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The Court Satisfied the Motion of the Organization Lawyers on the Application to the RA Constitutional Court
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On March 29 of 2021, Yerevan First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction adopted a decision to satisfy the motion on applying to the RA Constitutional Court with the demand to recognize the violation of the ownership rights based on discrimination and compensation of non-material damage.
In December of 2019, on behalf of 4 physical entities the lawyers of the Protection of Rights without Borders NGO filed appeals to the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction against the banks operating in the Republic of Armenia with the demand to recognize the applied discrimination fact and compensate the moral damages.
The applicants were citizens of the Republic of Armenia and Islamic Republic of Iran respectively, who had applied to "Ameriabank" CJSC, "Acba-Credit Acricole Bank" CJSC, "Converse Bank" CJSC respectively in order to receive banking services (opening of foreign currency account and card provision, making transfers in foreign currencies from account, etc.).
The banks rejected to provide the relevant services, taking into account the fact, that the latter were citizens of Islamic Republic of Iran and that the restriction in regard to the citizenship of Islamic Republic of Iran was applied in a line with the relevant internal legislative acts of the bank.
In the scope of the examination of the case, the lawyers filed a motion by the mentioned case to the court with the request to apply to the RA Constitutional Court and discontinue the proceedings by the given cases.
By one of the cases / ԵԴ/1289/02/20, chaired by the Judge A. Sukoyan/, the lawyers of the Organization stated, that there are legislative regulation gaps in regard to the compensation of moral damage, which, even in case of recognizing the fact of discrimination, deprive the applicant from the full protection of the violated rights.
The following issues were particularly highlighted before the Court:
– Whether the RA domestic legislative regulations enable to receive a compensation for non-material damage in case of being subjected to discrimination,
– Whether the RA domestic legislative regulations enable to receive a compensation for non-material damage in case of violations raised from private legal relations
– Whether the gap in the RA domestic legislative regulations do not lead to deprivation of effective remedy contradicting the Articles 61, 63 and 75 respectively of the RA Constitution.
As recorded by the Court, in case of satisfying the demand to recognize the violation of the right to ownership on discrimination ground, the citizen is not enabled to receive compensation for non-material damage.
According to the Court, the regulations defined by the RA Civil Law exclude the opportunity of the non-material damage compensation in case of violation of Constitutional ban, which, as assessed by the Court, cannot be considered an interest for justice, as well as ensure the preventive nature of the compensation institute and the full compensation of the damage.
As a result, the effective protection of the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the RA Constitution can be hindered.
The Court made a decision to satisfy the motion filed by the Organization lawyers and apply to the RA Constitutional Court with the request to determine the compliance of Paragraph 4 of Article 17 of the RA Civil Code to the Articles 3, 23, 29 and to Article 75 respectively of the RA Constitution to the extent in case, the violation of the prohibition to discrimination does not define an opportunity to the compensation of non-material damage.
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This illustration shows the cumulative number of located earthquakes for various areas in 1992 showing the effects of the Landers (California) earthquake. Numbers in parentheses next to location names are distances, in kilometers, from earthquake epicenter. Number at the right is the total number of earthquakes recorded for the area in the time spanned. Note how many locations, including Yellowstone, see an uptick in located earthquakes at the time of the Landers earthquake (indicated by the arrow).
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California quakes won't cause Yellowstone supervolcano to erupt
Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Mike Poland, geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey and scientist-in-charge, of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory.
With the two strong earthquakes in southern California these past few days — a M6.4 on July 4 and a M7.1 a day later — it's a natural question: Will these earthquakes trigger volcanic eruptions, including perhaps at Yellowstone?
There was apparently a spike in internet searches on this very question, so we thought it would be a good idea to address it up front in this week's edition of Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles.
If you want the short version of the story, here it is: Earthquakes like those of the past week are unlikely to trigger volcanic eruptions, although they might trigger microearthquakes at some volcanoes.
Now for the long version of the story. Let's start with some historical perspective. M6-7 earthquakes are, unfortunately, pretty common occurrences in the western U.S. Since 1900 in the continental U.S. there have been nearly 100 earthquakes greater than M6, and there have been nine greater than M7 (both of these numbers go up if you include Canada and Mexico).
Most of these events are in California, but they have also occurred in Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. If we assume that rate is representative of the average, that means there would be about 10 M7+ events per century in the western US.
Yellowstone has not erupted in 70,000 years, and that was a lava flow, not an explosive eruption. That means there might have been something like 7,000 M7+ earthquakes in that time period. None caused Yellowstone to erupt.
Using a simple dose of common sense, we can see this is the case just from recent history. In 1992, there was a M7.3 quake — the Landers earthquake — about 25 miles north of Palm Springs in southern California. And in 1999, there was an M7.1 event — the Hector Mine earthquake — about 55 miles north of Palm Springs. Neither of these caused an eruption, in Yellowstone or anywhere elsewhere — not at Coso (in California, near Ridgecrest, the site of the recent strong earthquakes), not at Long Valley caldera (in eastern California, near Mammoth), and so forth.
