Once upon a time, the internet was a great place where you could do anything and get away with it. As the internet grew, so did social networking sites. There was a large amount of information, so much so that it was difficult to discern truth from reality. As people arbitrarily continued to dump information on the internet, regardless of relevance, Google stepped in and began to throw its weight around in an effort to ensure search engine results quality. This became necessary mainly because Google was losing money to paid SEO companies who had figured out how to game the system so that their clients always came to the top of the search results. Also, there were companies who copied work from other websites through APIs and automated algorithms, creating very low-quality websites with nothing but copied material.
So in this article I discuss the different software algorithms Google added to its search rankings in order to ensure its search results were more accurate.
This program is named after Naveneet Panda, the Google engineer who developed the technology behind the algorithm that was first released in February 2011. Google Panda is aimed at delisting websites that use low-quality content. If a website fails the Panda test, it will be removed from the search results or penalized signficantly.
Any websites who were blatantly copying content from other websites were automatically blacklisted. Websites who indulged in keyword stuffing were also penalized. Other victims to fall prey to the Panda Penalty were websites with excessive advertisements. However, following a wave of "scrapers" (websites who use content copied from other websites), Google was compelled to issue a list of 23 bullet points in a bid to define a high quality site.
This is the codename for an algorithm that was launched in April 2012. Google Penguin emerged from the Panda algorithm, which was more limited in scope than its successor. And both algorithms still operate together. Panda being more strict (penalty or no penalty), whereas Penguin is designed to influence rankings on a smaller scale. For example, Penguin can influence where in the rankings your page is displayed, such as position 1 verses position 5. Google Penguin was designed to weed out websites who failed to follow and who violated Google's "Webmaster Guidelines". These guidelines have been very explicitly given, and are the basis of good SEO.
According to journalist and web editor Steve Masters, "The Hummingbird approach should be inspirational to anyone managing and planning content — if you aren't already thinking like Hummingbird, you should be. In a nutshell, think about why people are looking for something rather than what they are looking for. A content strategy should be designed to answer their needs, not just provide them with facts." This is a fitting description of what Google Hummingbird is designed to do. Google began to use Hummingbird from August 2013, but the official announcement of the change came only in September of the same year. The main objective of Google Hummingbird is to create a more organized system for indexing of information. Like the previous campaigns, Google Hummingbird also aims at improving the quality of content that gets posted on the internet. The main focus is on context of content and the meaning of entire sentences and conversations, rather than analysis of single words or phrases.
Some top ranking sites experienced a revision of page rank based on the flow of natural content on their websites. Hence content which was organized on the basis of "Who, Why, Where, and How" were the ones to benefit from this change, and extensive use of synonyms also helped in improving the SEO of these sites. For example, if you search for "colleges", you might get some results that include the synonym "universities". "St. Patty's Day" will return results for "St. Patrick's Day". Hummingbird helps Google better understand the inputs from the user to convey the value of the output even if the word isn't an exact match keyword.
In July 2014, the Google Pigeon algorithm was launched. The algorithm is supposed to bridge the gap between general, worldwide search results and local search results. It also addresses a few other issues regarding shortcomings that had been previously identified in the way Google presents search results. The focus of this algorithm is to increase the rank of local listings in a search. According to Google, the Pigeon algorithm has created "closer ties between the local algorithm and core algorithm(s)." Google Pigeon is also a response to complaints by Yelp that even when a search was done specifically for Yelp's reviews, Google's reviews were being highlighted instead.
If a company based out of Virginia makes a website that includes over 100 pages with each page being a different city in America, Pigeon will not rank those different city pages unless the company has a local presence (address) in each of those cities. Local results are designed for people who want to drive or call a company or organization in their area. Local results are not for national companies trying to pretend to be local when they are not.
Google Panda was the first major overhaul since the launch of the search engine, and one of the most comprehensive – even now, in 2015, there are websites who are struggling to recover and remedy the Panda penalty imposed on them.
The later algorithms released by Google were more focused, each in its own specific way. Initially, it was difficult to identify Google violations under the Panda regime. However, with the release of Google's 23 bullet points and its Webmaster Guidelines, it became easier to identify and rectify the deviations of various websites.
Google Penguin targeted Black Hat operators who were using unscrupulous and unfair practices to achieve good page rankings, by violating the Google Webmaster Guidelines, and more specifically those who practiced spamdexing and link bombing.
The goals of Google Hummingbird were more subtle but far-reaching, with an aim to improve the quality of content by changing the way an algorithm detects the meanings of words and conversational search.
With Pigeon, Google is attempting to give more importance to local search results, which hopefully should give rise to more effective local Google searches for users.
As an SEO person myself, I have received these algorithms with mixed reviews. While we enjoy the quality of a lot of the search results now, often great content is buried because it just does not have a chance to break through all of these algorithms. Many SEOs think that Google is simply doing this to ensure money is spent on its main revenue generator – Google Adwords. Google Adwords is Google's pay-to-play system that displays ads on the search page and on websites.
Regardless of the challenges, SEO is still alive and well today. It centers around having quality content, brand awareness, and starting conversations.


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Q: Including subschemas in schemas doesn't seem to work for mongoose This is how I defined my subschema and schema
const mongoose = require("mongoose");
const Schema = mongoose.Schema;

const JobSchema = new Schema ({
    jobname: String,
    jobstatus: String
})

const DataSchema = new Schema ({
    username: {
        type: String,
        required: true,
        unique: true
    },
    jobs: [JobSchema]
});

module.exports = mongoose.model("data", DataSchema);

This block of code is to utilize the schema above as a model
const express = require("express");
const router = express.Router();

const Data = require("../../models/Data");

router.post("/", (req, res) => {
    const newData = new Data({
        username: req.body.username,
        jobs: req.body.jobs
    });
    newData
        .save()
        .then(data => res.json(data))
        .catch(err => console.log(err));
});

module.exports = router;

Data I attempted to put in:
{
    username: France,
    jobs: [{jobname: Google, jobstatus: applied}]
}

