My past experience with exposing a project running on my local machine to a public URL was mostly to invoke the "phone-a-friend" option when I was troubleshooting stuff and needed help. In case you didn't know, I used to build websites for a living. I still do that now, it's just not the day job any more.
Another use-case was testing on Opera Mini. Browsersync is a key part of my web development process, especially when doing cross-browser testing. Unfortunately, it doesn't run on Opera Mini, so using a public URL service was a viable workaround.
Web hooks are essentially user defined callbacks made with HTTP POST. To support web hooks, you allow the user to specify a URL where your application will post to and on what events.
In order for Nexmo (or whichever service you're trying to integrate) to make a successful HTTP request to your application, it has to be publicly accessible over the web. Most of the time, we access the internet through private IP networks by connecting to a nearby router.
Routers, for security purposes, generally don't allow communication from devices outside the network without additional configuration. And you'd probably need a static IP address from your internet service provider as well.
If you happen to have some publicly accessible servers on hand, could be an AWS instance, DigitalOcean droplet, box under your desk, you could also try port forwarding using OpenSSH. Michael Blancard wrote a comprehensive blog post on how to set that up.
But if configuring servers really isn't your thing, it's probably time to consider some tunnelling services.
According to Wikipedia, a tunnelling protocol is a communications protocol that allows for the movement of data from one network to another. It involves allowing private network communications to be sent across a public network, such as the Internet, through a process called encapsulation.
For a detailed explanation of how tunnelling services work, I suggest this Stack Overflow answer by AJ ONeal. Exposing your local web server to the world via reverse proxy does have security implications, so if you're doing this on your corporate network, it's a good idea to inform your network/IT administrator beforehand.
You can always take precautionary measures like enforcing HTTPS, or using password protection, so perhaps this might factor into your choice of service, though as you'll see, reverse proxy is not the only implementation available.
ngrok is probably the go-to solution for this. Either that, or their SEO is on point. If you google "public localhost", it comes out tops. Technically, it isn't free, more like freemium, but the free tier costs zero dollars and is sufficient for most development purposes.
You'll be asked to sign up for an account to get an authtoken for access to a bunch of nifty features. ngrok has a pretty good on-boarding documentation which covers most of the common questions and tasks you may want to achieve. There are installers for Windows, Mac and several Linux flavours.
For Unix-based systems like Mac/Linux, you can move the binary to a location on your $PATH so you can use the ngrok command anywhere, or add an alias to the binary for easier access.
Windows has a system PATH as well, though it's a tad more complicated to add things to it. Thankfully, comprehensive instructions for this exists on the interwebs. To find out more about $PATH, this A List Apart article can help.
The authtoken is generated for your account automatically, so just copy the command in step 3, modify it depending on how ngrok is accessed via your command line and you should be good to go. Make sure your local web server is running, and take note of which port you're using.
And if you log into your ngrok account, you can see the list of HTTP tunnels you have online at the moment.
Another useful feature ngrok provides is a way to inspect all requests your public URL received. If you look at the list of information logged in your console when you first run ngrok, you'll see a URL for Web Interface, by default it is http://127.0.0.1:4040.
You can also replay a particular request. So if triggering a particular request in your application requires a series of steps, you can skip all that and just resend the request to your local server using ngrok.
ngrok is very feature-ful, so it's a good idea to poke around the documentation to see what's possible. ngrok's paid features include use of custom/reserved domains (instead of having a random string every time you run it), reserving of TCP addresses and IP whitelisting, among others.
Serveo is an alternative to ngrok. It even says so on its website. A key difference is there is no installation required. Serveo forwards all traffic that hits the unique URL it provides you to your localhost server via SSH.
You will get a message about the RSA key fingerprint of the server asking if you'd like to continue connecting. Say yes and the server will be added to your list of known hosts.
You'll notice that there is an option to trigger a GUI. It's not really a graphical user-interface as how we'd expect because this interface still runs on the command line, but there is the option to replay requests and inspect details of the request, just like ngrok.
It also preserves the allocated URL for free, so that might be something that's appealing to some of you.
Localtunnel is an open-source project that does exactly the same thing as the previous 2 services. You'll need to have Node.js installed on your machine so you can install it via npm.
You will get a publicly accessible URL and for the most part, that would be enough for you to set up an integration with a service that supports webhooks.
What's interesting about Localtunnel is that there is also a repository you can clone to set up your own localtunnel server, and hence use your own custom domain. This approach requires you have control of a server where you can set up DNS entries, as well as handle incoming TCP connections for any non-root TCP port.
localhost.run is very similar to Serveo but with less features. In fact, as far as I can tell, it only does 1 thing: expose your local web server to the web with a public URL. And it does that well enough for me.
There will be a message with the RSA key fingerprint of the localhost.run tunnel server when you connect for the first time, and you'll need to agree to continue with the connection.
Telebit is pretty interesting to me for a number of reasons. In addition to doing port forwarding, you can also share files over Telebit, configure it like a VPN, and the man behind the project, AJ ONeal, hosts it on his own git server (built on Gitea, a community fork of Gogs). And that's kinda cool to me.
I ran into some permissions issues but could still run the executable so not too sure what happened there. When you run the telebit command for the first time, you'll be asked to register with your email address.
There are also a number of paid options, like pagekite, Forward and Burrow.io. I did not try them out, because for me, the free options more than cover my needs. But I'm putting them up here anyway just in case they cover some of your use cases.
I did not realise there were that many options for exposing your localhost to the web, but there you go. I suggest taking the time to check each of them out (at least visit their websites) and see which one fits your needs.


