in the real world as well.
"Curation is pervasive throughout our society; it is everywhere," Reed said. "When we think we're being given options, we're only being given a set of options from the total possible options. And that is what really drove me to develop the curation theme, is to help make visible to students what is otherwise invisible."
Requirements for the time capsule project include a graduation 'grit' letter students have written to their future selves, detailing the grit they've showed to get to graduation, as well as a letter from a friend or family member about how proud they are. Students also decided what music they would listen to when opening their time capsules.
Sierra Greenway, a student in Sandra Reed's FYS class, is including a lanyard, a bottle of sand art and a cloth mask she helped her mother sew in her time capsule. "Everything is something that I personally used, made or did with my friends," she said.
Sierra Greenway, a business management major, said she loves how unique this project is and her love of history adds to the assignment.
"A time capsule is not something I thought I would be making in college, but I'm glad that I am," Greenway said. "Most of my friends talk about writing papers and giving presentations, but I get to do something creative and exciting… It is a fun and unique way to capture this moment in history, especially with everything that is going on right now."
Jason Leung, a sport management major and international student from Hong Kong, is including a letter from his grandmother in his time capsule.
"She gave me this letter from the first day when I came to the U.S.," he said. "She told me to put in my luggage, and I could see it when I was free. The letter content reminded me to take care myself, be care to everyone because this was my first time went out of my country for living and study."
Another valuable item to Leung that he's keeping in his time capsule is a leaflet he made containing information about protests in Hong Kong.
"There (was) a protest in the last summer 2019," Leung said. "So when I came back to the U.S. in 2019 fall, I planned to promote the protest in U.S. So this leaflet was memorable to me."
Hailey Nevins, a psychology major, said this assignment is like an art project to her.
"I have always been a huge fan of creating artwork," Nevins said. "I had art classes all through high school, so it is nice to have a project for a class where I can apply my artistic abilities."
Samuel Green, an English education major, said because he is already a sentimental person, this project is a good fit for him.
"The time capsule assignment helps me put all sorts of things I've kept over the years to good use," Green said. "I have so many things from a lot of different points in my life ready to go in my time capsule that I know future me will love to open."
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, some students' projects were affected, as some have items in their dorms they wanted to include, but no longer have access to their dorms. Greenway said she wanted to include items from Week of Welcome and orientation but no longer can do so.
"I also kept all the papers and other things I was given during the Week of Welcome that are still in my dorm that I can't include," she said. "Another thing I wanted to include was a graduation card signed by all of my friends, but because of social distancing, I cannot see them to get them to sign the card."
Green has kept a notebook since February that he's used as a mini memoir for this project, which also helps him document how he's living through COVID-19.
"Since the start of COVID-19, the notebook has become more about that than anything else," Green said. "To me, that's exciting because this is a very unique time for everyone, and I'm documenting how I'm living through it."
As an active member in the LGBTQ community, Green said, he has added pride themed items into his time capsule, which are more meaningful to him this year.
"Because of COVID-19, many pride events I look forward to all year have been canceled," Green said. "It's made me value their role and significance in my life even more. These events are some of the only times I feel fully safe in my gender expression, and I may not have them this year due to COVID-19."
While coronavirus has shifted aspects of the project, Reed said she is proud of how her students are adapting to changes. For example, if students are now unable to print colored photos from their freshman year to include, Reed suggested putting a thumb drive of the pictures in their capsules. That way, she said, they can print them out as part of opening the capsules.
"Everybody's troubleshooting how to deal with those disappointments and to kind of process through it, so it's constructive even when it's disappointing," she said. "I feel so pleased, so lucky that the time capsule is a constructive thing for the students to have to occupy themselves now.
"I think it's a surprisingly good fit for mental health and distraction and constructive looking forward to the future, looking beyond now and thinking of a time when they can look back on this rather than being so overwhelmed by what their current reality is," Reed said.
One reason Greenway said she enjoys this project is because it will remind her of her freshman year and everything that happened during it.
"There has been so much that has happened this year, so having a physical reminder of it is exciting," Greenway said. "I want to be reminded of all of the good times I've had with my friends. I think that it will be interesting to look back on what life was like before this pandemic.
"People are constantly talking about life going back to normal, but we don't know if that normal is going to be the same as what it was before this situation happened; life might not change much, but it could also be drastically different, so having a reminder of what life was like before all of this happened will be interesting," Greenway said.
Nevins said she thinks every first-year college student should create a time capsule.
"I think the time capsule project is an assignment that every first year college student should experience and have to open on graduation day to show themselves how far they have gone and the many obstacles they had to face to get to graduation," Nevins said.
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Thoughts about your pipeline - #LetsGrow!
Ad agencies have to bring on new clients to survive. The average client-agency relationship is down to about 2.8 years on average. Increasingly agencies are being hired for projects that last months rather than years making it harder to sustain revenue without turning over more and more projects. Marketers are changing jobs more frequently resulting in agency changes and procurement evaluations and reviews of agency contracts are happening more often and with greater scrutiny of the cost and value of services.
Jerry Garcia had it right. The wheel is turning, and you can't slow down, You can't let go, and you can't hold on, You can't go back, and you can't stand still, If the thunder don't get you then the lightning will.
The role of ad agency business development has never played a more important role in the short and long-term success of the agency amidst the thunder and lightning of this crazy marketplace. That is why agencies should have a two-stage business development strategy. I see too many agencies put all their time and resources into chasing whatever opportunity exists today because they think it is the quickest path to new revenue. Many times, they end up with relationships that go sour or don't meet revenue expectations and most importantly, don't fit the agency's long-term vision. And that means the wheel must turn faster.
A two-stage strategy is the smartest approach for every agency. It includes a short-term pipeline of current opportunity and a long-term pipeline of prospects that will help the agency become the kind of agency it wants to be with the brands it wants to work with. Of course, you want to be top of mind whenever a suitable prospect has a need. However, you also want to build awareness, demonstrate value, and differentiation among those select prospects whom you have identified as the ones that will contribute to the long-term vision for the agency. Most of those prospects likely don't have a need today, but when they do, you want to already be on their list, and ideally at the top of their list.
Sales statistics show that only a small percentage, 3% - 10% of your potential opportunity is actively seeking help at any given time. That's a pretty small number that almost every other agency is fighting for too. About 60% - 80% have some future potential. So around 10% – 20% will never change their agency, at least not for many years. Remember, the marketing services sales cycle is governed by annual budgeting, the seasonality of new products, the turnover of marketers, and the length of existing agency contracts. There are always exceptions, but we never plan around exceptions. For those companies and brands that align with your long-term vision, you need to identify their cycles to know when a future need is likely to occur and develop a strategy that strategically leads up to that time so that they already know you and what you offer.
Having a short and long-term pipeline allows you to execute separate strategies and tactics for each and measure the results differently to improve and optimize both. Your short-term approach should be broader and shallower because you've got to reach a lot more prospects to find the few who need your agency right now. You won't have time or resources to research and develop individually relevant content. Any prospect who has an immediate need won't spend time-consuming much content before deciding to engage or move on. It's a lot like speed dating, and your goal is to be fully prepared with the right positioning, messaging, and value proposition to catch their attention. I've got some additional insights about this in What do marketers want to know about a new agency. Things like your website, search ranking, social media activity, PR, and blogging are critical to catching this kind of opportunity. Industry experience, capabilities, and client work are what generally catches their interest.
If a marketer does not have an immediate need, they will have no interest in hearing about your agency, or why you are different or better. They are focused on delivering results each day, month, quarter, while keeping tabs on new and better ways to improve those results. Over 75% of marketers are tied to P & L performance today. Your strategy should be to share new ideas and better solutions, innovative approaches and provocative ideas. When they switch to a state of need, you want them to already associate your agency with new and creative thinking that solves their problems. In doing so, they will raise their hand to learn more. A survey this year showed that 71% want to hear from resources when they're actively looking for new ideas or better results. Your strategy has to keep you out of their spam filter or voicemail and into their consideration set.
In that same survey, 60% say they will connect with resources who offer to share something of value. Your long-term strategy should include time to research and understand what they value and develop ways to demonstrate that value. Research the trade publications, social media, talk to colleagues who know the prospect or the industry, network with the prospect's customers and competitors, and many other tactics will help understand the challenges and develop provocative solutions or a thoughtful point of view. It is a lot easier said than done but when done well that prospect will want to learn more and open the door for you.
A balanced approach to both the short and long-term pipeline will ensure time and resources are spent on generating revenue today while finding and nurturing the right opportunities in the future. I've got more thoughts about this in The Prospect Opportunity Timeline. Depending on the individual agency circumstances, I allocate about 30% - 40% of my time on the short-term pipeline and the rest on the long-term pipeline. It requires disciplined time management and commitment from the agency to keep both pipelines flowing and to say no to those time-wasting exceptions. It takes time to building awareness, trust, and value to get your agency from a cold contact to a warm resource, from just being on the list to rising to the top when the need comes about.
I want to help you develop a dual pipeline strategy and get more clients today and better clients tomorrow. I'm always open to a conversation regardless of your needs. If you like this post, click the thumbs up, so I'll know and then sign up for my new business newsletter. Follow me on Twitter and LinkedIn for daily tips, tricks, and insights. #LetsGrow!