Error:
Error: data validation failed: jobs: Cast to embedded failed for value "'[{jobname: Google, jobstatus: applied}]'" at path "jobs"
    at ValidationError.inspect (/Users/Desktop/server/node_modules/mongoose/lib/error/validation.js:48:26)
    at formatValue (internal/util/inspect.js:723:31)
    at inspect (internal/util/inspect.js:289:10)
    at formatWithOptionsInternal (internal/util/inspect.js:1918:40)
    at formatWithOptions (internal/util/inspect.js:1802:10)
    at Object.Console.<computed> (internal/console/constructor.js:304:10)
    at Object.log (internal/console/constructor.js:314:61)
    at /Users/Desktop/server/routes/api/data.js:14:31
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:97:5) {
  errors: {
    jobs: CastError: Cast to embedded failed for value "'[{jobname: Google, jobstatus: applied}]'" at path "jobs"
        at DocumentArrayPath.cast (/Users/Desktop/server/node_modules/mongoose/lib/schema/documentarray.js:449:19)
        at DocumentArrayPath.cast (/Users/Desktop/server/node_modules/mongoose/lib/schema/documentarray.js:378:17)
        at DocumentArrayPath.SchemaType.applySetters (/Users/Desktop/server/node_modules/mongoose/lib/schematype.js:1031:12)
        at model.$set (/Users/Desktop/server/node_modules/mongoose/lib/document.js:1203:20)
        at model._handleIndex (/Users/Desktop/server/node_modules/mongoose/lib/document.js:979:14)
        at model.$set (/Users/Desktop/server/node_modules/mongoose/lib/document.js:920:22)
        at model.Document (/Users/Desktop/server/node_modules/mongoose/lib/document.js:137:12)
        at model.Model (/Users/Desktop/server/node_modules/mongoose/lib/model.js:106:12)
        at new model (/Users/Desktop/server/node_modules/mongoose/lib/model.js:4695:15)
        at /Users/Desktop/server/routes/api/data.js:7:21
        at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (/Users/Desktop/server/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:95:5)
        at next (/Users/Desktop/server/node_modules/express/lib/router/route.js:137:13)
        at Route.dispatch (/Users/Desktop/server/node_modules/express/lib/router/route.js:112:3)
        at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (/Users/Desktop/server/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:95:5)
        at /Users/Desktop/server/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:281:22
        at Function.process_params (/Users/Desktop/server/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:335:12) {
      stringValue: `"'[{jobname: Google, jobstatus: applied}]'"`,
      messageFormat: undefined,
      kind: 'embedded',
      value: "'[{jobname: Google, jobstatus: applied}]'",
      path: 'jobs',
      reason: ObjectParameterError: Parameter "obj" to Document() must be an object, got [{jobname: Google, jobstatus: applied}]
          at EmbeddedDocument.Document (/Users/Desktop/server/node_modules/mongoose/lib/document.js:90:11)
          at EmbeddedDocument [as constructor] (/Users/Desktop/server/node_modules/mongoose/lib/types/embedded.js:42:12)
          at new EmbeddedDocument (/Users/Desktop/server/node_modules/mongoose/lib/schema/documentarray.js:115:17)
          at DocumentArrayPath.cast (/Users/Desktop/server/node_modules/mongoose/lib/schema/documentarray.js:442:22)
          at DocumentArrayPath.cast (/Users/Desktop/server/node_modules/mongoose/lib/schema/documentarray.js:378:17)
          at DocumentArrayPath.SchemaType.applySetters (/Users/Desktop/server/node_modules/mongoose/lib/schematype.js:1031:12)
          at model.$set (/Users/Desktop/server/node_modules/mongoose/lib/document.js:1203:20)
          at model._handleIndex (/Users/Desktop/server/node_modules/mongoose/lib/document.js:979:14)
          at model.$set (/Users/Desktop/server/node_modules/mongoose/lib/document.js:920:22)
          at model.Document (/Users/Desktop/server/node_modules/mongoose/lib/document.js:137:12)
          at model.Model (/Users/Desktop/server/node_modules/mongoose/lib/model.js:106:12)
          at new model (/Users/Desktop/server/node_modules/mongoose/lib/model.js:4695:15)
          at /Users/Desktop/server/routes/api/data.js:7:21
          at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (/Users/Desktop/server/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:95:5)
          at next (/Users/Desktop/server/node_modules/express/lib/router/route.js:137:13)
          at Route.dispatch (/Users/Desktop/server/node_modules/express/lib/router/route.js:112:3)
    }
  },
  _message: 'data validation failed'
}

I have read from several sources on the internet that the idea of subschemas(a.k.a subdocuments) is possible. However, when I try to implement it as shown above, it fails to work. What is the reason behind this?

A: The error looks like you are assigning a string to jobs instead of the array object. I think what you are currently saving is
{
    username: "France",
    jobs: "[{jobname: Google, jobstatus: applied}]" // the whole array as string
}

What you should be saving is
{
    username: "France",
    jobs: [{jobname: "Google", jobstatus: "applied"}]
}

Please console log the req.body.jobs and check if its a proper JSON array

A: You can't use schema in another schema by storing it in a "jobs".
You can give a reference to "jobschema" as below.
jobs : [{
type: Schema.ObjectId,
ref: 'JobSchema'
}]

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Strict rest after concussion did not improve outcomes
Strict rest immediately after a concussion did not improve outcomes and may have increased reported symptoms, according to study findings in Pediatrics.
"Because human data on postinjury exertion is limited, expert consensus recommends 24 to 48 hours of rest before beginning a stepwise return to activity," study researcher Danny George Thomas, MD, MPH, of the Medical College of Wisconsin, and colleagues wrote. "Many clinicians recommend a longer period of rest, and some clinicians have advocated 'cocoon therapy,' which restricts patients to several days in a darkened room before slowly returning to activity. To date, the optimal period of rest after concussion is unknown."
Patients, aged 11 to 22 years, who presented to the pediatric ED within 24 hours of concussion, were randomly assigned a physician recommendation for 5 days of strict rest (n=45) or the usual 24 to 48 hours of rest (n=43). Cognition and balance were assessed 3 and 10 days after injury. Study participants recorded daily activity and rated symptom severity in diaries.
During the 10-day follow-up, symptoms resolved in 67% of patients in the usual care group and 63% of patients in the strict rest group. It took 3 additional days, however, for 50% of the strict rest group to report symptom resolution vs. the usual care group.
Compared with patients who received usual care, patients in the strict rest group reported higher total symptom severity scores (131.9 vs. 187.9; P<.03), a greater total number of symptoms (50.2 vs. 70.4; P<.03) and a higher mean daily symptom severity 4 days after concussion.
Neurocognitive tests and balance scores did not differ between groups on day 3 or 10.
"Recommending strict rest from the ED did not improve symptom, neurocognitive, and balance outcomes in youth diagnosed with concussion," Thomas and colleagues wrote. "Surprisingly, adolescents who were recommended strict rest after injury reported more symptoms over the course of this study."
Although the study findings add to the research recommending required rest after a concussion, optimal duration remains unknown, according to William P. Meehan III, MD, and Richard G. Bachur, MD, of Boston Children's Hospital.
"In light of current consensus recommendations, previous investigations, and the study by Thomas et al, a recommendation of reasonable rest for the first few days after a concussion followed by a gradual resumption of cognitive activities seems prudent," Meehan and Bachur wrote in an accompanying editorial.
Meehan WP. Pediatrics. 2015;doi:10.1542/peds.2014-3665.
Thomas DG. Pediatrics. 2015;doi:10.1542/peds.2014-0966.
Disclosure: Meehan reports financial ties with ABC-Clio, Wolters Kluwer and the National Football League Players Association. Bachur reports financial ties with Wolters Kluwer and Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. The other researchers report no relevant financial disclosures.


