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NYC woman charged with attempted murder for shoving stranger into oncoming subway train
Girl, 14, sexually assaulted in NYC doctor's office hallway in shocking caught-on-camera attack
What we owe the world's refugees: Reject the administration's effort to undermine international and U.S. humanitarian law
By Mark Hetfield, John L. McCullough and Krish O'Mara Vignarajah
They make America better and stronger. (Darko Vojinovic/AP)
For decades, the three faith-based organizations that we lead have partnered with the U.S. federal government to help millions of refugees start new lives in the United States. Our work is driven by our Jewish and Christian values of welcoming the stranger and is guided by the Refugee Act of 1980, which was passed with overwhelming bipartisan support.
President Trump violated that law by authorizing state and local officials to ban refugee resettlement and dismantle the existing support structure for refugee communities. Last week, we took him to court.
Trump's Sept. 26 executive order bars refugees from resettling to any place unless both the state and the locality have provided written consent opting in to receive refugees. The State Department has since informed nonprofit resettlement agencies like ours that we will be responsible for implementing the president's illegal order. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has instructed our agencies to secure the necessary consent from every single state and locality where we place refugees — a huge task to coordinate — thus adding an unfamiliar and unprecedented burden and cost to our work.
The story of this lawsuit begins in 2015, when, in reaction to terrorist attacks in Europe, 31 governors did major damage to the refugee resettlement program. Without any factual basis — since the perpetrators of those attacks were neither Syrians nor refugees — these governors called for Syrian refugees to be barred from resettling in their states.
But under the Constitution and our laws, governors lack the authority to regulate any form of immigration, including refugee resettlement.
Our agencies have helped millions of refugees integrate into our communities, boosting local economies and revitalizing our congregations, neighborhoods and cities. One government study estimates that over a 10-year period, refugees contributed $63 billion more in federal, state and local taxes than their initial services and benefits. In other words, refugee resettlement is an investment in our communities and our country.
It is also vital to the faith communities we each partner with across the country. For decades, congregations have given of their time and resources to live out their faith callings by welcoming refugees into their communities.
The Refugee Act established the United States as a global humanitarian leader. From the beginning, our agencies and six others have partnered with the government to help refugees become new Americans. The resettlement process has worked out well for our country and for the refugees we have welcomed, including many who have become business owners, community leaders and even elected officials.
If it stands, the president's order will authorize governors and local officials to declare "refugee-free zones," slamming the door in the face of the most vulnerable who just want to live in safety and provide for their families.
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Of course, refugees will still be able to join relatives by moving themselves to unwelcoming states — since even the White House can't prevent anyone from crossing state or county lines. But this means when they do reach the unwelcoming state, our agencies will no longer be able to help them navigate a path toward self-sufficiency and full integration into their new communities.
This is so needlessly cruel.
The Torah commands us no less than 36 times to love the stranger and to have the same law for the stranger as for ourselves. In the book of Matthew, Jesus calls them "blessed" who saw that "I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me." Jesus says, "as you have done unto the least of my brothers and sisters, you have done unto me."
We will defend our nation's values against this illegal attack. We will not be bystanders as this administration encourages states and towns to turn away the most vulnerable among us.
Hetfield, McCullough and Vignarajah are, respectively, the leaders of HIAS (founded as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society), Church World Service (CWS), and the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS).


Beauty – Page 29 – Oh My Stellar!
I'm the type of person who doesn't have as many friends as people sometimes think I do. In fact, I can somewhat consider myself an extroverted introvert. It takes me a long time to really be comfortable around someone and, oftentimes, I prefer to spend my weekends alone.
Last weekend though, as people saw from my #ootd post, I spent the weekend with my friend Sophia! We had taken some photos together, ate good food and did some online shopping (there is a massive make up haul coming your way) but we also spent a night filming something fun for my Youtube channel.
I'm personally a little appalled at the mess I look and came to the realisation that I sound (and look) very strange on video. However, the entire thing is so much fun that I can't help but share it. Here it is everyone! I hope you enjoy.
Hi everyone! So it looks like I finally had the courage to film and post my first Youtube video – it's kind of a long time coming. For my first one, I decided to go simple and show how I do my day-to-day make up. This look was solidified over the past year or so and is heavily influenced by the trends and styles that I saw while I was living in South Korea. It focuses on a clean, youthful style that is suitable for school, outings and work. I did darken the eye makeup slightly though, something which was more suitable now that I'm back in Sydney!
The video will be at the end of this post but, first, let me talk about my favourite products from this tutorial.