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Catholic Charities' wine and tapas event…
Catholic Charities' wine and tapas event raises thousands for Berks County services
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Pam Russo, executive director for Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Allentown welcomes guests. Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Allentown holds a wine and tapas fundraising event at the Crowne Plaza Reading, Wyomissing. Photo by Jeremy Drey 11/16/2014
Catholic Charities of the Dioceses of Allentown holds a wine and tapas fundraising event at the Crowne Plaza Reading, Wyomissing. Photo by Jeremy Drey 11/16/2014
Tone chime choir from the John Paul II Center for Special Learning performs. Catholic Charities of the Dioceses of Allentown holds a wine and tapas fundraising event at the Crowne Plaza Reading, Wyomissing. Photo by Jeremy Drey 11/16/2014
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Magda Vicente of Sinking Spring and Mark Leon of Allentown visit one of the food stations Sunday during the fundraiser for Catholic Charities, Diocese of Allentown, at the Crowne Plaza Reading, Wyomissing.
Debbie Geiger of Grill chats with Joe Lombardo of Wyomissing. Catholic Charities of the Dioceses of Allentown holds a wine and tapas fundraising event at the Crowne Plaza Reading, Wyomissing. Photo by Jeremy Drey 11/16/2014
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PUBLISHED: November 17, 2014 at 12:00 a.m. | UPDATED: August 19, 2021 at 6:49 a.m.
The Catholic Charities, Diocese of Allentown, raised thousands of dollars for its Berks County programs Sunday during its third annual Berks Festival at the Crowne Plaza Reading, Wyomissing.
The festival involved wine-tasting and tapas and drew about 140 guests, the largest turnout ever.
The Rev. John O. Barres, bishop of the Diocese of Allentown, welcomed guests and spoke about Pope Francis and the importance of supporting Catholic Charities' mission, which is to provide compassionate human services with respect for the sanctity of all human life.
Last year, services were provided to nearly 10,000 Berks County residents through various programs.
"Our services are available to anyone," said Pam Russo, executive director of Catholic Charities, "not just Catholics."
An appeal at the event garnered $10,000 for services, plus another $3,000 from a match by a local couple.
"That doesn't even include the tickets or the raffles or anything," Russo said, noting those figures weren't in yet.
Entertainment was provided by the Tone Chime Choir from the John Paul II Center for Special Learning in Cumru Township.
Students performed "That's Amore" and "Be Not Afraid."
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Q: How to sort by two fields (one numeric, one string) at the same time using the built in "sort" program? I have a file, lets say "bigfile", with tabular data of the following form,
a1 b2 a3 1
b1 a2 c3 0
... and so on.
I want to use the built-in "sort" program on my Linux machine so sort this file by the fourth field(numeric) and then by the first field at the same time. I went through the man pages a couple of times and all I could come up with was,
sort -n -k4,4 -k1,1 bigfile

Is there a way to make "sort" do what I want or I have to write my own custom program?
Thank you.

A: From the manpage:

POS is F[.C][OPTS], where F is the
  field number and C the character
  position in the field; both are origin
  1.  If neither -t nor -b is in effect,
  characters in a field are counted from
  the beginning of the preceding
  whitespace.  OPTS is  one  or  more
  single-letter  ordering  options,
  which override global ordering options
  for that key.  If no key is given, use
  the entire line as the key.

sort -k4,4n -k1,1 bigfile ought to do it.
Another option would be sort -k1,1 bigfile | sort --stable -n -k4,4  The stable sort means that ties on the 4th field are resolved by the initial position, which is set by the first pass of sort to be first field.