ZACH WOLF, CNN POLITICS DIGITAL DIRECTOR: That, of course, came right after the two sides had delivered dueling speeches on national television to the country.
So, they have spoken basically to the people indirectly. They have tweeted at each other. They have written letters. But they haven't actually gotten down to the negotiating table in more than two weeks.
And I think the big question in Washington right now is whether these votes today will sort of break the fever and get them in the same room again.
BROOKE BALDWIN, CNN ANCHOR: Zach, thank you so much.
And if you are just -- thank you. If are just tuning in, live pictures there of the Senate floor. How did I say it at the top of the last hour? You're about to watch Washington dysfunction at its best, these two Senate votes that are expected to fail.
The next question is, perhaps might that then lead to some sort of compromise?
Lauren Fox is standing by for us up on Capitol Hill.
And for people who are just now tuning in, Lauren, talk us through each of these proposals and why we think they're going nowhere.
LAUREN FOX, CNN CONGRESSIONAL REPORTER: Well, that first vote is on the Republican proposal, a bill that largely reflects the president's proposal from over the weekend. It includes $5.7 billion for money for the border wall, in exchange for three years of an extension of DACA and those with temporary protected status.
Now, that bill, of course, like you said, expected not to go anywhere. We do know one Democrat, Joe Manchin, has said he will support the Republican plan, but, again, falling far short of those seven votes they need to actually pass it.
So, then you move to the Democratic bill. That bill simply reopens the government for a few weeks into the beginning of February. And then it also includes some disaster relief money. Again, it doesn't have enough votes.
We do know there are a number of Senate Republicans who might cross the aisle and support it. We know Lisa Murkowski, Cory Gardner, Susan Collins, they're all expected to vote for it, but again falling short of the 13 that they would actually need to pass it.
So, the hope is that, after this vote, they can actually find a way to come together. Sometimes, an action on Capitol Hill yields some kind of action. Everyone sees it fell apart. They show the president, look, you can't get enough money for the border wall. Maybe that gets something moving. That's the hope at least, Brooke.
BALDWIN: OK. We're hoping inaction leads to action.
And, Lauren, since I still have you. I wanted to ask you about a potential -- let's talk about the action. House Democratic leaders and top committee chairs have been drafting a border security proposal over the last couple of days. From what I understand, could be released as soon as today. Might that pique the interest of some Republicans?
FOX: Perhaps. We haven't seen that proposal. It's still up in the air exactly what it would entail.
I do know that Republicans and Democrats in the Senate are hoping to take the floor and give some speeches about trying to encourage the president to reopen the government in the short-term and then try to negotiate a broader border security plan.
Again, it's just not clear what the White House will support. And that's always the key question here. Republicans and Democrats who are moderate can get in a room, make a decision, come up with a plan, and if the president won't sign it, it's going nowhere.
BALDWIN: OK. Lauren, thank you so much. We will come back to you in just a second.
I have got Manu Raju also up live on Capitol Hill. He follows all these members of Congress so closely each and every day for us.
And so, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, I hear, is one of those, what is it, 30 or so House Democrats who have taken a trip over to this Senate building to sort of, what, stand in solidarity, essentially saying to these Republicans, vote with us.
And I just ran into her on the way in. I asked her if she was going on the floor. She is. This is all a theatrical move bill the House Democrats to try to express their frustration towards the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, and his refusal to bring up House- passed legislation, although one House-passed bill will get a vote after this first vote goes down.
The Trump proposal, after that fails to get the 60 votes needed to advance, then that other proposal to allow the government to be reopened until February 8 will come forward. That did already pass the House.
But other House bills, 11 that have passed the House total, 10 of those have not seen any action in the Senate, so that's part of the pressure going forward.
But you're seeing some different efforts on display. Soon after this -- these bills do go down, we do expect roughly a dozen, maybe 15 members of both parties in the Senate to take to the floor, express their frustration, impatience about what is happening, try to pressure the president to agree to a short-term spending bill to reopen the government with some sort of commitment from the speaker to provide some more commitments on border security and hope that is enough to suggest a way forward and out of this.
It's the longest shutdown in U.S. history. Of course, there are a lot of questions about how they will be implemented, questions about whether the president himself would endorse that.
And Lindsey Graham told me moments ago that if the speaker were to say that she would accept whatever border security bill could actually get approved by the Senate, then perhaps there could be a way forward to end the shutdown and reopen the government immediately.
Of course, there's no reason to believe that Pelosi would just endorse any bill that would come out of the Senate, especially given her opposition to the president's border wall. But that is one area of discussion that we expect out of the Senate after these votes this afternoon to say, look, there may be a way forward. We need to move forward.
But I can tell you, Brooke, this is one of the first days I have seen this level of concern, frustration, impatience among Republicans in the Senate in particular, in talking to a bunch of them just now, particularly frustrated that there's no end in sight, no strategy to get out of this.
So we will see if that changes the dynamics after these votes go down here in just a matter of moments, Brooke.
BALDWIN: Yes, hoping the inaction leads to action. Manu, thank you so much. We will let you keep catching up with different members of Congress and bringing us this great color.
David Chalian, what about compromise? Are you see any inklings of a possible compromise in the works?
DAVID CHALIAN, CNN POLITICAL DIRECTOR: Compromise, I guess, is in the eye of the beholder. But is there a pathway out of the shutdown?
I will say what we saw from President Trump last night when he caved to Speaker Pelosi on just the small side issue of the State of the Union address, and he did so in a way that acknowledged the reality of her power position in this new world order in Washington, that was the first shift we saw, Brooke, in the politics of all of this in more than a month.
This has been defined by both sides dug into their position with their lines. And then on this, again, side issue, I don't want to overinterpret it that it means there's a deal right now on the horizon to end the shutdown, but for the first time we saw a shift in those political stances and it came from the president.
If you also take that and listen to what Bennie Thompson, the Democrat in charge of the Homeland security Committee in the House, or Jim Clyburn, the number three in leadership in the House, today was saying about this notion of $5 billion or plus in border security, not appropriations for the border wall that the president wants, to me, to my ears, as much as Nancy Pelosi didn't want to talk about that, because she doesn't want to talk about anything until the government's opened, as her negotiating position, to me, hearing Democrats say, there is this idea that maybe we could put this $5 billion in border security as a part of this, that to me suggests, well, maybe that is the beginning of a negotiating position, even while the government's still closed right now.
CHALIAN: Or at least a telegraphing what they're thinking. I do think there are some cracks here that indicate a possible pathway forward.
BALDWIN: Yes. Yes. Maybe that is -- maybe that is a way forward potentially to compromise, and here's hoping that the president's tweet last evening, you know, quickly and politely acknowledging that he would not give this State of the Union until the government is reopened stays that way.
David, don't go too far.
Let me go to the White House. Let me go to Kaitlan Collins, who, of course, is keeping track of this administration and their perspective.
How are they watching these votes on the Senate floor right now, Kaitlan?
KAITLAN COLLINS, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: So, Brooke, they know, like everyone else in Washington, that these votes are not going to pass.
But the thing that the White House is watching here is to see which proposal gets more votes, because they have got the president's proposal, but then they have also got this short-term bill. They're watching to see which turns out to be more popular here in the end, because they have said for some time now they know these are going to fail, but they do feel that the failure of these can then lead to more serious negotiations going forward.
from this government shutdown, now the longest in history. And they are letting the White House hear those complaints, even some of them urging to end the government shutdown.
Now, Brooke, this comes as the White House has not had a positive two days in their corner about how they have messaged the shutdown, because not only did last night you saw the president blink and essentially capitulate to Nancy Pelosi's demand that he not deliver the State of the Union address until after the government has reopened.
Even though today on Twitter he was saying that he will not cave on his demand for a border wall, Brooke, they're also dealing with the backlash from several of the president's inner circle members making remarks like what we saw the commerce secretary, Wilbur Ross, say today when he essentially was advising federal workers, 40,000 of whom he oversees that are not getting paid right now, to take out these loans, saying, yes, you might have to pay a little interest, but it's not that -- it's not a zero paycheck that you're getting.
That did not sit well with a lot of people even inside the White House, who were amazed at the comments that Wilbur Ross had made and didn't feel like they were helping the White House at all in their argument that the government shutdown is worth it for the border wall.
So, right now, the White House essentially waiting back, sitting back and watching to see these votes and seeing which one ends up more popular on Capitol Hill.
BALDWIN: Quickly, quickly, Kaitlan, back to the blinking and the president's tweet last night, do we know any -- do we have anything on why he blinked so politely?
COLLINS: So, it actually surprised White House officials.
They thought that Nancy Pelosi was just bluffing, that she wasn't going to actually disinvite the president. But then once she sent that letter, they started looking at alternative venues for the president to give a speech next week, because they didn't want to be seen as backing down.
But then the president sent out that tweet last night saying, essentially, I'm going to wait until the government has reopened. And we're told that's because once advisers were looking at that list of alternative venues, Brooke, they went to the president, but he just simply wasn't interested, not only because he didn't want to travel, but also because that prime-time Oval Office address he gave not too long ago was something the president was not pleased with.
He thought it was a flop and didn't end well, and he didn't want a repeat of that. It was a big surprise to people. But as you saw the president today trying to hit back at Nancy on his Twitter feed, saying that is what he calls her, saying -- he was quoting what she said during a press conference, saying, I don't understand why.
The president was implying that was about the border wall. But if you watched Nancy Pelosi's press conference, as the president was doing in real time, she was quoting Wilbur Ross saying he doesn't understand why federal workers who aren't getting paid are going to food banks, instead of taking out loans, just to get their paychecks.
BALDWIN: Kaitlan, thank you, at the White House for us.
We should note we talked to a congresswoman just a little bit ago, Democrat, Virginia Congresswoman Wexton, who has apparently written a letter to Secretary Wilbur Ross, essentially saying, hey, come with me to the Capital Area Food Bank and let me show you what's going on there in person.
Tim Naftali is with me.
And I would love to hear, as always, from you a historic perspective, but let me just jump in as we're watching these votes. I was just handed this piece of paper. This is from our man Phil Mattingly.
Democratic Senator Joe Manchin voted yes on the shutdown proposal, as he said he would. Republican Senator Tom Cotton, immigration hard- liner, voted no. Senator Mike lee, Utah Republican, also voting no.
TIM NAFTALI, CNN PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN: Well, I mean, it's very important to frame this a little differently from the way some people have.
BALDWIN: You get a lot of perspective.
NAFTALI: Well, you are asking for the TSA to help you and keep you secure, and if you leave the country, the Border Patrol need to and Customs do.
All of those people are working without being paid. Is that what we have become as a country? In many ways, it's the United States, us, against our own civil servants.
This is not a hard problem. This could be solved. It's the president who decided to use the leverage of blackmail to get through his vision of border security.
NAFTALI: Because he decided, after the C.R. -- sorry, the continuing resolution -- was passed by the House and the Senate, he decided, he said, I'm not going to sign it, which meant that they have to get a higher threshold of votes for them to override his veto.
houses and then ultimately with the White House, but the president decided to hold our civil service hostage.
Now, that's the moral issue today. The moral issue is, are we as a people going to require Americans to vote to -- I mean, to work without being paid? It's bad enough there are others who are being furloughed, and they should be paid and they have mortgages to pay for.
But what about the people every day who are working for us and not getting paid? Is that what we want in this country?
BALDWIN: Of course not. We're the United States of America.
NAFTALI: Well, we're a mature democracy. You don't do that. No other country would do that. No other democracy would do that.
So, part of the issue here is a moral question. Are the senators just going to keep expecting TSA, Border Patrol, the Coast Guard and the federal civil servants who are considered essential at all of our institutions, are we going to continue to expect them to work without pay?
Frankly, I think senators should stop taking their pay and members of the House should stop taking their pay, because why should they be paid, frankly, while everybody else who is doing work for us as a people are not getting paid?
To my view, there are two issues. There's a political issue, and that's how you define border security. And then there's a moral issue. The moral is, get these people paid, because we're Americans. We expect to be paid if we work.
BALDWIN: To be fair, some members of Congress have said, don't pay us.
BALDWIN: I talked to a Democrat and a Republican just yesterday on this show who said, don't pay us while they're not getting paid. But I hear your points.
Manu Raju is on Capitol Hill following some of the details from the vote.
Manu, what are you getting?
RAJU: Well, Vice President Mike Pence was just on Capitol Hill speaking with Senate Republicans in a closed-door meeting. And I'm told that he did not lay out a strategy about how to end this government shutdown at the lunch, especially after these votes are expected to fail this afternoon. And Republican senators, a number of them, some of whom I talked to, just are not happy at the lack of strategy coming out of the White House.
As one person told me, he said, look, people just want a strategy about exactly what we're doing next.
Now, John Kennedy, who's the senator from Louisiana, talked to our colleague Liz Landers, and he said that he was asked if the president gave -- or the vice president gave any indication about what Trump would sign to end the shutdown, and Kennedy said -- quote -- "He did not."
So that is the big question going forward and something that has been really one that has lingered since this shutdown started 34 days ago.
BALDWIN: That there's no plan.
RAJU: What is the plan? Exactly. What is the plan afterwards? What would the president ultimately sign, beyond his demand for $5.7 billion for his for his border wall, which Nancy Pelosi will not give him?
Well, what next? What else could he agree to? That's just not been clear to Republican senators even. And I'm told, in this private meeting, there was some frustration about the lack of strategy going forward, especially since these votes are going to go down, and then what?
So that's why it's also prompting these discussions among rank-and- file Republicans and Democratic senators to see if there's any middle ground going forward. But, of course, Brooke, the president needs to endorse that in order for this to get any momentum, at least among the Republicans here on Capitol Hill.
And he has not said that yet. And that's why some Republicans are just not happy at this point -- Brooke.
BALDWIN: That is the last thing all these federal workers who Tim was just talking about want to hear, that there doesn't appear to be a plan.
Manu, thank you so much.
Special coverage continues as we wait for the voting results. Also, we will talk about some of the tone-deaf comments made by members of the Trump orbit.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: On this vote, the yeas are 51, the nays are 47. Three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to.
BALDWIN: Manu, quickly back over to you, 51-47 nine, so clearly shy of that 60-vote threshold, so no dice, no surprise. RAJU: Yes.
And that's what we were expecting all along, that this bill was going to go down because of Democratic opposition. We do know that Joe Manchin is one who did vote for it.
We will see what the final vote tally is, if any other Democrats flipped. But all Republicans will be expected to support that measure going forward. Now, what's up next is this Democratic plan to keep the government open, reopen the government up until February 8, that also expected to fall short of 60.
And then, as we have been saying here, what next? We don't know what's next. And as these federal workers wait to hear what Congress can do to reopen the government, the members themselves don't know what they can agree to or what the president would ultimately sign, Brooke.
BALDWIN: Manu, thank you so much.
Quick break. Special coverage continues after this.
BALDWIN: We are back covering this breaking news up on Capitol Hill.
Let me just bring you up to speed. The U.S. Senate voting down the president's plan to end the shutdown. And right now lawmakers are voting on the House-passed Democratic plan.
We're going to start there.
I have with me CNN political commentators van Jones and Ana Navarro.
And, Van, you're sitting next to me, so I'm going to start with you here on call it dysfunction, call it fruitless. Other folks who have covered Capitol Hill for a long time say, well, inaction leads to action.
How do you characterize what we're looking at?
VAN JONES, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: Complete breakdown of leadership in the country, a huge humiliation on a world stage, a threat to public safety in every way, because you got the Coast Guard, the TSA, the FDA, air traffic control, the people -- everybody who keeps the food safe and keeps Americans safe not getting paid is a complete disaster.
And there's not a single person in the country with the moral authority to just bring people together and make them act right. And it's awful.
And so they can -- everybody's got their reasons, but the people have to live with the results. And the results of a massive food fight in Washington, D.C., are 800,000 people who cannot put gas in their car to take their kids to school, people who are having to delay getting lifesaving medical treatment because they cannot afford to pay their insurance while this nonsense goes on.
And I give 80 percent to Donald Trump, because he said he was going to be the dealmaker in chief. He said he cares about working people. He said that Mexico was going to pay for the wall. We're paying for his folly.
I will also say that, you know, on the Democratic side of this, there's got to be some ability to come up with some kind of creative solution at least to give people the sense that there's a way out of this.
I appreciate the Democrats not rewarding the president's temper tantrum, but there's got to be a third way out here. And I think people are getting very frustrated and -- but this is a disaster.
BALDWIN: I am going to come back to you on solutions in just a second.
But, Ana Navarro, I want to play you a sound from -- yes, the president did say once upon a time that he felt like he could relate to these people who are hurting.
But now we have heard from two members of the president's orbit who are getting a lot of reaction today , as millions of people are suffering.
QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, there are reports that there are some federal workers who are going to homeless shelters to get food.
WILBUR ROSS, U.S. COMMERCE SECRETARY: Well, I know they are.
And I don't really quite understand why, because, as I mentioned before, the obligations that they would undertake, say, of borrowing from a bank or a credit union, are, in effect, federally guaranteed.
So, the 30 days of pay that some people will be out is no real reason why they shouldn't be able to get a loan against it.
LARA TRUMP, DAUGHTER-IN-LAW OF PRESIDENT TRUMP: It is a little bit of pain, but it's going to be for the future of our country. And their children and their grandchildren and generations after them will thank them for their sacrifice right now.
BALDWIN: Ana, what do you think about that?
ANA NAVARRO, CNN CONTRIBUTOR: You know, it makes me cringe.
And as it makes me cringe, I only wonder how it makes the people who are suffering, who are paying the consequences feel.
It's horrible to hear this "Weekend at Bernie's" secretary of commerce that we have be so disengaged and detached from the reality of Americans. A lot of times, we talk about the need of having diversity in a Cabinet, in government, in Congress.
Donald Trump appointed a lot of very wealthy people to his Cabinet. There's nothing wrong with that, except that they don't understand and they don't relate to the people living paycheck to paycheck, the people whose stories we have heard who are rationing their medicine, rationing their insulin, people who have no way of putting food on the table, who are afraid of getting evicted, who can't pay their utilities, who are not able to sleep, and then going to work as air traffic controllers, because of the stress and the nerves of not knowing when they're going to get paid and how they're going to manage to pay their bills.
So, if you're going to hold on to this strategy of continuing the shutdown, at the very least, fake relating to it. At the very least, fake empathy.
No, Lara Trump, it's not a little bit of pain. It's a hell of a lot of pain for a hell of a lot of people in America. So, if you can't relate, do me a favor, do us all a favor. Either shut the hell up or fake it.
And there's something called credit scores. I don't know what this guy is talking about. You can't just walk into a bank and say, hi, I work for the federal government, give me some money. That would be great.
NAVARRO: Well, Van, I am sure Wilbur Ross can get a loan by picking up the phone and calling his banker, who I'm sure he's on a first-name basis with and has more than one.
Rich people can do that. People who live paycheck to paycheck cannot.
And I just think that, for people who have something called a credit score, which may not be that great, they're not going to get a bank loan just because they have a job.
The idea is, just because you have a job, a federal job, your bank loan is federally guaranteed is so insane, that he should have been really just taken away as soon as it's over and put away to some other place.
He has no relationship to the way that working-class and middle-class people live.
BALDWIN: Not to mention, if you are able to secure a loan, the interest, right, that you're paying back, all of that, all of that.
Stand by, please, both of you.
We're getting more breaking news. Democratic Senator and 2020 contender Elizabeth Warren is planning to propose a so-called wealth tax plan targeting some of the richest American -- those details next.