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Harmony - in many ways, is a symbol summing up what Smart Doll means to me - diversity for all. Why did I make her when no other manufacturer in Japan or asia make black soft vinyl fashion dolls?
I was born and raised in Hackney London - my best friends (and worse enemies lol) were black. I was actually raised by separate black, white and Indian foster families as my parents were struggling to make ends meet.
As a foreigner in Japan raised in such an environment - and being the founder of the only Japan based company to make black fashion dolls, I want to set standards with Smart Doll and create choices for folks instead of presuming that people just want fair skin tones.
Do you know about the "Doll Test" conducted by Kenneth and Mamie Clark? Check this search result on Youtube to see disturbing results where black kids were asked "which is the bad doll, which is the nice doll?" when presented with a black and white doll.
This sort of racism is further fueled by Japanese doll manufacturers calling their white skinned products "normal" insinuating that other skin tones is anything but normal. Hopefully other Japanese companies will reconsider renaming their white skin tones with the introduction of Harmony.
A few years ago I rolled out a skin tone I called "Cocoa" and while it was kinda nice, I thought it could do with some improvements so I consulted with my man Darius who worked with me on various prototypes to come up with the new Cocoa skin tone.
Due to it's material properties - all soft vinyl is prone to scratches but they are hardly visible on our Milk or Skin tones - for Cocoa however, they can stand out a lot. For this reason, we include 1 Melamine sponge with Harmony incase you scratch her body with your fingernail or whatever.
The wig that comes with Harmony is called Long Wave Black and eyes are called Ebony 2018.
Dust shows up more clearly on Cocoa so make sure to check Harmony's face for dust before taking photos. You may need to turn up the exposure slightly when taking photos of Harmony due to her dark complexion.