The Efficient Markets Hypothesis: What Have We Learned?
Thanks to Fernando Martin for passing this along: The Global Financial Market Crisis and the Efficient Markets Hypothesis: What Have We Learned? (by Ray Ball, U. Chicago).
Abstract: The sharp economic downturn and turmoil in the financial markets, commonly referred to as the "global financial crisis," has spawned an impressive outpouring of blame. The efficient market hypothesis - the idea that competitive financial markets ruthlessly exploit all available information when setting security prices - has been singled out for particular attention. Like all good theories, market efficiency has major limitations, even though it continues to be the source of important and enduring insights. Despite the theory's undoubted limitations, the claim that it is responsible for the current worldwide crisis seems wildly exaggerated. This essay discusses many of those claims. These include claims that belief in the notion of market efficiency was responsible for an asset bubble, for investment practitioners miscalculating risks, and for regulators worldwide falling asleep at the switch. Other claims are that the collapse of Lehman Bros. and other large financial institutions implies market inefficiency, and that an efficient market would have predicted the crash. These claims are without merit. Despite the evidence of widespread anomalies and the advent of behavioral finance, we continue to follow practices that assume efficient pricing.
I'm still trying to figure this Repo 105 thing out. I read an interesting article in the Financial Times: Fooled Again, but it leaves many questions unanswered.
The paper version of this article has an inset called How Repo 105 Worked. Here is what it says.
Banks use repurchase agreements, known as repos, all the time for short-term financing. One borrows cash and gives the other securities, such as government bonds, as collateral. Both agree to unwind the arrangement on a set date. The deals, which run only for days or weeks, are accounted for as financings, and remain on the books with banks recording and asset--the cash--and a matching liability in the promise to buy back the collateral.
Lehman's 105 was different -- insteach of handing over securities equivalent to the cash it received, the bank gave more than was necessary. The point was to exploit a loophole allowing such over-collateralized deals to be accounted for as true sales. Lehman then reported its obligation to repurchase the securities at a fraction of the full cost, and used the cash it had received to pay off its liabilities, thereby "shrinking" its balance sheet.
Now, if you understand this, you are smarter than me!
The first paragraph seems OK, except that perhaps "matching liability" should be replaced with "corresponding liability."
The second paragraph seems just plain wrong to me. Lehman's 105 was not "different" in the sense the cash loan was over-collateralized. Over-collateralization (the "haircut") is normal in repo transactions.
And the point was not to exploit the "loophole" of treating the repo transaction as a "true" sale. After all, repo is short for "sale and repurchase agreement." There is a legitimate sense in which there was a sale.
And if one does treat the transaction as a sale, then I think there is a legitimate reason for why one should not have to record the corresponding liability to repurchase the asset (pay back the cash loan).
An example. Imagine that I have asset (capital) worth $100 and no debt. I am worth $100. Imagine that I repo my asset for $90 in cash: What does my balance sheet look like?
If there was a problem with what actually transpired, it probably resides in the fact that the transaction was not disclosed (off balance sheet items were not reported). While this sounds like funny business (and it no doubt was), I do not think that any law was broken (and keep in mind that everything was disclosed to Ernst & Young, the accountants in this case).
As the Financial Times article explains, there are a lot of grey areas in the theory of accounting. If a firm exploits these grey areas to make their books look (temporarily) better, who is to blame? The firm, the "independent" accountants, or the accounting principles themselves?
If your answer is the firm, then be prepared to condemn most firms (and individuals too) of the practice of keeping some assets and liabilities off balance sheet. Be prepared to blame governments as well, since many important government liabilities are not recorded in "official" government debt measures. In short, this is not a problem that resides with just a few Lehman executives.
What is Repo 105, Man?
And so it appears that Lehman Brothers cooked their books. Another example of capitalism run amok. (It is convenient here to ignore how governments cook their books all the time. Is anyone from the Greek finance ministry going to jail, by the way?).
Imagine that I own a home worth $105,000. That's the full extent of my wealth. I have no debt. My balance sheet records $105K in assets and net worth.
Now, imagine that, for whatever reason, I need $100K in cash for a few days. I could sell my house, but net of the realtor's fee, I am left with less than $100K. I could take out a home equity loan, but this is expensive too. By far the cheapest way to acquire the short-term cash I need is by repo (a sale and repurchase agreement).
That is, I "sell" my asset to the bank for $100K and promise to "repurchase" my house a few days later (with a little bit of interest, that I set to zero here) at $100K. If I default on my promise to repurchase "my" house, the bank gets to keep it. If the house is really worth $105K, the bank nets $5K. This is nothing more than a form of collateralized lending. Note that the loan has been "overcollateralized" in the sense that I only get $100K in cash for my $105K house (there is a 5% "haircut" on the collateral). The 105/100 ratio is what is meant by "repo 105."
So what is wrong with this? Nothing, so far: it is a standard repo transaction. The problem, apparently, is in how this transaction is accounted for on my balance sheet.
Suppose that the said transaction occurs near year end, and that I agree to repurchase my home at the beginning of next year. How do my books look at year end?
Well, I'm not sure. I've always been terrible at accounting. I suppose I could say one of two things.
Method 1. I am holding assets of $100K in cash and $105K in capital. I have a liability of $100K. My net worth is $105K.
Method 2. I am holding assets of $100 in cash. But as I have "sold" my home, I have no other assets. And well, it seems appropriate then to "ignore" my promise to repurchase my home in the future (i.e., I treat it as an "off balance sheet item"). My reported net worth is now $100K.
Method 2 is the alleged "repo 105 trick" used by Lehman and signed off on by their accountants, Ernst and Young. Clearly, I must have missed something.
Maybe the existence of leverage changes things? OK, assume that I have a mortgage on my home worth $50K (my equity is $55K). My leverage ratio (debt to equity ratio) is 50/55 = 0.9.
Question: can I still repo my home for $100K? Answer: while you would be put in jail for pledging other people's assets as collateral for your own loan, financial firms are evidently allowed to do so (rehypothecation). Maybe rehypothecation is important for the question at hand (but if so, why is it not mentioned?). Let us assume away rehypothecation for now.
OK, assume that I now need $50K in cash. I repo my home for $55K. There is a 10% haircut on my collateral in this case; a "repo 110" if you will. How do the different reporting methods affect my leverage ratio?
Method 1. I am holding assets of $50K in cash and $105K in capital. My liabilities consist of a $50K mortgage and a $50K obligation to repay my cash loan. My net worth is $55K. My leverage ratio is (50+50)/(50+55) = 0.95. That is, this transaction has increased my leverage ratio (from 0.9).
Method 2. I am holding $50K in cash, but as I have "sold" my home, I have no other assets. Having "sold" my loan, I no longer have a mortgage obligation. And, as before, consistency appears to require that I "ignore" my obligation to repurchase my house. My net worth is now reported as $50K. My leverage ratio is 0. Viola!
So, by using Method 2, I "evaporate" $5K in my net worth (10% of my equity). Call me crazy, but if I was a shareholder, I think I would be rather upset. On the other hand, my firm's reported leverage ratio now looks a whole lot better. Uh...OK...like I said, I never understood accounting.
The key to this whole scandal appears to be that "Method 1" is something of an industry norm for repo contracts, while "Method 2" is not. Nothing necessarily illegal about Method 2 (all sorts of items exist off balance sheet in private and public sector accounts), but perhaps its use should have been disclosed? And if so, by whom? Not Lehman Brothers necessarily; but surely their accountants?
Will Federal Reserve Secrecy Conceal Incompetence and Corruption?
Having your own blog can be lot's of fun. I especially enjoy the spirited debates with some of my readers (from whom I have already learned a lot from).
I had a recent exchange with "Pointbite" where I challenged the sanity of Ron (Conspiracy Theory) Paul. The debate, however, was strangely aborted. I thought that Pointbite had given up. I realize now that there must have been a technical glitch that prevented him/her from posting a response. Happily (for me, at least), I accidently came across Pointbite's rebuttal here.
I think that Pointbite asks some good questions. I'm planning another post on the subject. But for now, let me briefly try to clear a few things up.
First, I am not saying that the Fed should never be audited. And I am not saying that the Fed should keep all things secret forever. What I am suggesting is that there are some types of information that should not be disclosed during a financial crisis. The identity of those banks making use of the discount window or emergency lending facilities is an example of such information that should probably not be disclosed; at least, not until the crisis has passed. Likewise, the terms of the lending arrangements should not be disclosed; again, until well after the crisis is passed.
The rationale for such a policy, whether it ultimately proves correct or not, is at least a plausible one for now. Releasing such information during a crisis is likely to lead to a run on the banks involved; exacerbating the crisis. Moreover, because of the stigma associated with using the window, disclosure of such information would prevent banks from participating. The rationale for encouraging participation, of course, assumes that it is socially desirable. This is debatable, for sure. But it is precisely this that should be debated. Gratuitous attacks on the Fed, like those served by Ron Paul, are absolutely of no help here (although he will find them useful for political reasons).
Some other things of note. The Fed has evidently never released information relating to its discount window lending. On routine lending as the normal term is very short (typically overnight, to healthy institutions, fully secured), I fail to see any purpose from disclosure at any time but if the lag were long enough, no real harm either -- just the burden/cost of publicly disclosing something that no one will much care about.
The Section 13(3) special facilities is a different matter from routine discount window lending. This section has not been used for such a long time that I don't think the Fed has any clear policy concerning the release of information here (except that it shall not be released during a financial crisis). I believe that such information should eventually be released, and Bernanke has evidently suggested as much in his testimony to Congress.
Came across this excellent article today, by Peter J. Wallison. In case you haven't seen it, click here.
In a nutshell, he criticizes the standard explanation of political gridlock (an hypothesis that does not square well with the fact of resistance on both sides of the aisle in Congress).
Instead, he suggests the following entirely plausible explanation: The current proposals are not grounded in a valid (or persuasive) explanation of what caused the financial crisis. He goes on to give a lucid description of the power of moral hazard.