To be honest, it was a long queue and we have waited for around 30 minutes to an hour to be seated . But no worries, there were lovely pink benches for you by the side, right near the entrance. While waiting, you can just selfie around. The building itself already so kitty-licious.
Welcome to the Hello Kitty House Cafe.
Well, all the interior was so sweet and pinkish, I felt that I have fallen into something like a wonderland or dreamland. All the chairs are so adorable that designed with kitty bow and kitty logo. Everything was so dreamy.
Sitting on the chair and definitely makes you feel like a princes LOL. But I guess it may drives boys crazy, some of them found it embarrass sitting on it or even walking into this cafe.
Okay, I have purposely ordered a hot chocolate because of the coffee art! If you get what I meant, for cold drinks, it will just appear to be having kitty design on the packaging itself but not on the drinks. Maybe they should improve by having something like bubbly Hello kitty which floating on the drinks. It will be perfect.
A hot chocolate priced at 130 baht. So, you should take at least 5 pictures =P The hot chocolate drinks tastes just fine, not too sweet nor too milky. But, it's way too adorable to even have a sip on it.
Then, we have tried their strawberry pancake (Price: 205 baht) . Each layers were covered by cream and strawberry pieces which originally carrying some sour taste. Both sweet and sour taste definitely excite our taste buds. The dishes also come with marshmallow and strawberry jam as part of the edible deco.
Lastly, we tried on the Double Chocolate Cupcake (Price: 95 baht). This is just so chocolicious and pretty sweet for me. The cream itself is already sweet and the cupcake. So, one word after having the full cupcake, super sweet. Personally, I feel greasy after having this and exhaust for water.
If you do have a chance having a short vacation at Bangkok, don't ever forget to pay a visit at Hello Kitty Cafe, absolute place for desserts for girls.
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How The Turnbull Government Lost Control Of The House
The absence of nine members of the Coalition caused the Turnbull government to lose control of the House of Representatives for nearly two hours last night.
When a procedural motion to adjourn the House was put at 5.00pm, the ALP surprisingly voted No and called for a division, which it won by 69 votes to 67. The ALP then took control of the proceedings of the House and initiated a debate on a Senate resolution calling for a royal commission into the banking system.
Over the next 45 minutes, the government lost two more divisions and did not regain control of the House until 6.50pm, after coalition MPs were brought back into the chamber.
It was the first time since 1962 that a majority government has lost votes in the House of Representatives. Like the Turnbull government, the then Menzies government also governed with a one-seat majority.
The Banking Royal Commission
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten's call for a royal commission into the banking system has been maintained before, during and after the election.
On the first business day of the new Parliament, August 31, the House rejected by 75 votes to 73 a motion calling for a royal commission. The government required all 75 of its members on the floor to defeat the combined forces of the ALP and the five crossbenchers.
The motion moved in the House was similar to the one passed by the Senate on September 1:
Motion passed on the voices by the Senate at 12.30pm, September 1, 2016.
That the Senate—
(a) notes that:
(i) confidence and trust in the financial services industry has been shaken by ongoing revelations of scandals, which have resulted in tens of thousands of Australians being ripped off, including:
(A) retirees who have had their retirement savings gutted,
(B) families who have been rorted out of hundreds of thousands of dollars,
(C) small business owners who have lost everything, and
(D) life insurance policy holders who have been denied justice,
(ii) it is clear from the breadth and scope of the allegations that the problems in this industry go beyond any one bank or type of financial institution,
(iii) the Australian Labor Party, the Australian Greens, crossbench, Liberal and Nationals parliamentarians have supported a thorough investigation of the culture and practices within the financial services industry through a Royal Commission, which is the only forum with the coercive powers and broad jurisdiction necessary to properly perform this investigation, and
(iv) Australia has one of the strongest banking systems in the world, but Australians must have confidence in their banks and financial institutions, making it necessary to sweep away doubt and uncover and deal with unethical behaviour that compromises that confidence; and
(b) calls on the Prime Minister to request His Excellency the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia issue Letters Patent to establish a Royal Commission to inquire into misconduct in the banking and financial services industry, including their agents and managed investment schemes.
The Senate requests the concurrence of the House in this resolution.
The Pre-Adjournment Motion
The Senate's motion was reported to the House at 4.16pm. In keeping with normal practice, a government minister, Luke Hartsuyker, moved: That consideration of the message be made an order of the day for the next sitting.
The ALP's Tony Burke then moved an amendment to Hartsuyker's motion: That all the words after "That" be omitted with a view to substituting the following words – "the message be taken into consideration immediately."
At 4.18pm, a division took place on the amendment. It was defeated by 73 votes to 71. All five crossbenchers (Katter, Bandt, Wilkie, McGowan & Sharkie) voted with the ALP.
Interestingly, in the light of later events, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce did not vote in this division. Hansard lists no pairs. However, the absence of Turnbull and Joyce was offset by the absence of two ALP members, Jason Clare and Luke Gosling. Luke Hartsuyker voted, although he tweeted that he was paired in a later division.
WATCH THE PROCEEDINGS BETWEEN 4.15pm AND 4.30pm (16m):
The Adjournment Debate
At 4.30pm, the House moved to the Adjournment Debate. The Standing Orders set a time each day for an Adjournment Debate of 30 minutes during which members can raise electorate issues. Since Thursday was the end of the sitting week, the House was set to adjourn at 5.00pm.
Six MPs spoke in the Adjournment and then the Speaker (Tony Smith) made a statement about the death of Romaldo Giurgola, who was the principal design architect of the new Parliament House.
WATCH THE PROCEEDINGS BETWEEN 4.59pm AND 7.20pm (144m):
The Government Loses Its First Vote
At 4.59pm, the Speaker put the motion: "The question now is that the House do now adjourn." Whilst normally passed on the voices, this time the ALP called for a division. At 5.14pm, the division resulted in a victory for the ALP, 69 votes to 67. The Opposition had prevented the adjournment of the House.
The ALP's 69 votes consisted of all 68 Labor MPs, plus Bob Katter (KAP-Kennedy). One ALP member, Clare O'Neil (Hotham), was absent on family leave. She had been excused from attendance until November by a resolution of the House on its opening day.
The government's 67 votes consisted of 65 coalition MPs, plus Andrew Wilkie (Ind-Denison) and Rebekha Sharkie (NXT-Mayo).
Nine government MPs were absent, including three ministers. The ministers were Peter Dutton, Michael Keenan and Christian Porter. We now know that Dutton was giving a radio interview and Keenan was flying to Melbourne.
Six backbenchers were absent: John Alexander (Lib-Bennelong), Scott Buchholz (Lib-Wright), Craig Kelly (Lib-Hughes), Ken O'Dowd (Nats-Flynn), Ross Vasta (Lib-Bonner) and Jason Wood (Lib-La Trobe).
Luke Hartsuyker (Nats-Cowper) later tweeted that he was paired with Clare O'Neil and did not vote in this division.
If just three of the nine absent MPs had been present in the chamber, the government would not have been defeated.
Adam Bandt (Greens-Melbourne) and Cathy McGowan (Ind-Indi) were also absent at this stage. McGowan was on her way home and took no part in the proceedings.
The Opposition Decides The Next Item of Business
The power in the House of Representatives had now shifted from the government to the Opposition.
At 5.14pm, Anthony Albanese moved a new amendment to the Hartsuyker motion of an hour earlier: That all words after "That" be omitted with a view to substituting the following words – "the message be taken into consideration at 5.20pm today or the first available opportunity thereafter."
At this point, Christopher Pyne, the Leader of the House, had a fight on his hands. As he started to speak on the motion, Tony Burke moved: That the question be put. The effect of such a motion is to curtail debate and move immediately to a vote.
The Government's Second Defeat
At 5.20pm, the House divided on Burke's motion. It was carried 71 votes to 70. The Opposition had now effectively gagged the government's Leader of the House and brought on a vote on Burke's amendment.
The ALP's 69 votes from the previous division were now augmented by Andrew Wilkie and Rebekha Sharkie. Whilst they voted for the adjournment motion, perhaps not realising what was happening, they came on board with the ALP because they each support a banking royal commission.
Four of the Coalition's MPs were back for this vote: Scott Buchholz, Ken O'Dowd, Christian Porter and Jason Wood. Luke Hartsuyker abandoned his pair with Clare O'Neil and voted in this and all subsequent divisions.
Two ministers (Dutton and Keenan) and three backbenchers (Alexander, Kelly and Vasta) remained absent.
Adam Bandt also missed this vote, although the ALP succeeded without it.
The Government's Third Defeat
The second motion was a procedural vote to allow a vote on the ALP's amendment. Having passed, the House now proceeded directly to a vote on the amendment.
At 5.29pm, the Speaker put the motion: The question is that the amendment be agreed to.
This was passed, again by 71 votes to 70. There was no change to the voting configuration from the second division.
The effect of this division was to amend the government's motion and facilitate an immediate consideration of the Senate's message.
The Speaker moved to bring on debate on the amended motion: The question now is that the motion, as amended, be agreed to.
Treasurer Scott Morrison rose to his feet to describe the ALP's moves as a "tactless stunt". However, Tony Burke moved the gag: That the question be now put.
The Speaker Saves The Day For The Government
The fourth division in thirty minutes was tied 71 votes for Ayes and Noes.
The government's position improved at this point because Immigration Minister Peter Dutton had returned to the chamber. Four government MPs remained absent: Minister Keenan and backbenchers Alexander, Kelly and Vasta.
A tied vote in the House means that the Speaker gets a casting vote. At 5.42pm, Speaker Tony Smith explained to the House that practice required him to allow further discussion where this is possible: I therefore cast my vote with the noes, and that is against closure of the debate.
Over the next hour, a series of speakers spoke on the motion. First, Treasurer Morrison spoke, followed by Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce. During Joyce's speech, Anthony Albanese moved: That the question be now put. The Speaker ruled that he would not accept the motion because this would limit debate and be "an abuse of the orders or forms of the House".
When Joyce's time expired, Albanese again moved: That the question be now put. The Speaker again refused to accept the motion because "I need to allow a reasonable level of debate".
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten then spoke. The Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O'Dwyer, responded.
Then Bob Katter spoke in favour of a royal commission: "I am simply saying to you that I, like the rest of Australia, would not have faith in this place being able to address the problems of the banking industry. I would have faith in a royal commission because I have seen it at work and I have seen its enormous effectiveness in achieving the goals it was after."
By now it was 6.20pm and the Minister for Small Business, Michael McCormack, spoke. He was followed by to-and-fro between the government, opposition and the Speaker as to whether enough debate had taken place. The government was playing for time – filibustering – to get its members back in the chamber, whilst the ALP was keen to pass the substantive motion calling for a royal commission.
More discussion took place about the mechanics of the debate before Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen rose to speak at 6.34pm. He was the last speaker before the government reasserted its control of the House.
The Government Regains Control
At 6.36pm, Christopher Pyne moved: That the debate be adjourned. He was clearly confident that the government now had the numbers in the chamber. However, he jumped the gun by moving the motion whilst Bowen was still on his feet. As Speaker Smith said: The Leader of the House is entitled to move that motion, but not while someone is speaking.
Bowen resumed speaking for several minutes. Aware that control had now slipped out of its hands, the ALP sought to extend debate. Tony Burke moved that Bowen be given a 15-minute extension of time. Speaker Smith told him that under the Standing Orders Bowen could only be given an extra 5 minutes. This was granted on the voices.
Finally, at 6.49pm, Christopher Pyne was able to move: That the debate be adjourned.
The division turned in the government's favour. At 6.54pm, the motion was carried by 73 votes to 72.
By now, backbenchers John Alexander and Craig Kelly had returned to the chamber. Reports say Alexander had been driving back to Sydney when he was recalled.
Only Michael Keenan and Ross Vasta remained absent.
On the other side, Adam Bandt had returned and lifted the ALP's support from 71 to 72.
If Cathy McGowan had been in the chamber, the Speaker's casting vote would have again been required. If McGowan and Clare O'Neil had both been present, the ALP would have been able to defeat the government a fourth time. Effectively, McGowan and O'Neil were now paired with Keenan and Vasta, giving the government a one-vote majority.
The Opposition was not going to make it easy for the government. It took four more divisions on procedure to finally adjourn the House at 7.20pm.
Who Didn't Vote – House of Reps – Sep 1, 2016
Govt Loss
Govt Win
Motions 6-9
Keenan (Lib)
Porter (Lib)
Dutton (Lib)
Alexander (Lib)
Buchholz (Lib)
Kelly (Lib)
O'Dowd (Nats)
Vasta (Lib)
Wood (Lib)
Hartsuyker (Nats) (paired)
Bandt (Greens)
McGowan (Ind) Keenan
Bandt
McGowan Keenan
McGowan
A Bad Week For The Re-Elected Government
With the 45th Parliament only in its third day, these two hours demonstrate that government members have not adjusted to the new reality that they hold government by just one seat. None of the nine absent members are new MPs. All have been in Parliament for at least one term, and most for much more than that.
Whether the Leader of the House, Christopher Pyne, is to blame for the debacle is not clear. It may be down to the Government Whips. Just as likely, the absences may have been personal decisions by the individual members. Whatever the reason, it reflects a casual attitude to the institution they must control in order to remain in their jobs.
The pictures from the event show a furious prime minister and a rampant Opposition. Whilst the spectacle may disgust some, it will also appal political professionals. The government has revealed itself to be sloppy and unable to cope with Politics 101. It faces a Labor Party for which using and mis-using the rules of debate is second nature. Watch the videos above to see the ALP frontbench orchestrate an embarrassment for the government. They are classics of the genre.
Earlier in the week, the government was embarrassed by an accounting error in its Omnibus Bill of spending cuts. Mistakes happen and good governments can ride out the consequences of occasional error. However, when it starts to look accident-prone, a government still grappling with the aftermath of deposing a first-term prime minister is in trouble.
PM Malcolm Turnbull during a division to adjourn the house after govt lost 2 divisions @gabriellechan @GuardianAus pic.twitter.com/j9Q1GO1PeT
— Mikearoo (@mpbowers) September 1, 2016
UPDATE: – A number of media articles have provided additional information about the events described on this page. They include reports of an ALP "spotter" at Canberra Airport looking for government MPs on their way out of the capital. Other incidents of subterfuge by the ALP include a Labor MP wheeling a suitcase around Parliament House to create the impression that he was leaving.
On the ABC's Insiders program on September 4, Tony Burke said the decision to attempt a derailment of the adjournment was only made at 4.53pm. Another report says that Burke asked Steve Georganas to cut short his speech in the Adjournment Debate so that the debate finished prior to 5.00pm, thus requiring the Speaker to put the adjournment question to a vote.
Inside an Ambush: How Labor Created History on the Floor of the House – Michael Gordon, Fairfax Media
Malcolm Turnbull's team AWOL as Labor rules in parliament – Rosie Lewis & David Crowe, The Australian
Coalition's indiscipline, fragility starkly exposed – Phillip Hudson, The Australian
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I made a clean installation of debian 9.0 with Gnome desktop and now LibreOffice crashes always when I want to open either writer or base document. The documents were created with LO4.3 (debian 8.8). LibreOffice calc document can be opened.
When I click LibreOffice Writer icon on "toolbar", "LibreOffice 5" window opens for few seconds in the middle of display and in the "top bar" LibreOffice Writer is displayed about for 15 seconds.
My computer is pentium5 with 2G ram, debian stretch (stable version) with Gnome desktop.
Any advice how to find the reason for this problem is welcome!
same too... Every time open document using libre office writer, then closed again... I try to disable startup logo using this link https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/... Then nothing happen.
Problem solved when I made a 64bit installation of debian 9.0.0 with gnome desktop!
These is a bug report that i submitted for the crashing of libreoffice, after updating from debian jessie to stretch.
This problem doesn't affect the 64bit-version, it only affects 32bit and only libreoffice-writer. It can be solved by removing the package "libreoffice-gtk2", for instance by performing apt-get remove libreoffice-gtk2 as root.
Perfect! That fixed it for me. t'm running 32--bit Debian 9 with the LXDE desktop.
Thanks, that also worked for me. I'm running 32-bit Debian 9 with XFCE4.
To be sure I made a reinstallation of debian 9 one more time and the result is the same.
did not find any problems in dependencies.
Jun 23 14:04:00 debian-p5 gnome-terminal-: Allocating size to GtkScrollbar 0x814f4210 without calling gtk_widget_get_preferred_width/height(). How does the code know the size to allocate?
maybe this message is related to writer start problem.
Sounds like a broken installation. Are you sure all necessary packages and dependencies are installed? Please check. If yes then please search and if there's not already a bug then submit one with the Debian bug tracker.