Proximity to Yellowstone doesn't matter. In 1959, the M7.3 Hebgen Lake earthquake occurred right on the Montana-Idaho border, essentially on the western boundary of Yellowstone National Park. And of course, there was no eruption.
But it's not as if strong earthquakes don't have any impact at all on the volcanoes of the U.S. They sometimes do, just not in ways that are obvious.
For example, both the 1992 Landers and 1999 Hector Mine earthquakes in southern California triggered some seismicity — mostly M1 or less — at Long Valley caldera. Perhaps even more amazingly, the 2002 M7.9 Denali earthquake, in Alaska, triggered small earthquakes at many mainland U.S. volcanoes — Mount Rainier, Coso, Long Valley caldera, and even Yellowstone.
You might ask, how do we know that the smaller quakes are triggered by the larger quake? Good question. Based on seismic data, we can see that these smaller quakes start at the same time as the waves from the distant large earthquake arrive. Some of these triggered swarms have lasted for days.
The next logical question is: What do these triggered quakes mean? There are a few possible explanations. It might be that the seismic waves from the distant strong earthquake cause water and gas — fluids that might come from magma reservoirs — to move around beneath the ground. As the fluids move in the subsurface they cause rock to break. Presto! Small earthquakes!
Another possibility is that passing seismic waves cause small increases in fluid pressure. Since hydrothermal systems are already at a critical pressure (which is why there are geysers), any small increase can cause microfractures, and thus small earthquakes. Probably both possibilities are true, and act in different ways at different volcanoes.
Large earthquakes can also cause changes in hydrothermal systems, like Yellowstone's geysers. The 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake was the most striking in this regard. Within a day of that earthquake at least 289 springs in Yellowstone had erupted as geysers, and 160 of these were springs with no previous record of eruption. Even after the 2002 Denali, Alaska, earthquake, some geysers changed their patterns, erupting more, or less, frequently. But not every geyser was affected — some, like Old Faithful, did not seem to feel the earthquake at all. This fickle response is a testament to the fragile nature of geyser plumbing systems.
So strong earthquakes can indeed have an impact on volcanoes. But triggering eruptions? That's not common, especially in the mainland U.S., where hundreds of M7+ events have clearly had no impact on volcanoes like Yellowstone, Long Valley, Coso, and elsewhere.
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The first two stories, "The King's Ankus" and "Red Dog" recount more of Mowgli's adventures, while the last two are classics: "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" and "Toomai of the Elephants."
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Just So Stories are considered some of Kipling's best works. They give fantastical explanations for various phenomena.
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Set in the days of the British Raj, Kipling's finest novel is the exciting and touching tale of an Irish orphan-boy who has lived free in the streets of Lahore before setting out, with a Tibetan Lama, on a double quest...
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Every week, Your New Favorite Playlist introduces you to workout-worthy tunes from a different fitness brand. This week, Cycle House shares one of its latest playlists.
If you're anything like us, you already feel pretty freaking amazing after you finish an intense workout. But riders at Cycle House in Los Angeles have even more reason to glow post-workout: For every class taken there, the studio donates two meals to Feeding America, a hunger-relief charity.
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Of course, Cycle House's altruistic side is only one reason riders keep coming back. "We also pride ourselves on being the most intense cardiovascular exercise in Los Angeles," says Sarah Shelton, an instructor at the studio. "We're known to push you to your edge." Instructors' playlists are a key part of that: "Being a cycling instructor kind of makes you an amateur DJ," says Shelton. "You have to take riders on a ride not only physically on their bike, but also mentally with the music." We got Shelton to share one of her recent mixes:
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Professional dental cleaning is the principal prophylactic measure against tooth decay and periodontal disease. During the day the surface of your teeth gets covered in food detritus and a mixture of microbes and cells that have worn away from the upper epithelial layer of the mouth's mucous membranes, which form a whitish-grey and hard-to-detect soft layer. Since toothbrushes do not always successfully clean 100% of the surface of the teeth, the micro-organisms in deposits that stay on the teeth for a few days begin to excrete toxins that affect the gums, and can eventually cause inflammation.
Plaque deposits that are not removed become mineralised and tophus may form, which impedes the natural cleaning of the mouth and retains bacteria, thereby creating the conditions for ongoing inflammation. If the causes are not removed, the inflammation continues, with damage to dentine pockets, loss of bone tissue and loosening of the teeth, which may eventually be lost. Gingivitis is the early phase of dentine damage.
When you have this disease your gums are red, swollen, and they bleed when you brush your teeth. At this stage the disease is treatable and can be cured by correct application of individual and professional oral hygiene procedures. A more widespread disease of the gums is periodontitis, which may result in loose teeth, bone damage, loss of teeth.
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Commonly used first is an ultrasonic instrument which uses tickling vibrations to knock larger pieces of tartar loose. It also sprays a cooling mist of water while it works to wash away debris and keep the area at a proper temperature. Once the larger pieces of tartar are gone, the dentist will switch to finer hand tools (called scalers and curettes in dental-speak) to remove smaller deposits and smoothen the tooth surfaces.
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Fluoride foam or gel is then placed into small, flexible foam trays and placed over the teeth for 30 seconds. The fluoride helps to strengthen the teeth since the acids from bacteria in dental tartar and plaque will have weakened the surfaces. It is best not to eat, drink or rinse for 30 minutes after the fluoride has been applied.