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There are currently a lot of managers in world football at the moment who have achieved a lot with the teams they have either managed in the past or are currently managing at the moment. There have been several compilations and lists that have shown a ranking of these managers based on how much achievements they have amassed in their managerial careers. However, when the topic of who the best manager is in the world at the moment is brought up, there are two names that immediately spring up to mind; Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp. These two managers have been hailed for the job they have done with their teams;? Manchester City and Liverpool respectively over the past couple of years and they do deserve to be top two on this list.
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Not too far away from Klopp and Guardiola is Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel. The German manager has singlehandedly come to Stamford Bridge and turned the Blues into title monsters, guiding them to almost any trophy available for them to win. He started by leading them to a UEFA Champions League title triumph after he defeated Guardiola's Manchester City in the final of the competition last season, thanks to a Kai Havertz goal.
Antonio Conte would also be among the top ten in the list of the best managers in the world currently, but the Tottenham Hotspur manager has ordained Pep as the best manager in the world. Speaking ahead of the clash between his side and Pep's this weekend, Conte mentioned that Guardiola is the best in the world in his position right now and there is no competition for him in that spot. He also added that Spurs will find it extremely difficult to match City's brilliance in their game this weekend.
#Jurgen Klopp
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Inside Ashley Iaconetti and Jared Haibon's Journey From Best Friends to Bachelor Nation Power Couple
Bachelor in Paradise stars are planning a wedding and documenting the fun in a new digital series
By Mike Vulpo, Spencer Lubitz May 21, 2019 10:00 AMTags
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In just one short year, everything can change.
For months and months, Ashley Iaconetti and Jared Haibon were the best of friends. They appeared on Bachelor in Paradise together, shared similar social circles and loved spending time together. Even their social media posts would constantly spark romance rumors.
But time and time again, the pair would say they are just friends.
That all changed one year ago when Jared appeared on Ashley's digital web series called "The Story of Us" where they both delivered a shocking development. These two were finally dating.
"We did develop a friendship on the show even though it was this weird one where she had romantic feelings for me and I had more friendship feelings, but there was this rapport and chemistry that we had where we loved hanging out with each other," Jared recalled to E! News exclusively. "I saw her at this charity event in Virginia a couple months after Paradise and seeing her in her element, planning this event and really just working it the entire weekend, I knew that there could be something more between us."
Ashley I. & Jared Talk Finding Love After "Paradise"
Ashley added, "In Paradise, I was just so nervous. I didn't think anything could actually come of it probably like I wanted it to."
Fast-forward to today and the couple is stronger than ever as they plan their fairy-tale wedding, host their own iHeartRadio podcasts and prepare to star in a new digital series produced by Kinetic Content called "What Now?"
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"I think we're different than any other Bachelor couple in that we had developed this strong friendship over the years before becoming boyfriend and girlfriend, where a lot of other couples that come from the franchise they become boyfriend/girlfriend and then fiancées very quickly after that," Jared shared with us. "Ashley and I got to see each other outside, in our lifestyles and how one another would fit in that—friends groups, careers, places we want to live, things of that nature. We got to cultivate that friendship before we started dating."
Today, the couple is hard at work planning their dream wedding that will likely include plenty of Bachelor Nation members in attendance. For those hoping for a front-row seat to the wedding planning, the happy bride and groom-to-be promise you'll get a taste in "What Now?"
"We're hoping our second season will be the wedding," Ashley teased to us. "We'll see, time will tell."
Stars Who Love (or Hate) The Bachelor
What the couple can confirm is co-stars Tanner Tolbert and Nick Viall were asked to be groomsmen while Jade Tolbert will serve as a bridesmaid—if she's able to attend while pregnant.
"For me personally, the most stressful [part about planning] has been the guest list. It sucks," Jared confessed to us. "You're not throwing a party where you can say, 'C'mon by, stop in, have a drink, say hi.' You have a certain amount of people and we've encountered a couple times now where we've been debating on people, talking about it and then it's just a difficult conversation to have."
Ultimately, it's a problem that may have never happened if these two didn't take a chance on love and turn their friendship into something more.
For those debating if they too should take a leap of faith, Ashley has some advice.
"There are two things I have as options. You either cut off the friendship and say, 'Look, I have feelings for you and I can't just be your friend anymore.' And it's not something that you can just, I'll see him every now and then. No, you have to cut them off," she explained. "If they come back, then they can't picture their life without you and if they don't come back then they were probably never going to like you."
She added, "You can do the same sort of thing by getting a boyfriend or a girlfriend and if the person doesn't react or come out about their feelings or feel any sense of jealousy, it's also probably never going to happen. I also say we are the exception to the rule because most of the time, I think it's hard to get out of the friend zone. Someone who has denied you multiple times is never going to come around. They've expressed their feelings, but I'm the exception to the rule. Thank you babe!"
"What Now?" premieres tonight at 6 p.m. EST on KineticContentTV.