Keith has been a Buddhist Chaplain working with veterans and the armed forces for the past five years, and run 5-day and 1-day residential retreats and mindfulness programmes.
He is founder and trustee of Sadaya, a charity geared to helping veterans and service personnel with spiritual needs.
Keith was a firefighter for 22 years, a soldier of the British military for 8 years and an oil related engineer for 6 years.
He says: "I came across Support in Mind Scotland when the Stafford Centre offered their centre for us to run the Veterans Community Café, and saw first hand the great work SiMS does for individuals and communities.
"Mental health is important to me, personally, after my diagnosis of PTSD and associated depression - and in my role as Chaplain, teaching mindfulness and meditation techniques, which helped me re-establish a stable mind."


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KCR's Big Step Towards GHMC Victory
By Ramesh On November 24 , 2020 | UPDATED 07:40 IST
Telangana CM K Chandra Sekhara Rao has announced something very crucial that may make winning chances brighter for TRS in the coming GHMC Elections.
It is known that about 25 lakh people were affected with the recent Hyderabad floods either partially or fully.
The shock is still in the minds of many that is potential enough to show a negative impact on the TRS party in the GHMC Elections.
Many people are in fact thinking about voting for BJP only because of being not happy with the flood water management. Anti incumbency wave is very big at this juncture, in this aspect.
But yesterday along with many points KCR has announced that a master plan will be prepared and implemented for management of flood waters in Hyderabad. This responsible statement from the Chief Minister is a sigh of relief for many flood victims.
This was expected from him last month itself, but at least now as a part of the election manifesto he has announced it today.
Though it will be a mega project, it is the need of the hour for a city like Hyderabad.
There is no rule that the kind of rain that hit the city after 100 years will not be repeated for another century. It may hit again in the coming rainy season itself.
Keeping that historical rain apart, Hyderabad has been facing rain water clogs and stagnations in several parts of the city even for a small sprinkling rain.
So, the project intended is very important for the wellbeing of the city population and property.
Tags: KCR GHMC Elections


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Q: How to create superscript type of TextView as shown in image i want to create a Textview like this image in android. Is it possible to create this in a single text view .

A: UPDATE
Try Spannable String like this:
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A: try below way to achieve superscript in textview
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A: this question being pending for so long here is my solution, i solved this by using two different size TextViews in constraint layout. no other solution is worked for me.
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【例】That is the single monetary policy which will be discussed at the next European Union conference.
【例】I would like to make one point clear before I move on to the next point.
【例】I would like to move on to the next part after I clarify one point.
【例】In China, the full opening up and the profound reform in the public services areas to the foreign encounter parts greatly give impetus to the development of the tertiary industry.
【例】Arrangement must be made to guarantee the basic life necessities could be available to the people in the earthquake hit areas.
【译】China's diplomatic practice is seriously guided by the five principles of mutual peaceful coexistence.


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Вукти́л або Вукти́ла, нижня течія — Гудирво́ж () — річка в Республіці Комі, Росія, права притока річки Печора. Протікає територією Вуктильського міського округу.

Річка протікає на північний захід, північ, північний схід, схід, північний схід, схід, північний схід, схід, північний схід, північ, північний захід та північ. Нижня течія іноді називається Гудирвож та вважається лівою твірної Вуктила (правою твірною при цьому виступає Югидвож (Югид-Вуктил)).