Its that time again, already! Our favorite time of the year, where we get to sit back with family, friends, a good board game, and a hot chocolate.
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Need something to pad out that stocking? How about a nerdy twist this year.
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Thailand prepared to pull out of submarine deal with China
30 Nov 2022, 16:18 GMT+10
Bangkok [Thailand], November 30 (ANI): Thailand's government has again stated that it is ready to cancel the languishing Chinese submarine deal if the conditions of the procurement cannot be met.
The Thailand Navy commander-in-chief Adm Choengchai Chomchoengpaet last week said they are prepared to pull out of its submarine purchase project with China if the conditions of the procurement are unfavourable, according to the English-language daily newspaper The Bangkok Post.
In 2017, Thailand agreed to a 13.5 billion baht deal with state-owned China ShipbuildingOffshore International Co (CSOC) for the procurement of an S26T Yuan-class submarine, with expected delivery in 2023.
According to Bangkok Post, the contract called for the installation of the well-proven German-made MTU 396 diesel engine. However, Berlin will not allow it to be sold to China.
Earlier this year, construction on the submarine ground came to a halt when the German company said that it would not supply its cutting-edge MTU396 diesel engines to CSOC for installation in the Thai submarine.
The German company said it was barred from making the sale due to a European Union government embargo on the sale of military items to China.
In response to sanctions, the Chinese state-owned enterprise has instead offered to install a Chinese-made engine in the submarine or to offer Thailand two decommissioned boats from the People's Liberation Army Navy.
Writing for The Diplomat magazine, columnist Sebastian Strangio said the Thai government refused this offer, insisting that the German engines be installed as per the letter of the contract.
"What do we do with a submarine with no engines? Why should we purchase it?" Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha told reporters in March, as quoted by The Diplomat, raising the possibility that the deal could face the axe.
Facing a choice between cancelling the procurement, Thailand's government and military have reportedly come to some sort of compromise.
On Tuesday, the Thai Navy chief, in an apparent diluted stand, said the country wanted the Chinese navy to guarantee the Chinese-made CHD620 engine the builder wants to use in the S26T Yuan-class submarine ordered from China ShipbuildingOffshore International Co (CSOC).
However, the Royal Thai Navy chief told reporters about "a delay in clarification about the engine.""There is a delay in clarification about the engine... The first-stage test of the engine was completed. The second stage concerns spare parts... The navy is making inquiries about the matter with CSOC," he was quoted as saying by The Bangkok Post.
Furthermore, he said it would be good if the Chinese navy would guarantee the engine to be installed in the submarine. "Without a guarantee, we cannot be confident that it is good," he said.
Answering a question on termination of the contract if conditions are not met, he said, "Yes. At this stage, it can be terminated anytime." (ANI)
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61.8% of people believe Mahindra's New Logo Add Value to the Brand
By G Gulati On Aug 19, 2021
Mahindra has recently unveiled the 'Twin Peaks' logo for its SUVs. Most of us would question why brands like Mahindra change their logo when they are already well-known in the market. And it's because of this I decided to run a brand poll to see if the new logo will add value to the Mahindra brand.
Surprisingly, 61.8 percent of people believe it will have an immediate impact on brand value. Well, the truth is that over time, you'll need to devise a strategy to reach a new market segment or promote your brand in a new way, and changing your logo is one way to add value to your brand's identity. And any modification in brand identity is also a great way to boost brand engagement.
Even the company says that the new logo is part of a new brand identity intended to reflect the portfolio's evolution – the "SUVs of tomorrow." The plan was to create a distinct identity for the SUV division within the consortium. The new logo represents where the brand has come from and where it wants to go, embodying a 75-year journey.
So, what are your thoughts on that? Do you think it will add to the brand's value?
85% of people think Indian women are changing the image of the brand India
85% of people believe Neeraj Chopra will be the biggest sportsperson brand in 2021
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Do you want Ford to stay back in India? 64.4% of People Said…