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I'm guessing all these patches are iterative and not of much interest to the rmore casual Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines observer by now, but whenever one of these fan-made updates passes by my inbox I still can't help but double-take and think 'wow.' You guys are wonderful. Completely mad, but wonderful. Bloodlines is now seven years old, was essentially abandoned by its publisher after its developer closed a few months after release, but the fans have just kept on going, fixing things, improving things, digging up locked away extra content and generally trying to keep their dream game alive. And, in a vampire fetishistic subset's case, entirely gratuitously add oodles of bare breasts wherever possible and regardless of any effect on atmosphere or internal logic. I'll stick to the fixes and restored content, thanks.
Anyway: patch 7.6 – 7.6! – is now out, and along with a few fixes restores some missing soundtrack music to the game. Grab it from here, along with assorted add-ons. If only every abandoned game received so much love so much later.
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Protesters chant slogans during a demonstration at MIA. Ramp and cargo workers for Eulen America (contracted by Delta and American Airlines) at MIA are striking Thursday to protest working conditions. Jose A. Iglesias jiglesias@elnuevoherald.com
Eulen has previously said the workers' claims are false.
Delta Airlines contracts Eulen to provide ramp services; American contracts Eulen to provide cargo screening services. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is currently conducting an investigation of Eulen at MIA, an agency spokesperson confirmed Thursday. The property workers union 32BJ SEIU estimates that dozens of workers are participating in the strike at both MIA and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
The director of the Miami-Dade Aviation Department, Lester Sola, said in a statement that his department continues to monitor the situation to ensure workers have "proper equipment, facilities, and compensation opportunities."
"We have met several times with Eulen and they have provided us documents and a plan of action that, if implemented, should address the concerns of the employees," Sola said in the statement.
The county provided Eulen's action plan — signed by CEO Xavier Rabell — to the Herald. The document says Eulen will buy new trucks by August 2019 and post bulletins about the grievance process in break rooms. The plan says that the existing equipment is "fully serviceable and safe to operate" and that the company has spent more than $200,000 on equipment like belt loaders and air conditioners in the last nine months. The plan does not address shift scheduling and paid time off.
In a statement to the Herald after this story was published, Rabell said, "We do not object at all if our employees wish to unionize. No one needs to mislead the public about our company in order to choose the right to collective bargaining. What we do object to is inaccurate and unfair characterizations about us and how we treat our team members. Eulen America wants to reiterate our full commitment to our business partners, our employees and our culture of safety and respect."
A spokesman for Delta said the airline does not expect operations to be impacted. "Delta requires all vendors to maintain a proper working environment, ensuring they align with our core values of treating each other with dignity and respect. We continue working directly with Eulen leadership and take the concerns voiced by their employees very seriously," the company said in a statement.
American issued this statement: "American does not expect any disruption to its service today. We have been in close contact with Eulen about its practices and are closely monitoring its response to concerns raised by its employees."
At 7 a.m. outside Terminal H, Eulen workers raised and lowered "Eulen on Strike" signs as they walked in a circle chanting "Sí se puede." (Yes, we can.)" Around 7:15 a.m. Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Cory Booker joined them in the march.
"I'm here to give you support," Booker said. "Your work is incredible. Your rights are important," he added in Spanish.
Booker said he supports raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. He blamed stagnant wages on a "massive decline in union organizing."
"All you see being done to stop labor from organizing ... it's correlated with a decline in benefits," he said.
Democratic presidential candidate and New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker joined striking workers at MIA Thursday morning to show his support for their cause. Jose A. Iglesias jiglesias@elnuevoherald.com
Eulen is one of the few airport companies required to pay its employees at least $13.23 an hour with health insurance or $16.40 without, per the county's living wage ordinance passed last July. Airlines and their subsidiaries are exempt from the ordinance along with all retail and restaurants with existing contracts. Eulen workers say that the living wage would likely be enough if they were able to work full time. Workers claim Eulen keeps them on part-time shifts with no fixed schedule, preventing them from securing a steady second job, and doesn't provide paid sick leave and vacation time.
"They give you 20 hours and they move you like a chip in a board game," said Joel Talavera, 52, who has worked at Eulen for three years. "They move people around on a whim."
Fellow Democratic presidential candidates New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio and U.S. Representative Tim Ryan joined Eulen workers for an afternoon rally as did Florida state Sens. Annette Taddeo and Jose Javier Rodríguez.
As the crowd of around 100 chanted behind him holding "Eulen Strike" signs, Ryan said, "I'm one thousand percent with these workers."
De Blasio urged the workers to unionize. "The eyes of the world are on this airport, the eyes of the world are on Miami-Dade," he said.
Before giving up the mic to the next speaker, De Blasio blurted a quote from one of the most divisive historical figures in Miami, Che Guevara, the Cuban revolutionary.
"Hasta la victoria siempre!" he said.
The crowd cheered and didn't seem fazed.
Miami Herald news partner CBS4 first reported the working conditions for Eulen workers in April. U.S. Reps. Donna Shalala and Frederica Wilson, who represent parts of Miami-Dade and Broward counties, and Miami-Dade Commissioner Eileen Higgins, all Democrats, visited the MIA workers later that month to call attention to the conditions.
Esteban Barrios, an airport ramp worker with Eulen America, speaks during a round table discussion on hazardous conditions at Miami International Airport, with Reps. Donna Shalala, and Frederica Wilson, D-Fla., Wednesday, April 24, 2019, in Miami. Workers spoke about inhumane, dangerous working conditions, broken-down airport vehicles and roach infestations they must work with. Wilfredo Lee AP
"I'm angry," Shalala said after the visit in April. "They're taking advantage of new immigrants. They should be ashamed."
Workers interviewed by the Miami Herald this week said the company made small changes after the CBS4 investigation like cleaning out the cockroach-infested supply trucks and adding a truck with Gatorade on the tarmac, but they said bigger improvements are needed. Barrios said the ramp equipment is frequently missing or broken, and the workers injured.
"I couldn't go to work on Monday, it's the result of overworking day after day, there comes a point where you get injured," Barrios said about a common back injury among workers. "We want sick days so that we don't lose money when we are ill."
Barrios said he had been taking an English class every Monday evening for a year until Eulen changed his schedule after he requested that the company provide him with its logs of complaints to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. He also said the company lowered his salary from $17.40 an hour to $16.40 an hour after he made the request.
In a letter to the county's Aviation Department, Eulen CEO Rabell said the company reduced Barrios' pay four days before he requested the OSHA logs. The company said in its letter that it had overpaid Barrios for several months prior to the change in pay and that Barrios had requested a demotion.
Myrna Iglesias, a Eulen cargo worker who screens cargo for American, said Eulen requires a doctor's note for missing work due to illness. She hopes the company will provide workers with paid sick days and more affordable insurance.
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On Tuesday 18 Feb, nearly 4000 protesters like you took to the streets to stop Napthine's Silencing Act.
When the amendments were debated in Parliament, a number of Labor MPs spoke passionately against the bill, and have promised to repeal Napthine's Silencing Act if elected.
With Napthine's Liberals controlling the upper house, Napthine's Silencing Act is likely to pass the legislative council next week, but there are still 3 things you can do to stop Victoria being silenced for good!
telling them why you oppose Napthine's Silencing Act. These Liberal MPs are likely to vote in favour of the bill - they should be accountable to you for their actions.
and let the Labor party know that repealing the bill has popular support.
so that the next Victorian Government can repeal Napthine's Silencing Act!
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Carol M. Jolly, MSW, LSCSW has been in private practice for 30 years and has held a Kansas license to practice since licensure was instituted. She received her AA degree from now Miami-Dade University; her BS and MSW from Florida State University and worked as a medical social worker at the University of Florida Teaching Hospital and the Topeka Veteran's Administration Hospital as both medical and psychiatric social worker before accepting a position at the Menninger Clinic working in the Adult Hospital, Adult Diagnostic Service, Adult Outpatient Service an as Assistant Director of Admissions. She served as faculty for a number of nationally attended Menninger continuing education programs. She, along with others established the Center For Sexual Health and the design of a two-year post-graduate program for those seeking certification as sex therapist. Ms. Jolly was also a clinical supervisor in the Menninger Psychiatric Residency Program. As well, she was a teacher at Washburn University School of Social Work and field supervisor at Washburn University and the University of Kansas.
Ms. Jolly serves those aged 16 and over in her clinical practice and in more recent years with aging clients and their families. For some years she has been recognized as serving the emotional needs of those in the LGBTQ community. Her education and training along with career experience has its focus on problems associated with complex psychiatric illnesses, depression, anxiety, sexual dysfunctions, sexual trauma, grief, work related stress, and self-esteem and self-confidence issues which hamper daily life challenges. Treatment modalities include counseling, brief therapies when indicated, individual psychotherapy for persistent emotional struggles, marital and family therapy and group therapy. In addition, Ms. Jolly also offers clinical supervision for those seeking their LSCSW license.
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India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will on Monday ink an important Trilateral Agreement between Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (ADNOC), UAE's ARAMCO and India's Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas – that will expand India's refining capacity.
The pact will be signed in presence of UAE's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sheikh Al Nahyan Abdullah Bin Zayed Bin Sultan here, official sources said.
According to observers in the oil industry, major oil producers are targeting Asia to establish stable oil outlet, as the fuel demand is growing in the region. India, which is at present world's third biggest oil importer and consumer, is seeking to expand its refining capacity to 8.8 million barrel per day by 2030. Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) may also invest about 45 billion dollars over the next five years.
The visiting Minister will meet External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and both the leaders will hold delegation level talks.
During his stay in the capital, Sheikh Al Nahyan Abdullah Bin Zayed Bin Sultan will have an interactive session at the International Council of World Affairs and also visit the Akshardham Temple.
He will also call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday afternoon, sources said.
The visiting dignitary, who will be in India till June 30, will also visit Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Chennai, sources added.