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 праві — без назви (довжина 12 км), Верхній Вуктил, Середній Вуктил, Нижній Вуктил, Бадья (Бад-Я), без назви (довжина 12 км), Мутний (Мутна), Юська-Йоль, Коснемйоль (Коснем-Йоль), Таркай-Йоль, Суськайоль (Суська-Йоль, Сускаєль), Шер-Йоль (Шер'єль), Вилапуа-Йоль, Югид-Вуктил (Югидвож)
 ліві — Вуктилвож, Єрман-Йоль, Вітайоль (Вітаєль), Лептаєль, Лота-Йоль, Сидор-Йоль

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Річки Троїцько-Печорського району
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The authorization process verifies whether you have permission to access the data you want from the server. When you send a request, you often have to include parameters to ensure the request has permission to access and return the data you want. Postman provides authorization types that make it easy for you to handle authentication protocols in Postman native apps.
When you select "Authorization" in the request builder, you see the TYPE drop down menu.
Note: NTLM and Bearer token are only available in Postman native apps. All other authorization types are available in Postman native apps and the Chrome app. Note that the Postman Chrome app is being deprecated.
You can use environment, collection, or global variables with all authorization types. In addition to using these in the Postman app, you can also use these authorization types with Newman or Postman monitors.
Postman does not save header data and query parameters to prevent sensitive data exposure, such as API keys, to the public.
If you want to inspect the authorization headers and parameters that Postman generates, click the Preview Request button.
Note: You can inspect a raw dump of the entire request in the Postman console after you send it.
Suppose you add a folder to a collection. Under the Authorization tab, the default authorization type is set to "Inherit auth from parent".
The "Inherit auth from parent" setting indicates that every request in this folder by default uses the authorization type from the parent. In this example, the collection is using "No Auth", so the folder uses "No Auth", meaning all requests in that folder will use "No Auth" .
What if you want to leave the parent collection authorization type as "No Auth", but update this specific folder's authorization helper? You can edit the folder details, select "Basic Auth" from the TYPE dropdown, and input your credentials. As a result, every request in this folder relies on "Basic Auth" while the rest of the requests in the parent collection still do not use any authorization.
Similarly, if you want to update the authorization for a single request in this folder, you can simply select a different authorization type for that request.
If you have a group of requests that all require the same authorization, you can define the authorization for all requests in a collection or folder, or simply for every request individually. If you create a new collection or folder, every subsequent request in the parent element inherits the authorization definition, unless the user explicitly selects another type.
To update the collection or folder authorization, click on the ellipsis (...) next to the collection or folder name, and select "Edit" to open the modal. Select the Authorization tab to select an authorization type from the TYPE dropdown. You can also add collection authorization when initially creating the collection.
For example, if you create a collection with "Basic Auth", every request within the collection will use the same authorization helper. If you want a specific request in the collection to use a different authorization, or no authorization at all, use the TYPE dropdown under the Authorization tab to define the authorization helper for the specific request.
By default "No Auth" appears first on the drop down menu list. Use "No Auth" when you don't need an authorization parameter to send a request.
A bearer token is a security token. Any user with a bearer token can use it to access data resources without using a cryptographic key.
In the Authorization tab, select "Bearer Token" from the TYPE drop down menu.
To set the authorization parameters for a request, enter the value of the token.
Basic Auth is an authorization type that requires a verified username and password to access a data resource.
In the Authorization tab, select "Basic Auth" from the TYPE drop down menu.
To set the authorization parameters for a request, enter your username and password.
In a digest authentication flow, the client sends a request to a server, which sends back nonce and realm values for the client to authenticate. The client sends back a hashed username and password with the nonce and realm. The server then sends back the requested data.
Select the "Yes, disable retrying the request" checkbox to skip retrying the request.
In the Authorization tab, select "Digest Auth" from the TYPE drop down menu.
This table describes the advanced parameters for Digest Auth. Advanced configuration settings are optional. Postman automatically generates values for some fields if left blank.
Realm A string specified by the server in the www-Authenticate response header.
Nonce A unique string specified by the server in the www-Authenticate response header.
Algorithm A string that indicates a pair of algorithms used to produce the digest and a checksum.
qop The quality of protection applied to the message. The value must be one of the alternatives specified by the server in the www-Authenticate response header.
Nonce Count The hexadecimal count of the number of requests (including the current request) that the client has sent with the nonce value in this request. The count must be specified if a qop directive is sent, and must not be specified if the server did not send a qop directive in the www-Authenticate response header. Postman always sends 00000001 as the nonce count.
Client Nonce An opaque quoted string valued provided by the client and used by both client and server to avoid chosen plaintext attacks to provide mutual authentication and to provide some message integrity protection. The count must be specified if a qop directive is sent, and must not be specified if the server did not send a qop directive in the www-Authenticate response header.
Opaque This is a string of data specified by the server in the www-Authenticate response header and should be used here unchanged with URLs in the same protection space. We recommend this string be base64 encoded data.
OAuth 1.0 is an authorization type that enables you to approve an application that contacts another application for you without exposing your password.
In the Authorization tab, select "OAuth 1.0" from the TYPE drop down menu.
From the "Add authorization data to" drop down menu, select either "Request Body/Request URL" or "Request Headers".
When you select "Request Body/Request URL", Postman checks if the request method is POST or PUT, and if the request body type is x-www-form-urlencoded. If so, Postman adds authorization parameters to the request body. For all other cases, it adds authorization parameters to the URL.
To set the authorization parameters for a request, enter the "Consumer Key", "Consumer Secret", "Access Token", and "Token Secret". You can also set advanced digest OAuth 1.0 parameters.
This table describes the parameters for OAuth 1.0 authorization.
Consumer Key A consumer's value that identifies itself to the service provider.
Consumer Secret A consumer's secret that establishes ownership of the consumer key.
Access Token An object that contains the security identity.
Note: Some implementations of OAuth 1.0 require empty parameters to be added to the signature. You can select "Add empty parameters to signature" to add empty parameters.
OAuth 2.0 is an authorization type that enables you to approve an application that contacts another application for you without exposing your password.
In the Authorization tab, select "OAuth 2.0" from the TYPE drop down menu.
From the "Add authorization data to" drop down menu, select either "Request URL" or "Request Headers".
Click the Get New Access Token button. The GET NEW ACCESS TOKEN screen appears. Enter the appropriate values, click the Request Token button to populate the "Access Token" field, and then click the Send button.
In the "Access Token" field, enter a token, or an environment defined variable, and click the Send button.
In the "Available Tokens" drop down menu, select an existing token and click the Send button.
This table describes the parameters in the GET NEW ACCESS TOKEN screen.
Token Name The name of the token.
Grant Type A drop down menu where you can specify one of the following grant types: "Authorization Code", "Implicit", "Password Credentials", and "Client Credentials".
Callback URL The Application's callback URL that's registered with the server. If not provided, Postman uses a default empty URL and extracts the code or access token from it.
Auth URL The endpoint for authorization server, which retrieves the authorization code.
Access Token URL The endpoint for the resource server, which exchanges the authorization code for an access token.
Client ID The client identifier given to the client during the Application registration process.
Client Secret The client secret given to the client during the Application registration process.
Scope The scope of the access request, which might have multiple space-separated values.
State An opaque value that prevents cross-site request forgery.
Client Authentication A drop down menu where you can either send a Basic Auth request in the header, or send client credentials in the request body. Note : After upgrading to a new version, change the value in this drop down menu to avoid problems with client authentication.
You can click "Manage Tokens" in the list to view more details about each token and delete any one of them. If there are no tokens in the list, the user needs to click the Get New Access Token button to generate a token that Postman adds to the list.
Note: Deleting a token does not revoke the access token. Only the server that issues the token can revoke it.
Hawk authentication enables you to make authenticated requests with partial cryptographic verification of the request.
In the Authorization tab, select "Hawk Authentication" from the TYPE drop down menu.
To set the authorization parameters for a request, enter the "Hawk Auth ID", "Hawk Auth Key", and "Algorithm values". You can also set advanced Hawk authentication parameters.
This table describes the parameters for Hawk Authentication.
Hawk Auth ID The authentication ID value.
Hawk Auth Key The authentication key value.
Algorithm The hash algorithm used to create the message authentication code (MAC).
This table describes the advanced parameters for Hawk Authentication. Advanced configuration settings are optional. Postman automatically generates values for some fields if left blank.
Nonce A random string generated from the client.
ext Any application-specific information to be sent with the request.
app The binding between credentials and the application in a way that prevents an attacker from tricking an application to use credentials issued to someone else.
dlg The ID of the application of which the credentials were directly issued.
Timestamp The timestamp the server uses to prevent replay attacks outside the time window.
Note: Advanced configuration settings are optional. Postman auto generates values for some fields if left blank.
AWS is the authorization workflow for Amazon Work Services requests. AWS users must use a custom HTTP scheme based on a keyed-HMAC (Hash Message Authentication Code) for authentication. Postman supports this scheme.
In the Authorization tab, select "AWS Signature" from the TYPE drop down menu.
To set the authorization parameters for a request, enter the values for the access and secret keys. You can also set advanced AWS authentication parameters.
This table describes the advanced parameters for AWS Authentication. Advanced configuration settings are optional. Postman automatically generates values for some fields if left blank.
Service Name The service receiving the request.
Session Token Required only when using temporary security credentials.
Windows Challenge/Response (NTLM) is the authorization flow for the Windows operating system and for stand-alone systems. By default, Postman extracts values from the received response, adds it to the request, and retries it. Postman gives you the option to disable this default behavior.
In the Authorization tab, select "NTLM Authentication" from the TYPE drop down menu.
To set the authorization parameters for a request, enter the username and password. You can also set advanced NTLM authentication parameters.
This table describes the advanced parameters for NTLM Authentication. Advanced configuration settings are optional. Postman automatically generates values for some fields if left blank.
Domain The domain or host to authenticate against.
Workstation The hostname of the PC.