Bass trips are now in full swing when the weather permits. We are catching some nice bass with live mackerel baits.
John Tisdale from Cornwall with a nice 6lber.
Vivian Swan from Poole with an 8lber.
Brian Chalk with a fine 6lb fish.
Connor Marten from London with his first bass a fine 5lber.
The wind let up finally for a weekend's wrecking. Saturday was still a bit lumpy and Jullian Storey from Warminster showed his team the way with two nice cod of 17 and 9lbs.
Stephen Shaul with a fine 16lb pollack caught on a mackerel flapper.
Andy Herman with a 25lb tope. Hooked p.r. it then took 15 minutes to land with 2 knots of tide.
On the Runway for 3 days!
The Runway Angling Club from Cardiff booked 3 days in June. When they arrived in Poole organiser Mike Freshwater told me about their impressive record of picking rough weather. Well true to form the weather was a might gusty and rainy. However the lads were determined to fish and enjoy Poole's pubs in the evenings. I was impressed how they stuck at it and eventually the number of species came up to 13 (pollack, cod, red gurnard, mackerel, pout, doggies, starry smoothhound, plaice, ballan wrasse, bass, black bream, tope, spotty ray). Silver Spray's stability and sea keeping enabled us to complete the planned mid channel wrecking, reefing and bass trip schedule.
Steve Fleming and a group of work mates came out for an evening on Silver Spray. The rain stopped and wind dropped and the lads enyoyed some good sport including mackerel, doggies, bream, a large twaite shad and a first undulate ray for Steve. I think they also enjoyed a few cans, glasses of vino and a evening out of the office.... Stormy sunset - looks like Ballard is on fire!