What are the differences between a Game Ranger and a Field Guide?
In Africa, the Game Ranger goes by a variety of different titles – Game Ranger, Game Warden, Conservation Officer, and many more. The main focus of a Game Ranger is to look after the infrastructure and resources of the game reserves. Game Rangers collaborate with ecologists and managers in wildlife and game reserves.
Examples of aspects of a Game Ranger job are fencing, alien plant control and bush clearing. A Game Ranger will be manage animal populations and check for diseases. Furthermore, anti-poaching duties are also included in as Game Ranger's tasks. They also contribute towards gernal public awareness of conservation.
Are you looking to work on a game reserve as a Game Ranger rather than as a Field guide? Having your FGASA qualification will increase your general knowledge of the bush and the surrounding fauna and flora and will improve the way you manage the reserve around you. For example, the practical knowledge of geology can assist a game ranger in better maintaining roads on the reserve in terms of where to make new roads and where to place drainage. General knowledge of weather and climate in the area can better prepare a game ranger for when and how to burn fire-breaks and manage wild fires. Dealing with dangerous animals is also covered with lectures and practical experience while on our FGASA Field Guiding course. When working in the bush on a daily basis, it helps to know what to do if you surprise a wallowing buffalo bull. Knowledge about animal behaviour and being able to track animals will assist in dealing with game management and game capture operations. Tracking animals can become a valuable skill and if there are any sick or injured animals that need to be tracked and treated.
Being a Field Guide is all about guiding and interacting with people. A very important aspect of Field Guiding involves sharing information and interpretation of the natural world in an ethical manner.
This can be done on hikes or game drives. A professional Field Guide is specialised in aspects such as 4x4 driving, understanding animal behaviour and tracking. In addition, a Field Guide may guide their guests through reserves with dangerous game present such as Kruger Park and other reserves. In many cases, Field Guides assist Game Rangers with their tasks to maintain natural environments.


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Q: how to count using for each in xsl please see below , sample xml
<OuttypList>
   <Outtyp>

0

            <T>NoShare</T>

   </Outtyp>
    <Outtyp>
        <Outtypform>Bank</Outtypform>

1000

                <T>Share</T>

            <S>100</S>

            <C>3015</C>
            <D>James</D>

    </Outtyp>
    <Outtyp>
    <Outtypform>Bank</Outtypform>

10

            <T>Share</T>

   </Outtyp></OuttypList>

and I am displaying details of Outtyp and also after displaying each Outtyp I am inserting a space so that data looks good.
<xsl:for-each select="OuttypList/Outtyp">
<xsl:if test="normalize-space(Outtypform)">
--displaying details--
</xsl:if>
<xsl:choose>
        <xsl:when test="position() != last()">

                          <text> </text>

        </xsl:when>
        <xsl:otherwise></xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>

Problem : right now with this code , it creates extra space initially which I dont want, so I dont want extra space line if there is no Outtypform present in Outtyp..need to change "for each" such that it should count Outtyp only on basis if Outtypform is present under Outtyp. For example - above sample xml have 3 Outtyp node ... .but only two contains
so only two node with details should be displayed and extra space after each Outtyp.

A: Either place the xsl:choose block inside the xsl:if block, or - preferably - change your selection to:
<xsl:for-each select="OuttypList/Outtyp[normalize-space(Outtypform)]">

Then you won't need the xsl:if at all.
Untested, because the code provided is incomplete.