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REGISTER | AGENDA | SPEAKERS | CONTACT US
Technology Commercialization Symposium
ABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM
EARLY BIRD RATE $145/person EXTENDED! Now until 5:00 pm Nov. 30th
LATE REGISTRATION: $195/person after 5:00 pm Nov. 22nd
The first 50 people to register received $45 off registration thanks to the generous support of the UNC Technology Commercialization Carolina Team. This offer is no longer available.
If you have questions, contact John Ujvari at sbir@sbtdc.org.
December 5, 2016 9 am – 4:30 pm / Cary, NC
Morning Putting together a winning team
Assess the skills you bring to the team
Identify gaps in your team
Use local resources to find new team members
Afternoon Navigating Commercialization
Develop a clear message for your company & products
Identify and research your customers
Map your commercialization strategy
Learn successful strategies from your peers
Getting There Location
Embassy Suites by Hilton → 201 Harrison Oaks Blvd, Cary, NC 27513
8:30 am –
Registration and Networking
Team needs from Idea through commercialization SBTDC Technology Commercialization Team
Assessing your Team's Internal Skill Set and Defining the Gaps Facilitator, Dr. Mike Seibert
11:15 am – Noon
Filling the gaps in your team – Local resources Moderator: Mike Carnes Panelists Jay Bigelow, Venture Mentor Service Andy Schwab, First Flight Venture Center Dr. Robert Lindberg, NC Biotechnology Center Dr. Jason Doherty, Kenan Institute for Private Enterprise
Noon – 1:00 pm
Creating a Strong Message for your Company and Product Dr. Tim Flood, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
Customer Discovery, Value Proposition and Voice of Customer Dr. Steve Barr, NC State Pool College of Management
3:45 pm – 4:30 pm Tales from the Trenches of Commercialization Moderator: TBA Panelists Freddy Cannady, Vesocclude Ann Black, Immunoreagents
SPEAKERS/PANELISTS
Steve Barr NC State University Poole College of Management
Steve H. Barr is Professor of Management in the Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship department at the Poole College of Management. His research in decision making and commercialization of technology is widely cited and used both in academic and industry settings. He is lead faculty in the Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization (TEC) program at NC State. This innovative program facilitates the transfer of technology/intellectual property into new business startups, using teams of graduate business and STEM (science, technology, engineering, math/medicine) students. This award winning program is used at universities worldwide and in corporate settings.
Jay Bigelow CED
Jay Bigelow is the Director of Entrepreneurship at CED where Jay's primary focus is organizing the expertise of the network to provide guidance, mentorship, and capital to the ≈1,600 entrepreneurial companies within the CED ecosystem. Jay has worked in two startups and 3 scale-ups where he launched new products, drove business development efforts and strategic planning. He earned his B.S in Business Administration from Drexel University.
Freddy Cannady Vesocclude
Freddy's career has spanned over 30 years in the medical device industry. Most recently, he founded Vesocclude, a small medical device manufacturer located in Raleigh, North Carolina. He brought jobs back to the United States by re-employing some of his skilled former colleagues. After five years of process and product development, Raleigh's Vesocclude entered the market in 2010 with its first US and export customers. Vesocclude specializes in the advanced development and manufacturing of ligation products by a team of highly-skilled and experienced professionals who manufacture superior manual ligating clips and user-friendly loading devices for multiple medical specialties in the United States.
Jason Doherty, PhD Startup Consulting Program, Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise
Jason Doherty, Ph.D., Director of the Startup Consulting Program at the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise provides program oversight and mentorship to university faculty, students, entrepreneurs, and startups. In this role, he manages teams of MBA students who serve as consultants to university researchers and provide assistance in evaluating the commercial potential of high-impact technologies and guidance on commercialization through licensing and new venture creation. Jason is an adjunct assistant professor at the Kenan Flagler Business School, teaching in the areas of technology commercialization and entrepreneurship. As a business incubation professional, Jason has provided technical assistance to over 100 researchers and entrepreneurs and a variety of support services for over 50 early-stage ventures. He also has over a decade of life sciences research experience in academic and federal labs. Jason received his Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Pathology from UNC-Chapel Hill and a B.Sc. in Biological Sciences from North Carolina State University.
Michael Carnes SBTDC Technology Development and Commercialization
Mike Carnes is a Technology Commercialization Counselor at the North Carolina SBTDC, a business development service of The University of North Carolina. Mike supports the SBTDC's technology development and commercialization initiatives by providing business counseling, training, grant and equity capital formation support to NC entrepreneurs and small businesses. Mike has regional SBTDC responsibility, representing forty counties from the Research Triangle to the coast. He is known for his passion in helping businesses commercialize science and technology to solve real problems for real people. Mike also enjoys identifying and connecting entrepreneurs to statewide resources, helping them along the path to commercialization. Mike earned a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology in 2006, a Professional Science Master's in Microbial Biotechnology in 2012, and a Master's in Business Administration with an emphasis in technology commercialization and entrepreneurship in 2013 from North Carolina State University. During his graduate education, he worked with a variety of hi-tech startups helping to drive strategic decision making and business planning. Before that time, Mike used his scientific and analytic skills as a bench researcher at a large agricultural biotechnology firm and NCSU's Department of Plant Pathology.
Tim Flood, PhD University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School
Tim Flood, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Management Communication at the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School. Tim teaches courses in business writing, public speaking and presentation skills, entrepreneurship and cross-cultural communication. Tim works extensively with the startup and innovation communities around the Triangle and Triad, and he has consulted with businesses from boutique startups through to Fortune 100 companies.
Robert A. Lindberg, PhD North Carolina Biotechnology Center
Dr. Robert Lindberg leads NCBiotech's Science & Technology Development (SciTech) team, which supports the state's academic research enterprise through a number of funding program and related services available to university researchers, technology transfer offices and other stakeholders. Previously, Dr. Lindberg was a member of the Center's Business & Technology Development group and was responsible for managing several loans and grants programs, strategic partnering efforts, and programs in support of university technology transfer and entrepreneurship. He was the architect of the Industrial Fellowship Program and co-authored a strategic plan relating to a life sciences-associated economic development initiative for the North Carolina legislature. Rob holds undergraduate degrees in Music (Bellarmine College) and Mathematics (University of Louisville) and a Doctorate in Physiology & Biophysics (University of Louisville). He held postdoctoral fellowships at UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University Medical Center prior to joining the Biotechnology Center in 1999. Rob also worked as Technical Sales Director for VWR Biosciences. He earned his Regulatory Affairs Certification (RAC) in 2005.
Diana Martinez SBTDC Technology Development & Commercialization
Diana Martinez is a Technology Commercialization Counselor serving the 36 counties in the Western Region (West of I-77) for the North Carolina SBTDC. In that role she provides counseling services to companies working to commercialize new technologies as well as working collaboratively with the state universities in the region to facilitate technology transfer/commercialization activities. Diana worked as a General Business Counselor in the Boone/Hickory Region for two years before joining the Technology Commercialization Team. Prior to joining the SBTDC, Diana worked as an independent consultant providing services to established and emerging biotech companies and as a Senior Commercialization Analyst for Foresight Science and Technology Inc. Before starting her own consulting firm she worked in the medical device industry for seventeen years where she gained extensive experience in business development, technology assessment, and product development. As the Biologics Specialist at both Abbott Spine and Zimmer Spine she was responsible for business development activities including technology assessments and market validation of new and emerging technologies for potential licensing or acquisition. Diana holds a B.S. in Liberal Studies with a Minor in Molecular Biology from the University of Central Florida, an M.B.A. from the Anderson School of Management at the University of New Mexico, and an M.S. in Technology Commercialization from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas.
Andy Schwab First Flight Venture Center
Andy Schwab is an impassioned CEO and serial entrepreneur with extensive leadership experience and the ability to repeatedly drive companies successfully to market and exit with high performing teams. He is a high-energy, motivational leader that has mentored and advised over 40 companies throughout career spanning 30 years in diverse industry sectors including software, financial services, biotechnology and manufacturing. He has also led multiple boards and committees designed to vet business objectives, technology and executive teams for both growth and strategy. He has demonstrated successful management expertise in wide ranging roles including business development, financial, intellectual property strategy, legal, operations, and investing. Currently, Schwab is President of the First Flight Venture Center, a high-science, high-impact technology incubator located in RTP, NC where he mentors a wide range of science based startups in strategic planning, technology evaluation and other business issues. He is also a founder and director at RTP Capital, an angel network that invests in seed and early stage companies primarily in North Carolina. He received his BS degree in electrical engineering from Duke University and his MS and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Virginia.
Nicole Schwerbrock SBTDC Technology Development & Commercialization
Dr. Nicole Schwerbrock is Director of Technology Development and Commercialization at the SBTDC. She and her team assist with the formation and growth of businesses based on technological innovations, providing strategic and tactical advice to pre-venture entities, university start-ups and small businesses. The Technology Development team works with entrepreneurs, particularly those in the life sciences, to develop opportunities for technology commercialization, identify and leverage strategic resources within community and support student engagement. Nicole has direct experience with technology commercialization processes, university technology transfer and startup company formation, SBIR / STTR programs, and student engagement. Prior to joining the SBTDC, Dr. Schwerbrock served as the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Fellow at the UNC-Chapel Hill Eshelman School of Pharmacy (ESOP), where she engaged in identifying, supporting and promoting viable technology commercialization opportunities originating from the School. During her tenure, the School spun out four companies and submitted several successful SBIR/STTR grant applications. Previously, Dr. Schwerbrock served as an R&D scientist for both early-stage and commercial-stage pharmaceutical corporations. She served as Senior Scientist (and sole employee) for Qualiber, an ESOP spinout company as well as a drug development scientist at Sanofi (formerly, Hoechst AG; Frankfurt, Germany). Nicole is multi-lingual and -cultural, as she holds undergraduate degrees in Math and Biology (Alexander von Humboldt School, Mexico City), a Master's degree in Biomedical Sciences (University of Amsterdam), and a PhD from the Gillings School of Global Public Health at UNC-CH. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship in the laboratory of Dr. Kathleen Caron at UNC School of Medicine.
Dr. Michael J. Seibert SBTDC
Mike Seibert is the Director of SBTDC's International Business Development program, and their regional center at NC State University. He is the trusted advisor to small and mid-sized businesses for managing growth by linking strategy to people and performance. He is the center's lead strategic management practitioner with extensive experience at helping family-owned and privately held firms improve their competitiveness and profitability. In his counseling, he helps client-companies:
Clarify their values, vision, mission, goals and objectives
Understand their financial performance and business results
Link their strategy to people and performance
Dr. Seibert received his BS in Accounting from Widener University, MBA from Campbell University, and EdD in training and development from NC State University. He is a Certified Global Business Professional and Economic Development Finance Professional. Mike also serves as adjunct faculty for SKEMA at NC State University and the Lundy-Fetterman School of Business at Campbell University, where he coordinates student engagement projects for small and mid-sized businesses.
John Ujvari SBTDC Technology Development & Commercialization
John Ujvari is the SBIR Program Specialist with the North Carolina Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC). His primary responsibilities include counseling clients on the effective use of this federal funding program and supporting and promoting SBIR educational opportunities throughout the state via numerous outreach efforts. These efforts include the publication of a monthly SBIR-focused newsletter, planning and execution of training events statewide, meeting clients one-on-one and reviewing proposals prior to submission. He also leads the SBTDC's MBA summer internship program. Since joining the SBTDC in 2001, SBIR and STTR awards in North Carolina have increased 5-fold. John earned his MBA degree from Wake Forest University's Babcock Graduate School of Management Prior to returning to graduate school, John held the position of Research Associate at Westat, a contract research firm in Rockville, Maryland. John earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia.
Chris Veal SBTDC Technology Development & Commercialization
Chris Veal is a Technology Commercialization Counselor at the North Carolina Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC). Chris supports the SBTDC's technology development and commercialization initiatives by providing business counseling, training, grant and equity capital formation support to entrepreneurs and small businesses in North Carolina. Chris covers an area in the middle section of the state that stretches from Research Triangle Park west to Boon/Hickory and south to Charlotte. With nearly 20 years of experience in management in private industry and government, including two entrepreneurial ventures, Chris is well equipped to address the issues facing small businesses. He also spent some time as an engineer, which provides a technical element to his experience. Chris' experience has been in a variety of industries, including textiles, aviation/airport management, photography, and construction. Chris earned a Bachelor of Science in Textile Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1994, an Associate Degree in Aviation Management in 1999, and a Masters in Business Administration from Wake Forest University in 2003. The blend of technical and business backgrounds through his education and work experience enhances his ability to assist companies with the commercialization of new technology and the business development to support such commercialization.
The Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC) is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration.
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This heavy cauldron emits colorful smoke whenever a potion is poured into it. Pouring a potion into a cauldron of fireworks is a standard action, and a creature can use the fireworks cauldron to store a number of potions equal to her Intelligence modifier.
The wielder can command the cauldron to fire a stored potion at a target within 30 feet as a standard action; the target creature is affected as if it drank the potion. The wielder can target allies automatically, but she must succeed at a ranged touch attack to target unwilling creatures.
Only the creature that placed potions in the cauldron of fireworks can command it, and only one creature can store potions within the cauldron at a time. A new creature adding a potion to the cauldron of fireworks immediately destroys any potions currently stored within it. A creature that has the cauldron hex can command a cauldron of fireworks she controls to fire potions stored by another user.