Everyone wants to feel secured no matter what the circumstances are. Back in the days, there was not that much chances of doing the search on Georgia arrest records not until the officials decided to put up databases on the local areas. This implies that all the counties under Columbia are now set in place for the local residents to immediately grab copies of it for whatever purposes it may serve. Usually, such documents are leveraged for background checking purposes when there is an urgent need to do so like when someone is acting suspiciously and that he or she had to be checked instantly.
Today, the Columbia County arrest records have the chance of getting requested with the aid of the county's sheriff's office. This office is the designated place where records are documented and distributed for the good of the general public in Columbia. So, if you have queries related to arrest reports your first resource should be the Sheriff's Department. This office has divisions which include the Records Division where the records are kept and updated for those who would want to request them in the future.
The application can be done through mail, walk-in or facsimile depending on what suits up better for you. But it would be greater if you can drop by the office in person so you can ask more questions in the flesh. However, note that the other law enforcement agencies also have the same records as it deems necessary for them to conduct the arrest on someone. These are other arresting agencies include the traffic enforcement agency, Drug Enforcers, Highway Patrol and among others. So, you need to know two things, first the case number and second the violation being committed so you can right away narrow down the search.
Columbia arrest record shows details including the complete name of the arrested individual, infraction, arresting agency, judged who signed the warrant of arrest and the place where the person was booked. These facts are great input to anybody who seeks information about someone. This is one reference which the local citizens in Columbia can benefit from for whatever legal purposes they may serve.
With the advancement of modern technology nowadays all the citizens in Columbia are capable of performing the lookup on arrest reports via an online records service. This service is available to anyone who has access to the Internet which means that the records can be obtained anywhere for as long as one has Internet connection. You just have to find out the case number and the basic information of the subject like the name and the infraction committed. Unlike the manual method, this online approach only takes a few minutes for you to retrieve the legal documents you need. It comes with a fee but really worth the amount that you invest for the useful details that you get out of such a tool.


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Knowles was a player for the Saints during World War Two. This winger played only three matches in 1943 but managed to net two tries in the process. These were against Oldham and Barrow. Please note the date of birth is notional for our statistical purposes.


The activity is preceded by watching a Czech TV programme called Asertivita (Assertiveness), a part of Komunikace je hra (Communication is Play) series, which uses an amusing form to acquaint the students with the methods of conflict resolution and assertive behaviour in two short scenes – filing a complaint regarding a cooking pot, and loaning a flat to a friend for his party. The session is concluded with a discussion about the situations.
Each pair is given 8 minutes to prepare and 2 minutes to act.
Wrapping paper is laid on the floor before performances, and contour of one student is drawn on the paper. After finishing the scene, each pair writes around the contour what – in their opinion – an assertive person is entitled to. Once acting is finished, the students sit in a circle to evaluate the situations, to point out what should not be part of assertive behaviour and to check the writings on the wrapping paper (what should be kept, what should be crossed out or corrected). Only the correct assertive rights are retained. It should be pointed out that it is not possible to only be governed by rights, but also by responsibilities, and homework is assigned after the activity – to write down these responsibilities.
The activity teaches the students to listen to their counterparts, to be empathic, to use certain manners in conflict resolution.
When creating the pairs, it is useful to pair a passive student with a lively one who will compel the schoolmate to act. The two topics were selected purposefully and the students confirmed in all sincerity that it is very difficult to resolve conflicts with strangers as opposed to friends (emotions play a significant role here). Some pairs succeeded in complimenting others while criticising them. The teacher must direct the students so that they play the scenes seriously without "clowning". If this is not possible, it is better to go over assertiveness just verbally.