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It is in the autumn of 2008 that the Kovalev and Friends Foundation for children saw its first days. This beautiful story began after a first meeting between Alex Kovalev and Suzanne Vobecky at the Sainte-Justine Hospital in Montreal.
The two future founders, then involved in international aid that brought them together, quickly realized they shared the same dream to help children with heart desease. Alex Kovalev hockey Emeritus, the Magician, who himself suffered a heart disorder during his childhood understood the need of the cardiac children to give them hope in the fulfillment of their dreams and Suzanne Vobecky, pediatric cardiac surgeon, working all day with children with heart disease, realized that healing was well beyond the correction of any physical illness.
It only took a spontaneous but sincere speech from Alex: "you are like me, you can not win alone neither" and that's how it all began, meetings and consultations later it was clear that our Foundation had its reason to exist and surrounded by a volunteer and enthusiastic team we are proud of its mission and its accomplishments.
This is really how it all began!
The Kovalev and friends for kids Foundation's mission is ensuring and promoting the physical and emotional health of young cardiac patients.
In Quebec and in Canada, the Foundation's mission will consist in ensuring that children with heart challenges will fell good about themselves. This mission is to be achieved through sport, educational, artistic and fun activities.
At the International level, the Foundation's mission will consist in ensuring that children with heart challenges have access to the same quality health care as children in Canada or Quebec. This transfer of medical know-how, will be available through the training of local heart surgeons in the techniques of specific paediatric heart surgery.
Such a transfer of medical knowledge will be done, upon the request of local medical teams, by Canadian and Quebec paediatric heart surgeons, who will, during their free time and at the expenses of the Foundation, train local heart surgeon, into becoming more familiar with the specificities of paediatric hearth surgeries.
The Foundation is more determined than ever to ensure a good quality of life for children with heart challenges by fostering strong and committed relationships with any other charitable organisation, locally or worldwide, sharing the same core values than those of the Foundation.
The Foundation shall accomplish its mission in the utmost respect of the children, their family, their culture, their medical team, their country and our planet earth. The Foundation believes in teamwork.
The Foundation also believes that we can learn from other cultures. Our international journey and sharing of know-how will bring us as much or even more than the other way around, by teaching us other ways of doing things and other ways of life.
You represent the hope and the energy that allow us to continue our mission, day after day. You are the reason behind all of the efforts that we undertake. May you continue to grow and be inspired by the stories of the many brave children who are merely beginning the fight of their lives.
It doesn't matter where in the world, or which socio-economic class they come from, cardiac malformations affect one in every 100 babies – a condition that is 10 times more common than cancer or leukemia among children. Some of these deadly malformations must be treated immediately after birth, while others (the majority) must be treated within the first months or years of life. While the cause of these congenital malformations remains unknown in 90 per cent of cases, they are also the major cause of death among newborns.
In Quebec, a child with a congenital malformation has access to the highest level of medical treatment (surgery or catheter intervention). The survival rate in these cases is close to 97 per cent.
Advances in medicine now allow doctors to save more and more lives. The surgical interventions may be more complex, but the stress related to the disease alone, along with its impact on the children, the parents and families remain high (regular medical visits, multiple examinations, medication, physical restrictions, social isolation, absenteeism at work and at school, financial hardship for families). A childhood spent under these conditions takes on a whole new direction, and dreams can often seem unattainable.