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National Anthem Current Affairs - 2019
National anthem not mandatory in cinema halls: SC
The Supreme Court has ruled that playing national anthem before screening movies in cinema halls is optional and not mandatory. The ruling modifies apex court's earlier November 2016 order that made the playing of national anthem in cinemas mandatory.
SC Ruling
The apex court has accepted Union Government's affidavit that said 12-member inter-ministerial committee has been set up to suggest changes in Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971. It also asked committee to take a comprehensive decision on what changes are required in the law and itss executive orders related to national anthem. It held that the inter-ministerial committee will now take a final call on the matter.
Inter-Ministerial Committee on National Anthem in Cinema Halls
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had constituted inter-ministerial committee to frame guidelines on playing national anthem in cinemas and other public places. It is headed by BR Sharma, Additional Secretary (Border Management) under Union Ministry of Home Affairs and has representatives from various ministries.
The committee is mandated to frame guidelines describing circumstances and occasion on which national anthem is to be played or sung. It will recommend observance of proper decorum when national anthem is played or sung. It will submit its report within six months.
In November 2016, SC had ordered all cinemas to play the National Anthem before screening a film for the love of the motherland. The MHA's decision to constitute the committee came after another bench of SC in October 2017 had observed that people "cannot be forced to carry patriotism on their sleeves. It stated that apex court cannot assume that a person is "less patriotic" if he or she does not stand up for the national anthem.
Month:Current Affairs – January, 2018 Categories: Governance & Politics
Tags: BR Sharma Committee • Committees • National • National Anthem • Supreme Court
No need to stand if National Anthem is part of film: SC
The Supreme Court has clarified that there is no need to stand inside a cinema hall when the national anthem is featured as a part of a film, documentary or a newsreel.
This is second clarification issued by SC on its November 2016 order, directing all persons to stand up when the national anthem is sung or played in a cinema theatre.
The apex court's clarification came after several applications were filed on the question, including from the Kodungallur Film Society and the Conference for Human Rights.
Earlier in December 2016, SC had issued first modification to its order to exempt physically challenged or handicapped persons from standing up when national anthem is played before film screenings.
In November 2016, Supreme Court had issued an order making mandatory for cinema halls to play the national anthem before film screenings. It also had directed all those present there to stand up to show respect. It also had ordered cinema halls to display the national flag on the screen when the anthem was played. The apex court had mentioned that this practice will instil a feeling of committed patriotism and nationalism. The order was issued on a writ petition filed by Shyam Narayan Chouksey in October 2016.
Month:Current Affairs – February, 2017 Categories: Governance & Politics
Tags: National • National Anthem • Supreme Court