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Q: saving file with ofstream I'm new to C++, I have an image named "test.jpg", i convert it to base64 and decode it again like this:
std::ifstream  inputFile;
inputFile.open("test.jpg",std::ios::binary);
std::filebuf* pbuf = inputFile.rdbuf();

inputFile.seekg (0, ios::end);
int length = inputFile.tellg();

// allocate memory to contain file data
 char* buffer=new char[length];

// get file data
pbuf->sgetn (buffer,length);
inputFile.close();
CBase64 base64;
string encodedData = base64.base64_encode((unsigned char*)buffer,length);
delete[] buffer;

string decodedData = base64.base64_decode(encodedData);

ofstream outPutFile;
outPutFile.open("test2.jpg",ios::binary | ios::out);
outPutFile.write(decodedData.c_str(), decodedData.length());
outPutFile.close();

the "test2.jpg" has exact same size as "test.jpg"(the original file) but, i can't open it.
i couldn't find what is the problem.

A: i got it working. i just replaced:
outPutFile.open("test2.jpg",ios::binary | ios::out);

with
outPutFile.open("test2.jpg", ios_base::out | ios_base::binary);

A: std::string path = "file.txt";
std::string cfgString = "data";
std::ofstream output(path.c_str(), ios_base::out | std::ios::binary);
if (output.is_open()) {
    output.write(cfgString.data(), cfgString.length());
}

output.close();

A: Apparently, there is no superficial problem with your file writing logic even though there are some irregularities. The biggest problem is in your main logic.
The program seems to be simple program of copying a file. What you are doing is reading a file, converting its data to base64 string and then again decoding the data to std::string. Now one small problem. Conversion of base64 string cannot be successfully done into a null terminated ANSI string for obvious reasons that any 0 in decoded binary data will terminate the string prematurely. Secondly you are opening a file in binary mode to write but trying to write std::string in the file. But that doesn't matter as you data has already been corrupted in your previous operation.
To solve this, you can simply use file copying example as this or make sure you write only binary data with care to your output file which means read in binary from input file and write to output file the same buffer. No base64 encoding decoding is required.

A: it looks like you forgot to write
inputFile.seekg (0, ios::beg);

after getting file length. it means you try to read from the end of the file instead of its beginning.