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Kinship Care Forum With Dr Lucy Peake
On September 9, ACWA hosted a NSW Kinship Care Forum with Dr Lucy Peake, CEO of Grandparents Plus, a unique United Kingdom (UK) charity dedicated to supporting kinship carers.
This event, which coincided with NSW Foster & Kinship Care Week (September 8-14), was the final in a series of nationwide forums, workshops and conference presentations arranged for Dr Peake as part of a 'shared learning' visit to Australia, generously funded by a grant from the Creswick Foundation. The full-day program was divided into two sessions covering the following key topics: Supporting Relative/Kinship Carers; Policy and Practice Opportunities.
The day opened with a Welcome to Country by Uncle Allan Murray of the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council, who reminded us to reflect on particular significance of 'kinship' within the Aboriginal community and to hold that in our minds as the day progressed.
The morning session opened with a presentation by Dr Peake, who spoke about the work done by Grandparents Plus to support its registered network of 5,500 kinship carers through a free national advice service, free family events, partner offers and training, as well as one-to-one support and peer support group development delivered through their Someone Like Me and Kinship Connected programs. Dr Peake's presentation revealed disturbing figures about the number of children living in kinship care arrangements in the UK (153,000, or one in 74), and the level of disadvantage they experience, with 76 per cent growing up in households considered to be deprived. As well as practical support, Grandparents Plus provides a much-needed voice for change on behalf of kinship carers, with many reporting that the very act of joining up makes them feel less isolated.
This session also featured presentations from Barnardos, Samaritans and My Forever Family, that showcased some of the supports that are currently in place in NSW for both statutory and informal kinship carers. We were fortunate to also have Grandparent carers in the room who, as active advocates for informal kinship carers, were able to talk about the level of crisis being experienced by many, the fear of having children removed if they ask for help, and the deep 'well of unmet need'. Discussion in the room, and with the panel, was unanimous in identifying the need to find out more about Australia's informal kinship carers, including how many there are and where they sit in terms of key social and emotional wellbeing indicators.
The afternoon session, which focussed on Policy and Practice Opportunities, opened with a powerful presentation by Dr Paul Gray, Executive Leader of Strategy, Policy & Engagement with AbSec, about the importance of kinship systems to an Aboriginal child's sense of self. To emphasise his point, Dr Gray quoted outgoing Victorian Aboriginal Commissioner, Andrew Jackomos, who said, "Culture is not a perk, it's a lifeline". During his presentation, Dr Gray also stressed the need for permanency to preserve kinship, citing the damage that can be caused when narrow definitions of permanency and kinship are imposed on Aboriginal children. He closed with a highly personal and moving account of his feelings upon seeing his daughter's kindergarten self-portrait, a drawing rich with pride in her cultural identity, and how critical it is that we work together to ensure that this will one day be the experience of every Aboriginal child.
Dr Meredith Kiraly, Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne, was also on hand to outline the key issues faced by kinship carers in Australia, which include financial hardship, high levels of physical and mental health issues, difficulties with parental contact and myriad unmet support needs. Dr Kiraly, who is one of the pre-eminent Australian authorities on kinship care in Australia, also spoke about related systemic challenges, such as the lack of accurate data and the lack of policy underpinning Commonwealth benefits for informal kinship carers, as well as the view in a statutory setting that kinship care is cheaper and families can manage 'like a normal family'.
The final session of the day, which focussed on future opportunities, explored some of the learnings we might be able to draw from the UK experience to pursue a sustained and effective local advocacy campaign.
The information presented during this forum, and discussions that followed, clearly demonstrate the need for greater recognition of all children in kinship care by the Commonwealth, States and Territories, as well as well-defined and considered policy regarding the way they are supported. This includes equity of support across the country for children in foster care and kinship care. To achieve this, accurate data is needed. For this reason, it is heartening to know that the next Australian census will include a question about kinship care.
One of the great achievements of Grandparents Plus has been its awareness-raising work, including the introduction in the UK of a dedicated Kinship Care Week in the first week of October. Australia has taken tentative steps in this direction, with Victoria holding its own Kinship Carers Week, and both NSW and Tasmania moving to Foster and Kinship Care Weeks. The overriding aim, however, must be for a national approach.
ACWA is keen to take up the baton here, and Dr Peake's tour of Australia has proved to be a galvanising rally call to Kinship Care peaks and support organisations around the country to continue working together in making kinship care a national issue. In fact, the Sydney Forum ended with an even greater goal, inspired by Dr Peake and her wonderful work: "Let's go Global!"
Are you with us?
Read the Grandparents Plus State of the Nation Survey Report 2019 here.
Main Photo: Sharon Broady (ACWA), Dr Meredith Kiraly (University of Melbourne), Dr Lucy Peake (Grandparents Plus), Dr Paul Gray (AbSec).
Dr Lucy Peake (Grandparents Plus)
Marcia Spitzkowsky (Samaritans)
Tricia Anderson (Goulburn Grandparents & Family Foster Carers Inc)
Sue Erben (Kinship Carers Australia)
Heather Robinson (Samaritans)
Dr Paul Gray (AbSec)
Uncle Allan Murray (Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council)
Peter Goslett (My Forever Family)