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No doubt, you read that completely right! Inside only 5 simple advances, you can set up a fundamental home WiFi arrange – that too in under five minutes.
As time passes, remote systems are getting to be less demanding, quicker and progressively reasonable to embrace more than ever. Obviously, you require a remote system whether you are a normal home client or having a completely fledged business setup. You will most likely be pondering that how to set up the one for you, isn't that so? Indeed, no compelling reason to ponder any longer. Setting up a remote home system is less demanding than some other setup for example Netgear genie setup.
What are you sitting tight for? How about we walk you through the flower petal ventures to take care of business.
Find out who your ISP is ISP implies?
Network access Provider! It is that organization you pay routinely (by and large a month to month premise) for your network access. Maybe you don't have the one yet ordinarily the vast majority have their web information designs incorporated into home phone, satellite TV or even cell information designs. Individuals have either DSL web or digital web.
Link and DSL: What is the distinction between them?
The fundamental distinction is that DSL web is given by means of existing telephone lines while digital web is run by means of a few territories simply like satellite TV.
The following inquiry emerges here that why you should think about your ISP? All things considered, it is vital in light of the fact that this data encourages you realize the web speed you are paying bucks for.
Along these lines, you realize what ISP you are utilizing. The following stage is to choose the best modem for you. Prior to that, let us share some fundamental information about the modem.
A web modem takes the got flags and changes it into a useful flag. From that point onward, it sends that flag to the switch for appropriation. In modem word, 'mo' signifies modulator and 'dem' signifies demodulator.
What it fundamentally does? It rapidly encodes and unravels the signs which it sends and gets. Without modem, the web won't be gotten to by you.
Try to pick the best modem for you. It likewise helps in making the Netgear extender setup a triumph. In the event that you confront any issues while choosing the best modem, connect with our master professionals. They will disclose to you which is the most recent form and highlights to purchase an ideal modem for you.
Switches are incredible systems administration gadgets which get the yield information from modem and after that spread it everywhere throughout the home or office. Do you realize that a modem and switch can be consolidated? Additionally called an entryway, these are given by your ISP and charged you for leasing.
So as to locate your remote system for the associated gadgets, the switch should work in an appropriate way. While picking a switch, you need to ensure that it will stay aware the very pinnacle of range to cover the entire home.
WiFi run extenders are an extraordinary alternative in the event that you claim a vast home or the switch is stuck in a remote region. For Netgear extenders, you need to visit mywifiext website page to set up them appropriately.
When you are finished with the switch and modem determination, go for the WiFi organize setup process. To do as such, associate the modem to your link or DSL link. In the event that you are not utilizing a portal, utilize an Ethernet link to make this association. Or there will be consequences, utilize a coaxial link.
Check the pointer LED lights on switch to ensure that it is working appropriately. Steady or noticeable lights on switch demonstrate that your remote system is ready for action. Presently, take a stab at getting to the www.mywifiext.net web address. In the event that it functions admirably, it implies your WiFi organize has been set up in a suitable way.
Your switch accompanies the default SSID and secret key. Through these subtleties, you can gain admittance to administrator board for example mywifiext.net nearby. Yet, these login qualifications are altogether founded on the producer of your switch. In this way, somebody who realizes your gadget's maker can without much of a stretch discover these subtleties.
How to anchor your system?
Basically change the default client ID and secret key immediately. Guarantee to utilize a solid secret key.
Presently, you are good to go to associate different brilliant gadgets to your system. In the event that you go over any specialized issue, restart the switch to determine the issues. Expectation your WiFi home system has been set up legitimately. As yet confronting issues? Don't hesitate to impart your tech issues to us by hitting the remarks segment beneath. We will react you in the blink of an eye.


When I ask Riley how he found r/SuicideWatch, Reddit's ever-expanding suicide support community, he tells me he discovered it the same way many other people do — by typing "I want to kill myself" into the blank space of a Google search bar and scrolling past the hotlines and self-help listicles in search of something more relatable. Just a few weeks ago, the 26-year-old sous chef and friend of mine had decided suicide would be the best way to end to his struggle with debt and depression. When scouring the internet for a reason to stay, a link to SuicideWatch caught his eye. He took the bait and clicked.
The first post he read was titled, "I'm in the Queue for a Suicide Chat and There's 54 People Ahead of Me." That felt familiar.
SuicideWatch is a special corner of Reddit, where people struggling with suicidal thoughts can go to find compassion, support and solidarity. Under the veiled anonymity of a screen name, redditors can speak openly and honestly about what they're going through, safely revealing the darkest parts of themselves to a network of strangers who tend to understand what they're going through better than the average friend or loved one.
In turn, the SuicideWatch community and its moderators respond with a concern and tenderness that's hard to find elsewhere Reddit — instead of being ridiculed, shamed or egged on, people who reach out for help on SuicideWatch are met with resources, empathy and the always-present refrain, "You can talk to me. I've been there." As of today, SuicideWatch has more than 100,000 subscribers.
However, while SuicideWatch is a community for anyone teetering on the edge, still-to-be-published research by Darla Still and Amelia Blume of the University of Arizona has revealed it's making a particular impact on one group in particular — boys and men like Riley who may feel that, for one reason or another, they can't talk about their emotions or seek help.
Acting "tough" might be sage advice for a 10-year-old on a losing soccer team, but it's a hell of a burden to place on boys and men who may be struggling with mental illness (and men in general, for that matter). Acting tough is still acting, after all — underneath the character of "manly man" is a person with real emotions; emotions that can have dangerous consequences if unaddressed.
Increased suicidality is one of them. As Still and Blume explain, norms that prevent men from expressing emotion and seeking help have been directly linked to suicidal thoughts and attempts. Given the prevalence of these norms in media, religious texts, folklore and even modern medicine, it's no coincidence that while more women attempt suicide, far more men die from it. Roughly three times as many men kill themselves as women, and in 2016, 70 percent of suicide victims were white, middle-aged men.
And so, an anonymous, online community like SuicideWatch can provide a crucial alternative. It's not a place where men have to be "tough" or pretend everything's under control. Rather, because they can conceal their identity, boys and men of all masculine expressions can ask for help and be as emotionally vulnerable as they need to be. They're also free to be as empathetic and supportive of others as they want, all things that fall far outside the narrow definition of masculinity traditional gender roles impose.
John's vulnerability and the depth of his emotion are exquisitely related to nearly 400 people whose responses run the gamut from "Thank you bro, it helps a bit" to "I love you man, thank you for this." However while Still and Blume tell me responses to posts like John's are helpful coming from all types of people, the ones that convey gender-specific empathy tend to be the most useful for suicidal men because it shows them they're far from alone.
This was the biggest revelation for Riley, who didn't realize so many other men felt like he did — unable to talk about their problems (or without the resources to do so) but in desperate need of help with them. "I saw myself reflected in so many people on the site," he says. "It gave me a different outlook on things." Reading about other people's experiences provided him momentary amnesia about his own problems. They hardly disappeared when he logged on, but they started to take a back seat once he got out of his own head and into someone else's. A few weeks after discovering SuicideWatch, he still felt like dying was an attractive option, but he says it "really helped" to know there were thousands of people out there finding reasons to live another day.
Instead of relying on either as a mutually exclusive option then, Levant recommends supplementing in-person therapy with online interaction. "The social support you get from 100,000 people who feel just like you can't be underestimated," he says.
But for the thousands of people seeking support on the subreddit, that's definitely something.