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The villa was built in the 50s. It is 2 blocks away from the beach. It has 7 bedrooms, 8 bathrooms, garden, portal, backyard, swimming pool, barbecue, billiard and garage. All rooms have air-conditioning, hot and cold water, TV and safe.
The villa is located approximately 7 blocks away from the beach. It has garden, portal, backyard, swimming pool, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, living room, kitchen and dining room. The villa has a security alarm system.
Spacious classic villa built in the 50's of the 20th century, with spacious living room, dining room, 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, terrace, billiard, bar, safe and domestic staff.
It has a spacious living room, dining room, 9 bedrooms, 10 bathrooms, swimming pool and Jacuzzi, panoramic city view, safe, ranchon and grill, large garden, parking space and domestic staff. There is a bar and a pool table.
Spacious classic villa built in the 50's of the 20th century. Modern furniture. Spacious living room, dining room, 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, swimming pool, ranchon and grill, parking space and domestic staff. Leisure centers, restaurants, and night life sites are nearby.
Spacious classic villa built in the 50's of the 20th century, with element of Cuban modern style. Modern furniture. Spacious living room, dining room, 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, safe, large swimming pool, ranchon and grill, air conditioning, parking space and domestic staff.
Three-bedroom villa with private bathrooms, a swimming pool, a yard with a ranchon, barbecue, garden, portal, garage, kitchen, terrace, living room and dining room share a common space. It is 5 blocks away from the beach.
Spacious classic urban villa with colonial style ornaments. It is located in the center of Miramar, 3 minutes away from the 5th avenue. Antique furniture. Available for guests: spacious living room, 2 balconies, terrace, dining room, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, domestic staff, swimming pool and garage.
Spacious classic villa built in the 1950s. Antique furniture and paintings. Available for guests: spacious living room, dining room, 7 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, domestic staff, swimming pool, ranchon and garage.
Villa with Caribbean style decoration. Available for guests: living room, 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, domestic staff, swimming pool, terrace and garden.
Small 50's Cuban style villa. Residential area. Available for guests: living room, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, air conditioning, domestic staff, swimming pool, parking space.


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Ausztrália az egyesült államokbeli Salt Lake Cityben megrendezett 2002. évi téli olimpiai játékok egyik részt vevő nemzete volt. Az országot az olimpián 5 sportágban 25 sportoló képviselte, akik összesen 2 érmet szereztek.

Érmesek

Alpesisí

Férfi

Női

* - egy másik versenyzővel azonos eredményt ért el

Műkorcsolya

Rövidpályás gyorskorcsolya

Férfi

Síakrobatika

Ugrás

Mogul

Snowboard

Parallel giant slalom

Források

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Ausztralia

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Beth Israel will not have to return the gifts of a wealthy copper heiress to her estate, nor will the hospital have to pay millions in damages for the gifts she gave hospital employees, a New York appellate court ruled this week. The heiress lived at the hospital in her final years. The decision is the latest in a legal battle between the hospital and relatives of Huguette Clark that stretches back to May 2012. Clark, who passed away in 2011, lived at Beth Israel for the 20 years preceding her death, at one time paying about $1,200 per day to stay in the room where she played with dolls and watched cartoons, according to a 2013 New York Times article. The appellate court upheld a 2015 decision by the New York Surrogate's Court to dismiss the claims by Clark's estate that Beth Israel had a fiduciary duty to protect her and instead exploited her for money. Relatives accused hospital executives of strategizing ways to get donations from Clark, according to court documents, and she ultimately gave Beth Israel gifts totaling more than $4 million, including an Édouard Manet painting and $1 million, left in her will. "The hospital is gratified by the decision of the Appellate Division affirming dismissal of all claims against the hospital asserted by Huguette Clark's very distant relatives," Mount Sinai Beth Israel told Crain's in a statement. "The excellent and compassionate care that the hospital provided enabled Ms. Clark to live comfortably to 104 in a supportive environment very unlike the empty mansion to which she refused to return." —C.L.
In an effort to move patients with complex needs out of hospital beds and into long-term-care facilities, NYC Health + Hospitals is expanding a new discharge-planning program that was piloted at Bellevue. The program involves weekly video calls about how to customize care to meet patients' specific needs between hospitals and post-acute care staff at the health system. So far, it has transitioned 62 patients, who had been at Bellevue for a few months to a year, to other settings. The efforts will save an estimated $3.5 million annually. Fewer than 10 of the patients transitioned to long-term-care facilities so far have been able to advance to community-based care, the ultimate goal when possible, said Maureen McClusky, senior vice president for post-acute care at NYC H + H. She added that the health system's recent restructuring around service lines rather than geographic areas allowed for this type of coordination. "Because of that change, we are now looking at patient flow from a systemwide perspective," McClusky said. —C.L.
GuildNet, the state's second-largest Medicaid-managed long-term-care plan, will for now continue to offer coverage in Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk counties, chief executive Alan Morse told Crain's. Politico New York reported in November that the plan would pull out of the three counties, effective immediately, citing Morse's Nov. 15 letter to Andrew Segal, director of the state Department of Health's division of long-term care. However, Morse said the state Department of Health advised GuildNet it was required to give 90 days' notice before exiting the counties. "We said we would hold off on giving them formal notice until we figured out how well they would address our needs and how we're going to make the program work," Morse said. Though the goal of MLTC plans is to keep people in their homes, the plans also cover nursing home care, and the state pays an average of what it reimburses for the region. "If you have a group of members in high-cost nursing homes and you're getting the average payment for the region, you're being under-reimbursed for that care and that could be very, very, very substantial," Morse said. The state is in the process of releasing MLTC reimbursement rates for fiscal 2018, which begins April 1. —J.L.
WHO'S NEWS: Mark McDougle is retiring from Columbia University Medical Center, where he is chief operating officer and chief executive of ColumbiaDoctors, the hospital's faculty practice, on June 30. McDougle joined Columbia in 2011 after holding leadership roles at Maimonides Medical Center and Continuum Health Partners. The hospital plans to start a search for McDougle's replacement before his departure, according to an email sent to executive leadership by CUMC chief executive Dr. Lee Goldman.
HOLIDAY: Health Pulse will not publish on Jan. 16 in observance of Martin Luther King Day. We will resume our normal schedule on Tuesday.
CANNABIS RESEARCH: The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine on Thursday released a literature review of scientific research on the health risks and benefits of cannabis use since 1999. Cannabis use has proven effective for treatment of several medical conditions, including chronic pain, but may increase the risk of developing schizophrenia and other psychoses, according to the evidence reviewed.
For CenterLight, a Bronx nonprofit whose roots date back to 1920, the deal represents the latest in a series of asset sales since the court settlement. CenterLight sold two nursing homes for $77.8 million to an LLC in which Centers Health Care chief executive Kenny Rozenberg has a majority stake. Those deals, which Crain's reported in March, have not yet closed, according to the state Department of Health.
"If this is the person that's helping you get out of bed and doing your grocery shopping and you don't know what's going to happen with that next month, that can be really scary. You could face going into a nursing home," said Amy Lowenstein, senior health attorney at the Empire Justice Center in Albany. —J.L.


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class Crm_campaign_model extends CI_Model {

    public function __construct() {
        parent::__construct();
    }

    ///////////// get recordsall from table ////////////
    public function getrecordsall($table, $limit_val) {
        $limit = '';
        if (!empty($limit_val)) {
            $limit = "limit $limit_val";
        }
        $query = $this->db->query("SELECT * FROM $table $limit");
        return $query->result_array();
    }

    ///////////// get records from table ////////////
    public function getrecords($table, $where, $value, $limit_val) {
        $limit = '';
        if (!empty($limit_val)) {
            $limit = "limit $limit_val";
        }
        $query = $this->db->query("SELECT * FROM $table where $where ='$value' $limit");
        return $query->result_array();
    }

	public function action_record($result) {
		if(isset($result["action"]) && $result["action"]=='update' && !empty($result['id'])){
			$id=$result['id'];
				unset($result['id']);
				unset($result['action']);

					$this->db->where('id',$id);
					$status=$this->db->update('campaign_mast',$result);

						if($status):
						  return "update";
						endif;
		}elseif(isset($result["action"]) && $result["action"]=='insert'){
				unset($result['action']);

					$status=$this->db->insert('campaign_mast',$result);

						if($status):
						  return "insert";
						endif;
		}elseif(isset($result["action"]) && $result["action"]=='delete'){
				unset($result['action']);
				    $id=$result['id'];