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Zara Tindall Gave Birth to Queen Elizabeth II's 10th Great-Grandchild On the Bathroom Floor!
Roisin Kelly
Zara and Mike Tindall's third child arrived so quickly that they didn't have time to get to the hospital—Queen Elizabeth II's 10th great-grandchild was instead born on the bathroom floor in their home!
Lucas Philip Tindall was born on Sunday, March 21, weighing 8lbs 4oz.
The new baby's father revealed the circumstances of the newborn's arrival in his podcast The Good, the Bad and the Rugby, saying, "Arrived very quickly. Didn't make it to hospital. On the bathroom floor. So yeah, it was running to the gym, get a mat, get into the bathroom, get the mat on the floor, towels down—brace, brace, brace!"
Related: Duchess Kate Wore a Cream Lace Coat To Walk With Prince William Down the Aisle of Westminster Abbey
The couple already have two children, Mia (7) and Lena (2.)
39-year-old Zara is the daughter of Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips. Her best friend Dolly Maude helped deliver Lucas at the Tindall's 'palatial' home in Gatcombe Park. A trained maternity nurse, she was also present at the births of the couple's other children and was Zara's maid of honor at her wedding to Mike in 2011.
Lucas is 22nd in line to the throne, with the queen and Prince Philip saying they are "delighted" with the news and that they look forward to meeting him "when circumstances allow."
Related: Awww! Princess Eugenie Turns 31 and Cuddles Baby August—Whose Personalized Sweater Contains a Sweet Tribute to her Wedding Outfit
Like Princess Eugenie's new baby August Philip Hawke, who was born on February 9, Lucas's full name includes a tribute to 99-year-old Prince Philip, who recently returned home after a month spent in hospital during which he underwent a heart procedure.
Next up, check out Princess Anne's 70th birthday photoshoot!
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Best of the Best in Horror 2018 – #14 MOM AND DAD!
Why is MOM AND DAD #14? Sure it's just another contagion movie. But adding the element of parents compelled to kill their children, a non-stop pace of macabre action and mayhem, and then toss in Nic Cage going nuts and this becomes one memorable movie. You can find MOM AND DAD on iTunes and Amazon!
The director behind the two CRANK films and ScyFy's HAPPY! offers up one of the most ballistic and fun contagion movies of the year. Sure Brian Taylor also gave us GHOST RIDER: SPIRITS OF VENGEANCE, but they can't all be winners. MOM AND DAD, though, surely is one.
Brent (Nic Cage) and Kendall (Selma Blair) are struggling with parenthood, adulthood, and growing older. The myth of growing older has faded and they now simply walk, zombie-like through their boring day to day routine of parenting their rambunctious and rebellious kids, Carly (Anne Winters) and Josh (Zackary Arthur). But something twisted is in the air. Suddenly, across the country, parents are getting the uncontrollable urge to kill their offspring. The term is called "savaging" and along with every other parent across suburbia, Brent and Kendall want to murder their own. This leads to a game of cat and mouse between parent and child where resentments and familial strife get deadly.
On the surface, MOM AND DAD is a contagion film where people en masse are going against their better judgment and killing people. That's not new. But what is new is the concept of parents with the urge to kill their children. This acts on a dark impulse I imagine every parent feels a time or two in their lives and that added layer is all that is necessary for this film to really work. It's makes these killings more resonant and paired with the non-stop pacing we guffawed at in the cartoonish CRANK films makes MOM AND DAD truly unique. The film takes its time to give us examples of how the rage in Cage and Blair's characters are bubbling right below the surface. These problems aren't anything spectacular. It's their mundanity that makes it all the more easier to empathize with the parents problems. But once their urges are set loose, Tayler quickens the pace and never stops until the very end. The carnage truly is impressive indeed.
Which brings me to the master of mayhem, Nic Cage. Cage unleashes the beast both physically as he is an imposing character, but also through his rants as he screams about growing older, missed opportunities, getting fatter, losing his hair, and so on. It had to be pretty cathartic for Cage to play this character as it seems to channel real fears he may be having as he grows older. Blair does the same thing, not only complaining about missing her youth, but really expressing woes everyone has as they begin to realize their best years are behind them. It's these truths and their delivery from these two great actors that make it all feel so rich. Of course, seeing Cage go nuts with power tools and sledge hammers never gets old and he does so with so much glee here.
From the beginning of MOM AND DAD, which opens retro-style, Taylor really does make every moment feel like he's trying his best. That is, until the ending. If there's a fault to MOM AND DAD, it is that it really doesn't know how to end all of this madness. Taylor doesn't offer any solution and instead just sort of stops filming. It could be that Taylor wanted to end on a nihilistic note, and I guess that's ok. Still, ending it this way makes it feel more like Taylor simply couldn't think of a way to wrap things up, so while I loved every moment of MOM AND DAD, it ends on a sort of "is that it?" moment. Faulted ending aside, MOM AND DAD is a barrel of bloody fun. It never lets up from the beginning and gets deep enough into all of our fears of growing old to make all of that violence hit close to home.
P.S. look for a cameo by comic book writer Grant Morrison who wrote the HAPPY! comic and worked with Taylor on the TV series.
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Cops have reportedly appeared at Karen Fennell's apartment at least four times this year claiming they had a warrant to arrest her husband James E. Jordan, who died in 2006.
A Brooklyn woman is so tired of the NYPD repeatedly coming to her apartment looking for her deceased husband, she posted his death certificate on the front door, according to a federal lawsuit.
James E. Jordan, a former security guard who suffered from diabetes, died at 48 on March 17, 2006, but cops just won't let the man — or his family — rest in peace, said lawyer Ugochukwu Uzoh.
Jordan's wife, Karen Fennell, claims in the suit that cops came by most recently around Easter, and like so many times before, they barged into her apartment on Sumner Ave. in Bedford-Stuyvesant without a warrant.
Cops have shown up at the apartment at least four times this year claiming they had a warrant to arrest the deceased man, according to the suit filed Monday in Brooklyn Federal Court.
"Every time they do a sweep they come here," Fennel, 56, told the Daily News. "It's very upsetting."
Fennell said despite affixing Jordan's death certificate on the front door, the cops still haven't gotten the message.
Last July during one of the allegedly illegal searches, cops arrested Jordan's son James Jr. and his friend Anthony Solis for possession of a pocket knife, according to Uzoh. The criminal charges were later dismissed.
Not being able to arrest their dead quarry, the cops allegedly applied their investigative skills on Jordan's son. "While at the precinct, J ames was interrogated by defendant officers, who kept asking James to provide them with information concerning drugs and guns in his neighborhood and concerning certain individuals who James doesn't even know," the suit states.
Fennell, Jordan Jr. and Solis are seeking unspecified monetary damages for emotional distress.
The NYPD had no immediate comment on the suit.
Uzoh said he has advised his client not to leave her husband's death certificate on the front door because the document contains personal information. Additionally, the lawyer said he could not confirm the cops' claim that there is an open warrant for the elder Jordan or what is the underlying offense.
"He's dead so many years and they keep coming back," Uzoh said.