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"Can bright sunshine trigger migraine attacks?" Many may not thing so, but it's a fact that onset of summer season also means increase in migraine headache symptoms.
So why does sun trigger migraine attacks? Well, there can be number of reasons. Heat is the biggest factor, but there are few others reasons. June, July and August seem to be the peak periods for most migraine patients.
Not everybody who suffers from migraine finds that summer months could be their worst season. Some may find cold winter months hard to endure. The easiest way to keep track of your migraine triggers is by keeping a headache journal and using this information to prevent future attacks. However, some weather related headaches are simply out of control-barometric pressure changes, for one. If summertime is difficult migraine season for you, then try to be extra vigilant with migraine triggers that you can easily control.
You can't do much about these air pressure variances. The best approach is to regularly check weather reports, so you can at least be prepared. Try to avoid flights when at all possible.
Yes, in summers it's hot, and so your body temperature will be hotter too. Changes in body temperatures can also trigger migraine attacks. If you're going out into sun, bring an umbrella, wear a broad-brimmed hat, and seek shade whenever possible.
Even when springtime is gone, pollen may linger into summertime. Summer thunderstorms often spreads its of grass and tree pollen. If you're allergic to pollen, then keep your windows and doors closed during peak period. Alternatively, buy a good indoor air filter as it will bring instant relief.
Some migraine patients are very sensitive to bright lights, in addition to sounds and scents. Therefore, some may find relief in wearing tinted sunglasses outdoors and avoid brightly lit or noisy scenarios, such as shopping malls and basketball games.
The biggest cause of headaches, for non-migraine sufferers and migraineurs alike, is dehydration. If you do regular workouts, then make sure you keep a water bottle handy. Bring along enough water with you. If you spend more time in air-conditioned environment, you may need to drink exra.
One common cause of headaches, for migraineurs and non-migraine sufferers alike, is dehydration. If you exercise regularly, then make sure to keep a sports bottle handy. Always bring water with you before you leave the house, and store extra bottles in your car for emergencies. If you spend a lot of time in an air-conditioned environment, you'll need to drink extra.
However, drink in a balanced way because too much water can also upset your balance of electrolytes, causing an headache.
Humidity can be bit irritating, but if you're suffering from migraine, it can contribute to your headaches. Scents which we may not normally notice become more profound during humid weather. Migraineurs who're more sensitive to sensory experiences, find that unusual smells trigger migraine attacks.
When we try to relax in a stress free environment, headaches soon follow. At least, that's what some health experts say. The first day of the weekend, the first few days of a vacation or a holiday season-these all are red-flag periods for migraine attacks.
Many people love to spend summertime camping by mountain lakes, take long canyon drives to the beach or for sightseeing. If high altitudes give you migraine attacks, then don't get caught off the guard. Before heading off to the coast, it's better to check your map for any nearby mountain ranges. It's also important to keep your migraine medication handy.
Migraine sufferers cannot handle changes well, say headache doctors. During summer vacations, we get used to afternoon napping oversleeping, and eating at unusual time s of the day. So the best way to go is to maintain your sleeping and eating schedule, even when there's lot of time at your disposal.
Summertime is also a good enjoyment time. There are Fourth of July barbecues, many Memorial Day picnics, or maybe you may want to party with your family and friends on the front porch and might be tempted by fruity wine cooler or an ice-cold beer. If you feel alcohol intake triggers your migraines, then strengthen your resolve to say no. If you're planning to go to a party, take along few nonalcoholic beverages, and also bring enough to share!
Most medications lose potency when left out in the heat. So read warning labels on your migraine treatment, and avoid leaving your medicine bag in your car when the sun is high.
Avoid using sunburn relief lotions, scented sunscreen lotions, or bug sprays, as strong perfumes may cause migraines. Some health food stores such as Trader Joe's or Whole Foods offer a huge selection of perfume-free, natural skin and hair products.


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Q: Implementing Service Provider, IdP and user in java with SAML (POC) I'm trying to develope a project in java where I'll have 3 different applications running on 3 different servers profiles(IBM WebSphere sevrer).
Application details...
1. Service app1 & Service App2.... When come one sends request to access resources of this app it will first check wherther user is a authorise user or not if no redirect for authentication or if authorise allow him to access the resource.
2. IdV App... this will aithorise the user by asking for user details and if authorize successfully assign saml token to user and redirect to the app from which it got request to authorize the user.
Note : I have searched a lot over internet and gone through the web service guide given by ibm guys also but I didn't found any concreate solution guiding the the way to implement this scenarion.
Guys Please suggest concreate solutions.
Please write proper comment if you are making negative comment.

A: After a lot of gooogle finally I found this website which will help step by step that how to setup SAML.
 http://wiki.servicenow.com/index.php?title=SAML_2.0_Web_Browser_SSO_Profile