					$this->db->where('id', $id);
					$status=$this->db->delete('campaign_mast');

						if($status):
						  return "delete";
						endif;
		}

    }

    /*     * ** *** */
}

// end of model class
?>

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Maintain and Improve Access to Safe Drinking Water
Residents across Yukon want drinking water supplies that are clean, secure, and reliable. Accordingly, Yukon government (YG) has made the maintenance and improvement of access to safe drinking water supplies a top priority of the Yukon Water Strategy and Action Plan. Drinking water is typically delivered to communities in Yukon by conventional piped-conveyance systems or by truck. All large public drinking water systems in Yukon are subject to routine sampling and testing for both chemical parameters and bacteria, as per the Drinking Water Regulation that was passed in 2007 under the Public Health and Safety Act.
Regulatory Roles and Responsibilities for Drinking Water
Ensuring that residents of Yukon have access to safe drinking water supplies is primarily the collaborative responsibility of the following three YG departments:The Department of Health and Social Services
The Department of Health and Social Services operates an accredited water quality laboratory for bacteriological testing, which is a service that can be used by drinking water operators and private well owners at no cost. Clients further receive assistance with their testing and interpretation of results through the Department's Environmental Health Services section. Visit the YG Health and Social Services Drinking Waterpage to learn more.
The Department of Communities Services
Public drinking water systems in unincorporated communities are operated by the Department of Community Services, who hold the responsibility to monitor the results of pertinent sampling and analyses. Visit the YG Community Services Water Management page to learn more.
The Department of Highways and Public Works
Information related to bacteriological water quality for all Yukon government-owned buildings that are not serviced by a public drinking water system are tracked by the Department of Highways and Public Works.
The Department of Environment, Department of Energy, Mines, and Resources, and the Yukon Water Board are also important regulators that safeguard drinking water sources. Generally, these departments and agencies are collectively responsible for monitoring the quality of surface water and groundwater and ensuring that anyone using water or discharging into water does so by following standards set out in water licences, thereby protecting the quality of drinking water sources.
The National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health provides further details regarding regulatory roles and responsibilities for drinking water in Yukon in its summary document titled "Small Drinking Water Systems: Who Does What in the Yukon?" (PDF 92 KB).
What steps is Yukon government taking to maintain and improve access to safe drinking water?
YG is advancing this priority area by investing in community drinking water system infrastructure, by focusing on better protection of drinking water sources, and by enhancing its education and outreach activities. Accordingly, YG has committed to a number of related actions as part of the Yukon Water Strategy and Action Plan, all of which fall under the following four broad areas of work:
Foster stronger working relationships with other governments and agencies involved with drinking water sources in Yukon;
Enhance opportunities for education, training and access to information;
Evaluate drinking water use and efficiency; and
Ensure regulatory programs meet public need for safe drinking water.
YG has already made significant investments in community drinking water systems to ensure they meet the standards established in the Drinking Water Regulation, such as the more than $18 million that has been spent on water treatment plants for unincorporated communities over the past five years and the $150,000 that is currently being provided to Yukon College to ensure Yukon trains the professionals that are needed to keep water and wastewater treatment plants operating safely.
See the Yukon Water Strategy and Action Plan (English / Français) to learn more about the actions YG is taking in to maintain and improve access to safe drinking water in Yukon.
Previous: Better Understand and Manage Yukon's Groundwater
Next: Improve the Sharing of Information about Yukon's Water


"Never, ever touch a Tour player's clubs."
Golfweek's November 10th Forecaddie writes that some USGA staffers were at the Ginn sur Mer Classic to check out the grooves of PGA Tour players.
The USGA has spent almost three years collecting data on grooves and some see the testing at Tesoro as the next step in possible rules changes to modify grooves.
The USGA tested roughly 30-40 sets of clubs by making a small plastic mold impression on the face of the irons and wedges. The tests were random and were not supposed to involve the players, although some bristled at the procedure.
"I'm on the putting green and this guy comes up and starts messing with my clubs," said Tour player David Branshaw. "I don't know what they were looking for, but they got that blue stuff [the substance the USGA used to take the mold] all over the grips. Took me an hour to rub all that stuff of."
The USGA must have forgotten the three "don'ts" in life. Don't tug on Superman's cape; don't play money games against someone with a "traveling handicap;" and never, ever touch a Tour player's clubs.
Way to get players on board with a controversial rule change.


The authenticity of this vintage Louis Vuitton Long wallet is guaranteed by LXRandCo. This everyday wallet in black is made in damier graphite coated canvas.
Description The authenticity of this vintage Louis Vuitton Long wallet is guaranteed by LXRandCo. This everyday wallet in black is made in damier graphite coated canvas.