The Journal of Neuroscience Methods publishes papers that describe new methods that are specifically for neuroscience research conducted in invertebrates, vertebrates or in man. Major methodological improvements or important refinements of established neuroscience methods are also considered for publication. The Journal's Scope includes all aspects of contemporary neuroscience research, including anatomical, behavioural, biochemical, cellular, computational, molecular, invasive and non-invasive imaging, optogenetic, and physiological research investigations.
The Journal no longer publishes papers that exclusively deal with research on skin, muscle (and muscle function, evoked muscle activity, EMG, motor evoked potentials, kinematics, motor learning, rehabilitation) and eye (retina, EOG, hand-eye co-ordination). Analytical and binding methods for neuroactive drugs/neurotransmitters/other endogenous nervous system substances, as well as manuscripts that deal with language, toxicology, clinical trials and case reports are also not considered for publication.
The most downloaded articles from Journal of Neuroscience Methods in the last 90 days.
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Development and characterization of the InVesalius Navigator software for navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation.
T-pattern detection and analysis for the discovery of hidden features of behaviour.
An implantable two axis micromanipulator made with a 3D printer for recording neural activity in free-swimming fish.


Australia: Bandanna Energy courting Korea Midland Power as new mine partner.
Canada: Emails reveal Vancouver port authority 'cosy' with coal industry.
Canada: Opposition to proposal by Lafarge Canada export coal role.
Czech Republic: Paskov metallurgical mine seeking subsidy to survive.
Global: Increased fossil fuel mining likelycontributor to rising methane emissions.
India: Investigation into possible role of private companies in missing 'Coalgate' files.
Malaysia: Government seeks to revive rejected 300 megawatt coal plant.
New Zealand: Groups urge banks to pull funding from proposed mine.
Kazakhstan: Government pushing ahead with Korean built and funded coal plant.
Russia: Russian mining giant Mechel gets US$2.5 billion loan for the Elga Coal Complex.
Thailand: Government-owned company proposes four new coal plants.
United Kingdom: UK carbon tax likely to undermine coal plants' summer generation.
United States: A coal gasification plant proposed for Utah is cancelled.
United States: Proponent of Wyoming coal-to-liquids plant seeks 30-month delay.
United States: Domestic metallurgical coal "fragile" says producer.
wrote Liam Denning in the Wall Street Journal.
Richard Morse, the managing director at SuperCritical Capital, an energy consultancy, told the New York Times.
This 60-page report reviews the potential cumulative effect of 9 new 'mega' coal mines on the regional water supplies. The nine projects, if operating concurrently, could produce approximately more than 310 million tonnes of coal a year.
This provides an excellent overview of the challenges facing Coal India's plan to expand production while economic reserves are shrinking. In just 32 pages you will understand why the days of cheap domestic coal In India are over.
Earthlife Africa-Jhb, groundWork/Friends of the Earth-South Africa and Greenpeace Africa will hold protests against Eskom's proposed 4800-megawatt Coal-3 project on September 27, 2013. The protests coincide with the launch of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on the physical science basis of climate change. See here for Coal3 factsheet.
On October 6 project finance for the Central Java Power Plant expansion is scheduled to be finalised. Contact Heike or Arif at Greenpeace for details of a sign on letter to the World Bank.


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Q: Linking .lib files compiling on cygwin I am having errors building a c++ file on Windows using cygwin and linking opencv .lib files. The .lib files are present in a directory called lib. Here is the command I am using to build a file called tracker.cpp. I am getting "undefined reference to" errors or "unable to find the library" errors after trying many combinations.
g++ -o ../bin/tracker -I../include tracker.cpp -L../lib -lopencv_core246d -lopencv_highgui246d -lopencv_imgproc246d -lopencv_objdetect246d

A: you can't link ".lib" files with mingw, those .lib ones are for vs.
in 2.4.6, there should be a mingw folder with *.a or *.a.so files, use those


The Orange County vote canvassing board has completed its machine recounts of the 2018 election with very little change in the final tabulations of contested races.
Orange is the first of Florida's seven big, urban counties — which include Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Hillsborough, Pinellas, and Duval — to report the machine-recount numbers. It's among these counties that Democrats hope to make gains in the U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections and solidify the lead in the Florida Agricultural Commissioner contest.
Orange County's recounts showed no discernible difference in any of those races' counts.
In the end, 478,999 votes were recounted in Orange County, according to the report posted by the Orange County Supervisor of Elections Office Thursday morning and on its way to Tallahassee. That's actually down slightly from the total of 479,122 total reported last week to the Florida Division of Elections, for the pre-recount total.
The results show the striking Democratic lean for Orange County, where the Democrats won by more than 110,000 votes in all three contested statewide races, through the machine recount.
In Orange County, Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson topped Republican Gov. Rick Scott in the U.S. Senate election, 293,828 votes to 180,628. The percentage difference remained unchanged from last week's count: 61.76 percent for Nelson, 37.97 percent for Scott.
Democratic Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum topped Republican nominee Ron DeSantis in the gubernatorial election, 296,063 to 174,148, via Orange County voters. The percentage difference remained unchanged: 62.22 percent for Gillum, 36.60 for DeSantis.
Democratic nominee Nikki Friedman topped Republican state Rep. Matt Caldwell in the Florida Agriculture Commissioner election, 288,545 Orange County votes to 174,591 for Caldwell. The percentage difference remained unchanged: 62.30 percent for Friedman, 37.70 for Caldwell.


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The Wirral based quartet, The Causeways, have recently revealed their bright and warm debut single "Quietly". The band's first single was released back in November of 2020 and is the first slice of music we've ever heard from the foursome, but what a debut effort it is.
The band is comprised of Will Cartmell, Matthew Wilson, and Ryan Robinson who have all been playing music together since they were fifteen, and with the addition of Sam Silver last off all the band was fully formed.
Hazy and yet shimmering with beauty, The Causeways debut release is a great starting point for the quartet.
The Causeways have influences that are clear to see, with Merseyside acts such as The Coral and The Beatles being two big bands that the quartet draws inspiration from. A more comparable band would be The Kooks as The Causeways too have acoustic guitars wrapped up in warm vocals with a distinctive sound that has a hazy and yet vibrant tone.
Being wrapped around with amazing and influential bands has really rubbed off on the band, and with the sound they've found for themselves, it seems like they're going down the route of being one of those bands. Just do everyone a favour and go listen to their debut release, with more planned for 2021 you're not going to be left disappointed.
The Causways