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Rosh Hashanah: 2nd Day Talk
Rabbi Steve Gutow
I was honored when Lauren asked me to give one of the three talks today—talks I have enjoyed greatly over the years given by others on Day 2. Part of the enjoyment was the fact that many of the speakers had not spoken much. When Lauren asked me to talk, she knew I had spoken in this shul as a rabbi. She said, "Steve, you are giving this not so much as a rabbi but rather as a human being on a new pathway after a difficult illness." She said something like that. I was honored.
I am here and happy in a synagogue that welcomed me over a decade ago and has always helped me feel that I belong. I will never forget each of you who brought me soup, sent me cards and notes and offered so much love. Ruth and Lauren and Geri and so many others made a huge difference.
I am lucky to have good people in my life. I dwell among a community who allow me to feel loving and loved. My family and friends and doctors other caretakers and neighbors, here in New York and in other places, were there for me. I awaken into my own, at least for the time being, cancer-free and chemo-free world ready to take on challenges and full of gratitude.
I think I know what brought me through the awful fog of my illness and that knowledge was realized when I was a young boy. I came to believe that God lived within each of us as a bright light that was always shining, a light that kept me going thru the cancer's onslaught. I have never been sure about a transcendent god that acts in history but I have always been sure about that light. While some of us are smarter or less smart than others and some more charming and others drab and some more athletic and some ungainly, I believe all of us are imbued with an inner light that matters more than any other attribute and I understand that among all my good fortunes, the good fortune of knowing about that light, is by far my greatest treasure because it is everyone's greatest treasure. All that is required is realizing that. That light is a divine equalizer. We all have it and we are all due and can offer great love and respect because of it. When I was sick with cancer, that light was my salvation and I think, if we permit, it can be all of our salvations.
The light has had many powerful moments in my life opening me up to the support of an immanent and spiritual divinity but its prior greatest moment happened when I was stranded in the middle of the night as a twenty year old climbing to Zeus's home at the top of Mt. Olympus in Greece. I had to be rescued by a former Olympic Alpinist named Zolotas. This famous mountain was populated by wolves and glaciers and legends about people who died on it while trying to climb it. On that mountain it was June and hot–and it was a time when climate actually conformed to the seasons. While climbing, I began laughing at Zeus—thinking and saying out loud 'Zeus, you are no big deal!' and while I was laughing, that mountain went suddenly from heat and summer to hail and a thunderstorm. When I reached Myticas, the highest peak of the mountain and the actual home of Zeus, Zeus's anger became clear as the skies darkened and the mountain became treacherous. I had been warned by Mr. Zolotas and an older man who was staying at the mountain Hostel not to continue up that mountain but to wait for the next morning because it was a three hour hike and three hours up is three hours down. They both said ominously "Darkness on a mountain is certain death!" But foolhardy and a little stupid, this young Texan went on up. Little jumps which had been challenging going up were frightening coming down. The terrain became slick and it actually began hailing….in June.
As darkness became pervasive, I could see the light emanating from the mountain hostel and recalled the legends of people dying and falling into the glacier which was right below me.
I decided to ignore the fact that there was a trail and began going directly toward the hostel. I fell off a doozy of a cliff. I landed on a stone which was not seeable the next day. I began singing and yelling and the old man came and started yelling back—I felt the light and I believed that I was supposed to live and not die on that mountain. Zolotas appeared —to save me which he did. He was none too pleased with me; he said that he had told me not to go up and that he had a wife and child in the village of Lichtohoron at the foot of the mountain and, with controlled anger in his voice, he said he had risked his life to save me.
But to make a longer story shorter, he got me back. I knew that I was living with the love of god inside and I felt very, very fortunate. I know that all of us need to find that light inside, whatever we call it, all of us need to feel great gratitude for our plentitude of blessings, that all of us need to know that we are blessed by our humanity and our divinity—AND OUR DIVINITY. I learned on that mountain that one should never laugh at a god WHEN YOU ARE IN THAT God's home, even one named Zeus, and I learned from this cancer that the light inside us is what we should be seeking every moment of every day not just when our lives are threatened.
Memories of god's love came roaring back when I was challenged by cancer and chemotherapy less than a year ago and came through well enough to stand here today and say to so many people here and in my world. Thank you.
The feelings are physiological, emotional, spiritual– –I am full of a good hope that this world will be better and I will be engaged in doing my little part to make it so.
Life is an amazing adventure—totally unpredictable–the one thing that ties it to God is love and I feel love so abundantly. I have great gratitude, feel great love, and feel more strongly than ever that our most holy attribute is that light I first encountered as a young boy. It has gotten me through a lot and I will continue to look for it and to praise it and to thank god that I am aware of it. My new path will simply be to seek in myself and others that divine light which is basically all that really matters.
L'shana tova u'metucha and thanks to you and the light within us.
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Final Fantasy XIV Patch 5.55 – The Bozjan Relic Grind continues!
Since it's rebirth in 2013, Final Fantasy XIV has been one of the most successful MMORPGs on the market, supporting play for PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 and Mac. And part of the games success has been it's intricately crafted story, lore and broad range of characters. However, there is one aspect of the game that makes all players, old and new, shudder with both anticipation and rage... The Relic Quests.
Back in 2013 I started working my way through the original Relic quest and, to be frank, it was horrific. With low drop rates of the required materials and items through having to constantly do the games Full Active Time Events (FATEs as they are more commonly known) the frustration became a bit of a gate keeper for those that wanted to have a life and enjoy the game against those that wanted to spend hours running around the games main areas redoing the same stuff.
Since this, the development team working on FFXIV have tried to adjust and develop the relic quest. The Heavensward relic was slightly better, relying slightly less on RNG and more on purchasable items. And the Stormblood relic gave us Eureka, a new area to explore and level in, with death penalties tied to experience and levels – something akin to classic MMOs.
With Shadowbringers, the team brought us the Resistance Weapons and the new areas of Bozja. Working in a similar way to Eureka, this large instanced area is full of different types of FATES called Skirmishes and Critical Engagements. We were also given a more in-depth story and, as of patch 5.55, 3 new large scale assault missions where parties of up to 48 players can all work together to defeat an invading Garlean force – the IVth Legion.
As someone who seemingly is a glutton for punishment, I have striven to obtain at least one Relic weapon per expansion (because I have other responsibilities and can't no life the game like I used to) and I must admit the Shadowbringers relic seems to be more balanced, especially with the most recent update.