There are many reasons Tromsø skyrace was set to be one of the highlights of my year. Although a race, I was most looking forward to running in the mountains, crossing streams and the wilderness that this event was set to deliver.
There were two race distances – the Tromsdalstind (short) and Hamperokken (long). I'd be taking on the full Hamperokken skyrace which is actually classed as an ultra, more for the time it would take to complete as a opposed to the distance, which was only a modest 45km but had a huge 4400m of elevation gain.
Knowing this was what lay before me it was with a sadistic smile that I learnt the night before the race that the ski lift to the start wouldn't open in time so we would have to make our own way up to the start! 'A good warm up' Kilian said – well, he was probably right.
After reaching the start it wasn't long before we were off. In an attempt to run my own race (unlike in previous races this year) I tried to start easy, warming up into it. It was hard judging were I was placed anyway as the short course started at the same time so I was content with just running. I started with the mindset that I didn't care where I would place, I would run in the mountains and enjoy myself. So that is what I did. It wasn't until the top of the first summit, Tromsdalstind, where we turned for a big descent splitting from the short course that I started to get a feel that I was in the top 10.
The summit was covered in snow and the route turned to just drop of the other side of the plateau over what looked like a cliff. It wasn't until getting closer that you could see it was in fact an extremely steep snowy slope with a rope to assist descent. Thankfully this section wasn't long but there were plenty more snow fields to slip and slide down on the rest of the descent. The majority though was on loose rocky terrain and steep muddy tracks. Before long I was reaching the valley floor and out of the thick fog, for the first time I could see further than a couple of hundred meters and the sight was surreal.
I had settled into a position next to a Swiss guy called Egli Pascal. He seemed to have the same happy attitude I had towards the race and we talked, joked and laughed as we crossed one of the only flat sections on the course between the two mountains.
Reaching the base of the big climb, Hamperokken, we were still together. After a third of the climb I let him go. I had by this point learnt he had come third in the Dolomites skyrace and had only finished something like 40 seconds behind Stian Angermund in the Tromsø vertical kilometer. I definitely didn't feel worthy to be holding with him and felt I was either holding him back or I was pushing too hard. As it happened he never got more than 10m away. Running the majority but hiking the steepest gradients we were making good time…and catching people, passing two on the climb we just got another two as the ridge started. This put us in a group of 4 with only 1 guy ahead in the lead.
I noticed one of our group was Eirik Haugsnes. I'm not sure there would be anyone I would rather be following through what was one of the craziest sections of any race I have ever done. Eirik was last years winner and lives in the Troms area.
Describing the Hamperokekn ridge is difficult. For much of it I was using both my hands and feet for purchase. At one point of the razor edge ridge we had to jump a gap from one rock to another. It was funny to see how our little contingent had gone from racing to simply traversing this dangerous section together. I found myself at the back of the group least experienced in this sort of scrambling and twice found rocks tumbling down towards me from above.
The last 50m ascent to the top was described by Kilian in the race briefing as grade 3 scrambling. I'd describe it as 'f***ing scary'. With this done it didn't take long for the race to resume; as soon as we summited the group split as we started to descend. We had crossed paths with the leader, Alberto Hernando, on the way up and were only 2 minutes behind after over 3 hours of racing!
The descent was again as technical as it gets with large boulder fields and steep snowy slides. One particular section that sticks in my mind is where we traversed on snow just 5meters above where it dropped into freezing blue water of a big lake – one slide and you were toast (or ice more likely).
It was shortly after this point that the race started in earnest for me. As the four of us reunited crossing a boulder field it was clear my VJ Irocks were providing far more grip than my competitors shoes. This enabled me to pull away skipping over the rocks bouncing from boulder to boulder. Reaching more even ground with a small lead I just decided to run on and kept putting one foot in front of the other as fast as possible all the way back to the valley floor.
Coming back into the aid station I learnt I was 1 minute 30 seconds behind Alberto in first. Not thinking I had a hope in hell of catching him I continued to run at a comfortable but fast pace enjoying the brief flat section. Just two kilometers later I noticed I was gaining on a competitor traveling in the same direction as me, I double took not believing my eyes but I had just closed a big lead in next to no time. Coming up behind him I startled him as I don't think he was expecting to see an Englishman popp up to say hello. I moved passed and at the foot of the last big climb heard a yelp from behind. I immediately stopped and turned, starting to head back, but he shouted at me motioning to continue. It looked as if he had gone over on his ankle. Obeying his command I turned back to the climb ahead.
I knew in my head this was a deciding moment. I would either start to climb and feel good or I would feel terrible and my chances would be nil. Either way I would know within a couple of hundred meters…so I started to climb. I can't say it was easy but I was doing it. Moving uphill I was pleased with the strength I had. This section was too steep to run or even hike in some places, so using hands and feet I steadily clawed my way up.
About half way I hit the first of the snowfields, remembering coming down with such speed I was now confused as to whether I was meant to follow the same line back up. The snow was only just soft enough to dig a little purchase in with my feet and every step forward resulted in sliding half of one back. So wrapping a buff around each hand I started to claw my way up this too. Hand over foot I slowly made progress.
After 900m of climbing and 300 vertical meters from the top I started to hear the whisper of cow bells on the summit. Knowing the climb was nearly done worsened my condition, but slowly, painfully I was getting there, all the while thinking I had competitors hot on my heels. The last 40 meters were back up the same steep snow slope with a rope and thankfully some snow stairs someone had made (legends). Using the rope to help haul myself up I was there. 3rd and final big climb done and all I could say was 'I'm f***d' as a response to everyone's encouragement.
Now for the descent and a slow gradual climb towards the finish. It wasn't time to relax, energy started to flow back as I took my first few steps downwards and concentration took over brute force. The path was rocky and technical but also twisting. The thick fog made it hard to see the flags and I had to once backtrack 10meters up to find the correct route. Kicking myself, I still thought I was being hunted by my competition.
This technical path soon gave way to a sweeping trail following a small river and down into the woods and the last aid station. Now just 6km of undulating but climbing track remained and I started to play with the idea I had done it.
I managed to keep a run going the entire way and soon found myself going past groups of people cheering and ringing cowbells. I was getting closer but every time the trail dipped I thought it was for the final time to the finish, only to find another rise around the corner. I still had no idea how far back my competitors where but couldn't bring myself to gun it, so keeping a safe pace where I knew I would have some gas in the legs for a sprint finish I finally crested the last rise and dropped round to the finish. Giving my now wife a hug I then crossed the finish line and had done what I would always have thought to be impossible…I had won a skyrace.
As it turns out I could have saved myself a little anxiety. The tough conditions had taken its toll on the rest of the field and I had in fact won by 17minutes, 9 of which I got on the death climb and 8 of which on the descent and final run in.
The entire experience was fantastic and couldn't thank Emilie and Kilian enough for organising what was one of the greatest races I have ever taken part in. From drinking out of streams to clambering up rock faces this truly was an experience that will stay with me for a long time.


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Q: Chronicle Map - values of fields are swapping places I've created Value interface:
public interface SomeVal {
    void setLevel1Description(@MaxUtf8Length(100) CharSequence level1Description);

    CharSequence getLevel1Description();

    void setLevel2Description(@MaxUtf8Length(100) CharSequence level2Description);

    CharSequence getLevel2Description();

    void setLevel3Description(@MaxUtf8Length(100) CharSequence level3Description);

    CharSequence getLevel3Description();
}

then I created chronicle map, key for an entry, value for an entry and I put this entry in created map:
ChronicleMap<LongValue, SomeVal> map = ChronicleMap
                .of(LongValue.class, SomeVal.class)
                .createPersistedTo(new File('cache'));

key = Values.newHeapInstance(LongValue.class);
key.setValue(1);

val = Values.newHeapInstance(SomeVal.class);
val.setLevel1Description("level 1 Desc");
val.setLevel2Description("level 2 Desc");
val.setLevel3Description("level 3 Desc");

map.put(key, val);

and then I triggered couple of times process which attaches to created map, gets value and prints it:
//process starts (...)
ChronicleMap<LongValue, SomeVal> map = ChronicleMap
                .of(LongValue.class, SomeVal.class)
                .createPersistedTo(new File('cache'));

SomeVal result = map.get(key);
System.out.println(result);
//(...) process ends

For some runs printed entry had correct state.
But couple of times I got:
SomeVal{ level3Description=level 3 Desc, level1Description=level 2 Desc, level2Description=level 1 Desc }

values for level1Description and level2Description swapped places.
When I changed names:
level1Description -> l1Description
level2Description -> l2Description
level3Description -> l3Description
printed values of entry were always valid.
I couldn't find exact explanation for this in Chronicle docs. All the hints were related to sizing of values (e.g.: averageValueSize(), constantKeySizeBySample(), etc.), and not method naming in Value interfaces.
I checked this on a different versions of chronicle-map, even on a newest one available on maven repository and I always, eventually had this issue with swapped places.

A: Which version of Java are you using?
The way the object is laid out assumes that the order methods appear is stable, however the JVM isn't guaranteed to do this and different versions may behave differently (possibly from run to run)
The way around this is to run the code once with -DdumpCode=true which will show you the generated code used on the console (even in a unit test for example). You can copy this code from the console into your code base and avoid any chance this will change in the future, however if you change the interface you will need to delete this code and repeat it.


The innovation studio ONL realized a number of groundbreaking iconic projects. The first award winning project was the Elhorst Vloedbelt garbage transfer station in Zenderen net Almelo, completed in 1993. The garbage transfer station was the first ever fluid building body, as the programmatic content follows the generative logic of a body with head, trunk and tail, comprised in one fluid gesture.
The extensively published internationally renowned project is the Saltwaterpavilion at the artificial island of Neeltje Jans, completed in 1997. This is the first iconic building ever sculpture building, both scukpture and building, and the first ever to use scripting techniques to connect the fluid design to the procedural production methods.
The Web of North-Holland at the World Flower Expo 2002 in the Haarlemmermeer and its second life the iWEB , Hyperbody's lab for interactive architecture at the TU Delft, is the first ever pavilion that is in its totality parametrically designed and CNC produced. The Web of Notrh-Holland marks the rise of parametric design to robotic production, the file to factory process.
The A2 Cockpit car showroom for luxury cars along the A2 highway, embedded in a 1.6 km long acoustic barrier, is the first ever substantially large building that is elastically embedded in an acoustic barrier, and the first ever designed according to the game changing parametric design to CNC manufacturing concept. The A2 Cockpit has 300 unique nodes and edges, while the acoustic barrier features 40.000 different components of steel and 10.000 unique triangular sheets of glass, efficiently controlled and managed by the file to factory process.
The design and construction of the Bálna Budapest builds upon the earlier file to factory innovations and achievements by the innovation studio ONL. The Balna Budapest is the first ever complex geometry managed in Revit, and awarded for this achievement with the Autodesk Revit Experience Award, and the first ever parametrically designed structure that merges fluently with coneserved heritage buildings.
The LIWA tower in Abu Dhabi is the first ever tower in the Gulf region that is fully parametrically designed and connected to advanced CNC production and dry assembly methods. Five years after its completion is still is the only one consistent parametric design of its kind, and as such stands out among other iconic buildings in the region.