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function [channelNumber] = plx_resolve_channel(filename, channel)
% plx_resolve_channel(filename, channel): returns .plx file spike channel number for the specified channel name
%
% [channelNumber] = plx_resolve_channel(filename, channel)
%
% INPUT:
%   filename - file name
%   channel - 1-based channel number or channel name
%
% OUTPUT:
%   channelNumber - 1-based channel number.
%                   if channel is a channel name, returns channel number for the specified channel name.
%                      if channel with the specified name is not found, returns -1
%                   if channel is a number, returns this number

channelNumber = -1;

if nargin ~= 2
    error 'Expected 2 input arguments';
end

channelNumber = -1;
if ischar(channel) == 1
    [numNames, names] = plx_chan_names(filename);
    [numMapped, chans] = plx_chanmap(filename);
    for i=1:numNames
        if strcmp(deblank(names(i,:)), deblank(channel)) == 1
            channelNumber = chans(i);
            break
        end
    end
else
    channelNumber = channel;
end

end

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#pragma once
#include <aws/robomaker/RoboMaker_EXPORTS.h>
#include <aws/robomaker/RoboMakerRequest.h>
#include <aws/core/utils/memory/stl/AWSString.h>
#include <aws/core/utils/memory/stl/AWSVector.h>
#include <aws/robomaker/model/RobotSoftwareSuite.h>
#include <aws/robomaker/model/Environment.h>
#include <aws/robomaker/model/SourceConfig.h>
#include <utility>

namespace Aws
{
namespace RoboMaker
{
namespace Model
{

  /**
   */
  class AWS_ROBOMAKER_API UpdateRobotApplicationRequest : public RoboMakerRequest
  {
  public:
    UpdateRobotApplicationRequest();

    // Service request name is the Operation name which will send this request out,
    // each operation should has unique request name, so that we can get operation's name from this request.
    // Note: this is not true for response, multiple operations may have the same response name,
    // so we can not get operation's name from response.
    inline virtual const char* GetServiceRequestName() const override { return "UpdateRobotApplication"; }

    Aws::String SerializePayload() const override;

    /**
     *
The application information for the robot application.

     */
    inline const Aws::String& GetApplication() const{ return m_application; }

    /**
     *
The application information for the robot application.

     */
    inline bool ApplicationHasBeenSet() const { return m_applicationHasBeenSet; }

    /**
     *
The application information for the robot application.

     */
    inline void SetApplication(const Aws::String& value) { m_applicationHasBeenSet = true; m_application = value; }

    /**
     *
The application information for the robot application.

     */
    inline void SetApplication(Aws::String&& value) { m_applicationHasBeenSet = true; m_application = std::move(value); }

    /**
     *
The application information for the robot application.

     */
    inline void SetApplication(const char* value) { m_applicationHasBeenSet = true; m_application.assign(value); }

    /**
     *
The application information for the robot application.

     */
    inline UpdateRobotApplicationRequest& WithApplication(const Aws::String& value) { SetApplication(value); return *this;}

    /**
     *
The application information for the robot application.

     */
    inline UpdateRobotApplicationRequest& WithApplication(Aws::String&& value) { SetApplication(std::move(value)); return *this;}

    /**
     *
The application information for the robot application.

     */
    inline UpdateRobotApplicationRequest& WithApplication(const char* value) { SetApplication(value); return *this;}

    /**
     *
The sources of the robot application.

     */
    inline const Aws::Vector<SourceConfig>& GetSources() const{ return m_sources; }

    /**
     *
The sources of the robot application.

     */
    inline bool SourcesHasBeenSet() const { return m_sourcesHasBeenSet; }

    /**
     *
The sources of the robot application.

     */
    inline void SetSources(const Aws::Vector<SourceConfig>& value) { m_sourcesHasBeenSet = true; m_sources = value; }

    /**
     *
The sources of the robot application.

     */
    inline void SetSources(Aws::Vector<SourceConfig>&& value) { m_sourcesHasBeenSet = true; m_sources = std::move(value); }

    /**
     *
The sources of the robot application.

     */
    inline UpdateRobotApplicationRequest& WithSources(const Aws::Vector<SourceConfig>& value) { SetSources(value); return *this;}

    /**
     *
The sources of the robot application.

     */
    inline UpdateRobotApplicationRequest& WithSources(Aws::Vector<SourceConfig>&& value) { SetSources(std::move(value)); return *this;}

    /**
     *
The sources of the robot application.

     */
    inline UpdateRobotApplicationRequest& AddSources(const SourceConfig& value) { m_sourcesHasBeenSet = true; m_sources.push_back(value); return *this; }

    /**
     *
The sources of the robot application.

     */
    inline UpdateRobotApplicationRequest& AddSources(SourceConfig&& value) { m_sourcesHasBeenSet = true; m_sources.push_back(std::move(value)); return *this; }

    /**
     *
The robot software suite (ROS distribution) used by the robot
     * application.

     */
    inline const RobotSoftwareSuite& GetRobotSoftwareSuite() const{ return m_robotSoftwareSuite; }

    /**
     *
The robot software suite (ROS distribution) used by the robot
     * application.

     */
    inline bool RobotSoftwareSuiteHasBeenSet() const { return m_robotSoftwareSuiteHasBeenSet; }

    /**
     *
The robot software suite (ROS distribution) used by the robot
     * application.

     */
    inline void SetRobotSoftwareSuite(const RobotSoftwareSuite& value) { m_robotSoftwareSuiteHasBeenSet = true; m_robotSoftwareSuite = value; }

    /**
     *
The robot software suite (ROS distribution) used by the robot
     * application.

     */
    inline void SetRobotSoftwareSuite(RobotSoftwareSuite&& value) { m_robotSoftwareSuiteHasBeenSet = true; m_robotSoftwareSuite = std::move(value); }

    /**
     *
The robot software suite (ROS distribution) used by the robot
     * application.

     */
    inline UpdateRobotApplicationRequest& WithRobotSoftwareSuite(const RobotSoftwareSuite& value) { SetRobotSoftwareSuite(value); return *this;}

    /**
     *
The robot software suite (ROS distribution) used by the robot
     * application.

     */
    inline UpdateRobotApplicationRequest& WithRobotSoftwareSuite(RobotSoftwareSuite&& value) { SetRobotSoftwareSuite(std::move(value)); return *this;}

    /**
     *
The revision id for the robot application.

     */
    inline const Aws::String& GetCurrentRevisionId() const{ return m_currentRevisionId; }

    /**
     *
The revision id for the robot application.