The new generation Volkswagen Jetta becomes availabe in Europe as well, but it's a bit different than the one going on sale in America as the best selling imported mid-size sedan.
The European Jetta can be had with new TDi diesel units including 1.6 TDI with 77 kW / 105 PS: In the BlueMotion Technology version, this common rail turbodiesel only consumes 4.2 l/100 km (equivalent to 109 g/km CO2), and the 1.2 TSI that also outputs 77 kW / 105 PS and has BlueMotion Technology: This direct-injection turbo petrol engine only requires 5.3 l/100 km (equivalent to 123 g/km CO2).
The car comes in three trim levels of Trendline, Comfortline and Highline. Standard features on the basic models include six airbags (with an optional eight), five crash-optimized head restraints (on front seats with anti-whiplash design), daytime running lights, belt fastening detection, automatic hazard flasher lights that activate with hard braking, Hill Climb Assist and ABS with braking assistant and ESP with trailer stabilisation.
Other features you get based on the trim you choose include 16-inch, five-spoke "Mambo" alloy wheels, as well as storage pockets on the backrests of the front seats, centre armrests (with storage compartment in front), 8-way adjustment of driver and front passenger seats, comfort seats with elegant fabric upholstery in "Sienna" design, woven floor mats, the RCD 210 radio-CD system, a Chrome Pack (including rotary light switch and control dial for climate control) and what is known as the Small Leather Pack (leather-trimmed steering wheel, gearshift grip and parking brake grip) as well as black accents ("Black Pyramid"). Also standard: the Park Pilot (front and rear), lowering of the passenger side door mirror when reversing and four reading lamps (2 in front, 2 in rear), 7-inch alloy wheels (ten-spoke "Porto" type), chrome frame around lower air intake screen, chrome trim under the side windows, headlight cleaning system and front fog lights with cornering lights.
So yes, it is very well equipped for its class and price!


"The sky's the limit," said Cpl. Angela Florence of the D.A.R.E. program. "This is just the beginning."
"We beg, almost, to get kids to stay out of trouble," Cpl. Randy Brown of the crime prevention division told the audience. "Grow up, get a job and take care of your family. You can't do that if you're incarcerated."
Brown also reminded the youngsters that the police department's goal is to keep the community safe.
"Officers are doing their jobs when they stop a car," he said. "Drunk drivers and habitual violators endanger everyone."
Brown advised students to be mindful of their attitudes and behaviors if they are stopped by a law enforcement officer.
"Be respectful and don't be fumbling around," he said.
Officers are trained to watch a person's hands, as they could be hiding drugs, or have a weapon.
The panel of officers took questions about police procedures and discussed the realities of field work, including how they are trained to respond to an armed suspect or a situation with an active shooter.
"It was very inspiring to get answers about concerns," said Spencer High football player Ye'Majesty Sanders. "You know, concerns about the news, shootings, and why they do things."


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MacBooks could ditch butterfly switches in favor of an optical keyboard
By Darren Allan 28 August 2019
Let there be light! And let MacBook keyboards be robust and reliable, while we're at it…
Apple's MacBooks have suffered somewhat at the hands of their keyboards – with a number of complaints about the by now infamous butterfly switch – but it seems the company might have plans to move away from a mechanical switch entirely, given the existence of a patent exploring the use of optical switches.
The patent, which was highlighted by Apple Insider, documents several optical keyboard concepts revolving around the use of a light sensor which detects when a key has been depressed.
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The underside of the key could utilize some kind of 'opaque structure' which blocks light when it's pressed down, and that's the manner in which a key press is registered.
The key itself might include a light source to work in conjunction with the sensor and the light-blocking structure, and if so, that integrated light source could double as a backlight, giving it a second purpose which would be quite nifty.
Tackling tactile
One area that needs to be tackled is ensuring that the typing experience still feels satisfying using an optical rather than traditional mechanical switch. And to that end, Apple may use a 'leg portion' with the keycap which is designed to buckle when the key is pressed, "so that different tactile feedback responses are generated" depending on whether the key is fully or partially pressed.
That leg portion may be designed to buckle "two, three, or more than three times at one or more buckling locations to provide multiple tactile feedback events during compression of a key", according to one implementation discussed in the patent.
So Apple is obviously keen to keep the feel of a mechanical keyboard when changing over to a non-physical switch.
As always, though, just because Apple has patented this particular optical technology doesn't mean it will ever be seen in a future MacBook keyboard.
That said, it's clear enough that Apple is keen to work to make its laptop keyboards better, and of late, a further refinement of the butterfly keyboard has been pushed out more widely.
However, the rumor mill reckons that the allegedly incoming MacBook Pro 16-inch will drop the butterfly keyboard entirely, although the replacement won't be anything fancy, with speculation contending that Apple will employ a scissor switch instead.
But beyond scissor or butterfly switches, or indeed optical sensors, Apple has some other more radical concepts that have been aired by previous patents, including turning the MacBook into a dual-display device with a virtual OLED keyboard.
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The 25th Annual Cabbagetown Film Festival went off like a rocket at a packed Daniels Spectrum on September 7. Founder and producer Gina Dineen bounced back from a somewhat downbeat 2014 event with a virtuoso spectrum of films and moods over 14 films ranging from harrowing ('Seen Through the Eyes of Children', a view of the Syrian Civil War through children's drawings) to visionary and maybe just a bit ahead of the cutting edge ('Kubo's Crickets', winner of Best Documentary) to hilariously nutsy ('Motivational Quotes, an Addiction', 2016 People's Choice winner). The cricket bolognese served at intermission was a sensation.


In the era of the millennials convenient and timely service delivery are the most appealing selling points to any business. Businesses all across the globe are therefore on the constant look out for new, innovative and cost effective ways to meet these demands. Inflatable painting booths come with a promise to offer just that. With sizes ranging from booths big enough to accommodate a bicycle to those large enough to accommodate larger vehicles, you have the flexibility of taking on a wide range of jobs thus diversifying your services and increasing revenue.
Its Portability allows you to go wherever the business is making your services all the more convenient for your current and potential clientele. The ease of setting up and setting down added to the reduction in clean up time needed after jobs and the controlled environment in which these portable spray painting booths provide, allow you to focus more time and energy into the job at hand. This improves the efficiency and quality of your work giving you a competitive edge to your business.
Like all things benefits are almost always counter balanced by a number of disadvantages. A key disadvantage to using portable painting booths is the constant, recurrent set up time involved with every job. While the ease of set up is indeed an advantage, the constant need to set up every time you have a new job considerably eats into time that could be spent completing the job at hand. Setting up and setting down also enhances the chances of damaging your inflatable painting booth; laws of wear and tear obviously at play.


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*** PLEASE NOTE: This document applies to the HEAD of the source
tree only. If you are using a released version of Kubernetes, you almost
certainly want the docs that go with that version.

Documentation for specific releases can be found at
[releases.k8s.io](http://releases.k8s.io).

# Downward API

It is sometimes useful for a container to have information about itself, but we
want to be careful not to over-couple containers to Kubernetes. The downward
API allows containers to consume information about themselves or the system and
expose that information how they want it, without necessarily coupling to the
kubernetes client or REST API.

An example of this is a "legacy" app that is already written assuming
that a particular environment variable will hold a unique identifier.  While it
is often possible to "wrap" such applications, this is tedious and error prone,
and violates the goal of low coupling.  Instead, the user should be able to use
the Pod's name, for example, and inject it into this well-known variable.

## Capabilities

The following information is available to a `Pod` through the downward API:

*   The pod's name
*   The pod's namespace

More information will be exposed through this same API over time.

## Exposing pod information into a container

Containers consume information from the downward API using environment
variables.  In the future, containers will also be able to consume the downward
API via a volume plugin.

### Environment variables

Most environment variables in the Kubernetes API use the `value` field to carry
simple values.  However, the alternate `valueFrom` field allows you to specify
a `fieldRef` to select fields from the pod's definition.  The `fieldRef` field
is a structure that has an `apiVersion` field and a `fieldPath` field.  The
`fieldPath` field is an expression designating a field of the pod.  The
`apiVersion` field is the version of the API schema that the `fieldPath` is
written in terms of.  If the `apiVersion` field is not specified it is
defaulted to the API version of the enclosing object.

The `fieldRef` is evaluated and the resulting value is used as the value for
the environment variable.  This allows users to publish their pod's name in any
environment variable they want.

## Example

This is an example of a pod that consumes its name and namespace via the
downward API:

```yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: dapi-test-pod
spec:
  containers:
    - name: test-container
      image: gcr.io/google_containers/busybox
      command: [ "/bin/sh", "-c", "env" ]
      env:
        - name: MY_POD_NAME
          valueFrom:
            fieldRef:
              fieldPath: metadata.name
        - name: MY_POD_NAMESPACE
          valueFrom:
            fieldRef:
              fieldPath: metadata.namespace
  restartPolicy: Never
```

Some more thorough examples:
   * [environment variables](environment-guide/)
   * [downward API](downward-api/)

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