Sure you need to grind your way through Zadnos (the northern part of the Bozja) and it's myriad numbers of Skirmishes and Critical Engagements to obtain 30 lots of 6 different items (yes, you need 180 individual items for just the first stage!), but the drop rates are seemingly 100%, at least for me they were, as long as you managed to receive a gold medal on each of the skirmishes in the 3 areas and a gold in the critical engagements in each area.
The other positive of running Zadnor is the ability to level other classes with relative ease. You can take a job that is level 71+ and get boosted to level 80 in either the Bozjan Southern Front or Zadnor and gain a hefty amount of experience while also grinding for the materials for you oh-so shiny relic weapon. A good trade-off for the time if I'm honest.
With another 5 months (at time of writing) until the exciting expansion Endwalker is released, the Shadowbringer Resistance weapons provide some interesting content to run that may keep us as a players entertained for at least some of that time.
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The man making sure Berlin commuters can watch cat videos on their way to work
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Alexander Hausmann. Photo: DPA
In the past three years the data volume being downloaded on the Berlin U-Bahn has risen twelve-fold. The man taking the digital revolution underground describes his work.
When you get on the Berlin U-Bahn in the morning, you are often met by a curious sight. The train is full, but it's quiet. People's heads are tilted down, their eyes are on their smartphones.
When the train enters the tunnel, something changes. A few heads go up. Annoyance is written on their faces – the internet is gone. A passenger looks suspiciously at his neighbour. He's still connected to the internet. How can that be?
Just like above ground, the connection in the underground tunnel often depends on the provider. In most subway systems in Germany, only customers of certain mobile companies enjoy complete 4G coverage.
The fourth generation of 4G (or LTE) mobile phones is currently the most modern data transmission standard.
"We currently have 21 LTE base stations in the Berlin underground," says Alexander Hausmann. The 51-year-old works as a network planner for special projects for the Spanish operator Telefónica – best known in Germany for its core brand O2. That makes Hausmann responsible for the expansion of the LTE network in the 120-kilometer-long Berlin subway system.
"O2 customers already have full LTE coverage," says Hausmann. Smartphone owners with Deutsche Telekom or Vodafone though, will have to wait a few more months. By the first quarter of 2019, the entire inner city area is scheduled to be completed for all three mobile network operators. But much still depends on the negotiations with the Berlin Transport Company (BVG).
Unsurprisingly, some parts of Germany are already further developed than the capital.
Of the thirteen cities with an U-Bahn network, four have full LTE coverage. In Hamburg, Munich and Frankfurt, Vodafone have taken responsibility for expanding the network. In Hanover the company also cooperates with Deutsche Telekom. Which operator bears the responsibility usually depends on who started the supply in the city.
It is the passengers' hunger for data that has made underground development a "life's work" for Hausmann. "It never ends," he says. "As time goes by, there are more and more stations."
According to O2 figures, data traffic in the Berlin U-Bahn network has increased twelve-fold in the last three years. This means that more than four terabytes of data are sucked through the shafts every day – as much as about 800 films in HD resolution.
While 5G is already on the doorstep, Vodafone spokesman Volker Petendorf says it will not play a major role in the subway system. "You don't really need it to use smartphones," he says.
And what about Wifi? This has been available free of charge at many Berlin subway stations since 2016. According to BVG, the connection is usually best in the middle of the platform. By the end of the year, the company wants all 173 stations to be equipped with WiFi.
Some people also want it on the trains. "I regret that this has not yet been implemented," says Oliver Friederici, MEP and transport spokesman. "This is already happening in other cities like Seoul or Moscow. It wouldn't be bad if we had that, too."
But others don't consider the expansion of free WiFi to be necessary, as they expect that 4G will become cheaper to use.
"Within the next few years, mobile reception in Germany will continue to improve and prices for large volumes of data will continue to fall," says Tim Grams, who works in the social media team of Deutsche Bahn.
Hausmann is responsible in Berlin for making this happen. The challenges are manifold: "You only have two to three hours a night," he says. "The transport to and from the expansion site must also be taken into account. And besides, the BVG work trains also drive through the tunnels at night."
Work in the capital is complicated by the marshy soil. So-called slotted cables, which are otherwise frequently used in subway systems for radio transmission, would be out of the question here. Instead, Hausmann has to install antennas.
Has it ever become to tricky? Hausmann smiles. "You always find a solution – sometimes it just takes a little longer."
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Treasure maps are a great idea for children's parties, I have used them many times with my children. Or if the children are stuck for something to do on a rainy day they love making a treasure map up themselves and then playing a pirate game acting as Captain Jack Sparrow or pretending to be Indiana Jones around the house. The last treasure journal we made in our house gave clues to various rooms where they found another clue that lead them to discover which page in the treasure journal they needed to go to next, it took them all around the house before ending up with their treasure. The treasure can be anything from a bag a chocolate coins to their mound of presents on Christmas morning. Clues can be as easy or as hard as you like, much depends on the ages of the children playing. They might have to unravel a cryptic clue or complete a task like singing a nursery rhyme before moving on to the next clue, this makes the treasure hunt more exciting and last longer! The great thing is it doesn't matter how old the children are they still love to hunt for treasure, they may say that they are just helping the younger ones but I know they never really grow up!
Making the paper will need help from an older person as it is dried in the oven but it can be made in advance ready for a rainy day or in preparation for the next party.
1. If making a treasure map you will need a larger piece of paper, I have used A4 printer paper, if you have larger pieces then that's great, tear the sides so they are rough and jagged. For a treasure book you will need smaller pieces of paper roughly the same size, about A5 size (A4 torn in half) works well with the sides rough and jagged.
2. Make some black tea and pour it into the base of a shallow dish. Put in a piece of paper totally covering it on all sides. Take it out and place onto a foil covered baking tray, do not put the paper directly onto the shelf in the oven or you will be left with lines on the paper (I know because it's what I did the first time I had a go!). Put the tray of papers into a warm oven to dry (in my fan oven I set it to 100°C, this takes about 10 minutes, turn them over after 5 minutes. When they are dry they will be a little crispy and may have curled a little (this adds to the authenticity). The paper can be used as soon as it is dry or you can put it up somewhere safe ready for a rainy day.
3. Now you let your imagination run wild making up your treasure map or journal using pens, pencils and paint. You can add some brown paint on the edges to age the paper even more, add a dirty thumb print and a little red paint (blood) to show the action the map has seen, the map can be of an actual place (the inside of your house etc) or one from your child's imagination just for fun. When it is complete and dry, roll up the map and tie with a piece of string or ribbon. For the journal make a small hole or a couple of holes in the middle left hand side of each piece of paper and thread through some string or ribbon to tie them together.