     */
    inline bool CurrentRevisionIdHasBeenSet() const { return m_currentRevisionIdHasBeenSet; }

    /**
     *
The revision id for the robot application.

     */
    inline void SetCurrentRevisionId(const Aws::String& value) { m_currentRevisionIdHasBeenSet = true; m_currentRevisionId = value; }

    /**
     *
The revision id for the robot application.

     */
    inline void SetCurrentRevisionId(Aws::String&& value) { m_currentRevisionIdHasBeenSet = true; m_currentRevisionId = std::move(value); }

    /**
     *
The revision id for the robot application.

     */
    inline void SetCurrentRevisionId(const char* value) { m_currentRevisionIdHasBeenSet = true; m_currentRevisionId.assign(value); }

    /**
     *
The revision id for the robot application.

     */
    inline UpdateRobotApplicationRequest& WithCurrentRevisionId(const Aws::String& value) { SetCurrentRevisionId(value); return *this;}

    /**
     *
The revision id for the robot application.

     */
    inline UpdateRobotApplicationRequest& WithCurrentRevisionId(Aws::String&& value) { SetCurrentRevisionId(std::move(value)); return *this;}

    /**
     *
The revision id for the robot application.

     */
    inline UpdateRobotApplicationRequest& WithCurrentRevisionId(const char* value) { SetCurrentRevisionId(value); return *this;}

    /**
     *
The object that contains the Docker image URI for your robot application.

     */
    inline const Environment& GetEnvironment() const{ return m_environment; }

    /**
     *
The object that contains the Docker image URI for your robot application.

     */
    inline bool EnvironmentHasBeenSet() const { return m_environmentHasBeenSet; }

    /**
     *
The object that contains the Docker image URI for your robot application.

     */
    inline void SetEnvironment(const Environment& value) { m_environmentHasBeenSet = true; m_environment = value; }

    /**
     *
The object that contains the Docker image URI for your robot application.

     */
    inline void SetEnvironment(Environment&& value) { m_environmentHasBeenSet = true; m_environment = std::move(value); }

    /**
     *
The object that contains the Docker image URI for your robot application.

     */
    inline UpdateRobotApplicationRequest& WithEnvironment(const Environment& value) { SetEnvironment(value); return *this;}

    /**
     *
The object that contains the Docker image URI for your robot application.

     */
    inline UpdateRobotApplicationRequest& WithEnvironment(Environment&& value) { SetEnvironment(std::move(value)); return *this;}

  private:

    Aws::String m_application;
    bool m_applicationHasBeenSet = false;

    Aws::Vector<SourceConfig> m_sources;
    bool m_sourcesHasBeenSet = false;

    RobotSoftwareSuite m_robotSoftwareSuite;
    bool m_robotSoftwareSuiteHasBeenSet = false;

    Aws::String m_currentRevisionId;
    bool m_currentRevisionIdHasBeenSet = false;

    Environment m_environment;
    bool m_environmentHasBeenSet = false;
  };

} // namespace Model
} // namespace RoboMaker
} // namespace Aws


73096 is located at 73096, yachuli, Lower Subansiri, Yazali, Yachuli H.Q., Arunachal Pradesh - 791120 and is managed by LIKHA DANIEL in the state of Arunachal Pradesh. This Aadhar card enrolment center is a Permanent center. The contact number of 73096 Aadhar Center is 9402037156. Ask for LIKHA DANIEL after calling and ask him your queries. Please call the aadhar center before leaving.


Yin Shui Han Motel in Hunei features a garden and a terrace. All rooms feature a TV with cable channels and a private bathroom. The property has hot tub and free WiFi. At the motel, rooms are fitted with a patio with a garden view. Every room is fitted with air conditioning, and selected rooms include a balcony. Guest rooms feature a wardrobe. A buffet breakfast is served each morning at the property. Staff at the reception can help guests with any questions that they might have. Kaohsiung is 39 km from Yin Shui Han Motel. The nearest airport is Tainan Airport, 11 km from the accommodation.


I always wanted to travel to Iran, and was recommended to book through SURFIRAN by my friend.
I had an excellent experience, and would recommend travelers to book through travel agency while visiting here if you can't speak Farsi. Many people spoke English, but the efficiency with an agency is unmatched.
My family of 4 visited, and SURFIRAN booked us a private tour. We had a guide, a van and driver, just for us. The car waited for us everywhere we went, and with the Farsi speaking guide, everything was so much easier.
Tehran, Kashan, Esfahan, Yazd, Persepolis, and Shiraz were the cities we visited. We pretty much covered everything in these cities.
Lastly, I want to say Iran was so friendly and safe. Just a simple search on YouTube, all the travelers who visited Iran was surprised about the country was very safe (not as the commonly negative portrayal). If your interested, I think just go, don't think too much and enjoy the warm hospitality, and amazing history there.
We traveled in 2 in a private tour around Iran in January 2019 for 13 days. I usually prefer to organize my trips by myself but this time we decided to go with an agency - the best decision we have ever taken! Surfiran since the beginning was extremely professional and responsive. Furthermore, our cultural guide (Ali Koroghlian) introduced us to the local life and people in Iran and trust me .. that made a massive difference. We felt welcomed at any time by the locals and Ali made everything possible to satisfy all our expectations and needs (i'm a photographer so i might be painful sometimes for tour guides). The itinerary was perfect for us and we are high pace travelers. We loved all places we visited and I wouldn't take anything out from what we experienced. honestly, Surfiran and Ali made the difference for the first time in many times I travelled. Highly recommended.
I took a 15 day tour in May-June 2018 with Surfiran and absolutely loved the experience. Coming from the United States of America I definitely had a lot of questions and had to go through a long visa application process, but Sarah from Surfiran was extremely helpful and very responsive throughout the entire process. The visa application process took about 6 weeks from start (booking the trip) to finish (receiving my passport back from the Pakistani embassy), but Sarah and I were in frequent contact with updates and answers to all of my questions.
The excellent visa application support service, the incredible sights you will see, the delicious food, the friendly and hospitable people you will meet (many strangers wanting to chat) all made this trip totally worth it. Perfect for older travelers and younger ones wanting to fill their IG page with tons of incredible pictures. I highly recommend not only visiting Iran, but using Surfiran to help you tour their beautiful country!