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Gretchen Driskell is again challenging right-wing Republican incumbent U.S. Representative Tim Walberg. Driskell is a former member of the Michigan House of Representatives. She first challenged Walberg in 2016. This time Driskell has been selected to be on the coveted Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's Red to Blue List. She also plans to target Walberg's 2017 vote in favor of repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act. If the repeal effort had succeeded, millions of people would have lost health insurance coverage.
Driskell has had a career both in public service and business. After obtaining a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from Lynchburg College and a MBA degree from George Washington University, Driskell established a productive career as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), a commercial realtor and a community volunteer. She was elected to the City Council of Saline, Michigan in 1993 and then became Saline's first female Mayor. She served as Mayor for 14 years, making her the longest serving Mayor of Saline. As Mayor she repeatedly had a balanced budget, and led Saline to be name one of the top 100 small cities in the U.S. three times, and focused on improving the local public schools. She also served on the boards of Michigan Municipal League and the National League of Cities. Driskell is also a former member of the Michigan House of Representatives.
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Although the 7th District has a slight edge for Republicans, the DCCC believes Driskell can defeat Walberg. She won her Democratic primary by over 7o percent on August 7.
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More than 200 minority and female drivers applied to be part of the 2011 Drive for Diversity class. Thirty-six of those applicants were invited to try out at the Drive for Diversity Combine presented by Sunoco this past October at Motor Mile Speedway in Radford, Va. Drivers were selected by Revolution Racing and NASCAR officials based on their on-track performance and off-track interviews. This year's class represents drivers from across North America. Six drivers will return from 2010.
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Close to home: 'The Valley of Lost Stories' by Vanessa McCausland
I'm always intrigued by what prompts readers to pick up a particular book. I was initially drawn to this new novel by Australian writer Vanessa McCausland because it is set in a location not too far from where I live in the Blue Mountains of NSW: the Capertee Valley.
It's a dual timeline story: one thread traces the disappearance in 1948 of a young woman from the valley's iconic Art Deco hotel. The other, present day thread, also centres around the hotel, and another missing woman.
If you have read Liane Moriarty's Big Little Lies (or seen the TV series adaptation) you will recognise the technique of multiple viewpoint story-telling. When done well, it is an effective way of capturing the inner thoughts and feelings of different characters, drawing us into their worlds. In The Valley of Lost Stories there are four main characters: all young mothers whose children attend the same Sydney seaside suburban primary school, who decide to enjoy a week away together in the Capertee Valley.
The author skilfully shows how the women are all hiding some aspects of their true selves and their lives, which are not as picture-perfect as they seem. Each woman has her problems or disappointments, which begin to impact on the relationships within the group as the holiday progresses. Tensions rise as their insecurities spill over, which coupled with the eerie atmosphere of the old hotel and its starkly beautiful surroundings, culminate in a gripping tale of mystery and danger.
Woven throughout are the events of 1948, and hints of other dark episodes in the valley's history, including the dispossession and murder by white settlers of the Wiradjuri people, and exploitative behaviour by mine owners and managers when the valley was a major producer of shale oil. This history provides a telling backdrop juxtaposed against the modern-day problems of the four women:
What would it have been like to live back then? Emmie thought. History was so easy to ignore, gloss over. But really, it was everything. It was perspective. It was all that made up where we are now. It was the progression of time that we chose so often to conveniently ignore.
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The Valley of Lost Stories is peopled by very relatable characters, both past and present, and explores the deep wounds that we can inflict on each other, as well as a little known aspect of Australian history. It's inspired me to want take a trip to the Capertee Valley and see its renowned ancient beauty for myself.
The Valley of Lost Stories is published by HarperCollins Publishers in December 2020.
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By Patrick Ishmael on Jan 28, 2013
I recently wrote a two–part blog series about new Saint Louis County regulations that would prevent most non-union contractors from bidding on county construction projects. The County Council redefined what a "responsible bidder" is for county construction projects, adding provisions (1) that were purpose-built to get union contractors special treatment, and (2), which had nothing to do with the "responsibility" of contractors who would bid on the projects. At the time, I criticized the move as one that subverted the public interest of getting the best deal for construction projects for taxpayers, and instead changed the law to benefit a narrow private interest.
How narrow of a private interest? Last Wednesday, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released new data showing that of all construction labor, only 13.2 percent is unionized, a drop from 14 percent last year, and a near-record low. Put another way, Saint Louis County rewrote its "responsible bidder" definitions to protect the one-eighth of the national construction industry that is unionized, leaving the vast super-majority of labor —which is non-union — basically in the lurch for county contracts. As the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Dave Nicklaus reported, union rolls in the state dropped by 51,000 members over the last year, putting overall Missouri union enrollment at "8.9 percent [of the workforce], down from 10.9 percent in 2011." That fits the national trend lines.
Saint Louis County is trying to direct more money to fewer people, and the special interest nature of the change in the law is accentuated by last week's construction employment data. Saint Louis County officials should reconsider their decision.
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