You are the point of departure.
Weather as dynamics in landscapes, and human beings. Emotions.
People in love can shift 180 degrees. That is a fact.
Where two are one and comfortable with the close presence of the other.
Energy is the concept above and below.
Like love songs last longer.
There is a certain quest for togetherness. A search for an accurate contact in our relations to each other and the world within and around us.
Looking for purity in a mixed world. Sometimes a synthetic, emotional nature in flux is occurring. The atmosphere is most important. It's the atmosphere of tension between the poles.


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The Board decided to use the term 'joint arrangement', rather than 'joint venture', to describe arrangements that are subject to the requirements of the IFRS. As noted in paragraph BC13, the IFRS does not change the two essential characteristics that IAS 31 required for arrangements to be 'joint ventures': a contractual arrangement that binds the parties to the arrangement exists, and the contractual arrangement establishes that two or more of those parties have joint control of the arrangement.
In ED 9, the proposed definition of 'joint arrangement' required 'shareddecision-making' by all the parties to the arrangement. Some respondents questioned how 'shared decision-making' was intended to operate and how it differed from 'joint control'. The Board introduced the term 'shared decision-making' in the exposure draft instead of 'joint control' because control was defined in IAS 27 Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements in the context of having power over the financial and operating policies of an entity.1 During its redeliberation of ED 9, the Board concluded that in joint arrangements, it is the activity undertaken by the parties that is the matter over which the parties share control or share decision-making, regardless of whether the activity is conducted in a separate entity. Consequently, the Board concluded that 'joint control' is a term that expresses better than 'shared decision-making' that the control of the activity that is the subject matter of the arrangement is shared among the parties with joint control of the arrangement.
Please note that here, contractual arrangement must be present – often in writing in the form of contract or some documented decisions of the parties involved. Sometimes law or other statutory mechanisms are sufficient to create contractual arrangement.
This condition or element is met when all parties, or group of parties, considered collectively, are able to direct the relevant decisions of the arrangement.
In other words – no single party can decide on its own.
Imagine 3 joint venturers: Company Large has a share of 50% in a joint venture, companies Medium and Regular have shares of 25% each. Let's say that the contract specifies that to make important decisions, at least 75% must agree.
Well, although Large can veto or block any decisions by Medium and Regular (in other words, Medium and Regular do not have enough voting power to decide against Large's decision), Large does not have a control, because to make a decision, Large still needs the support of either Medium or Regular.
In this example, collective control is present, but you still need to assess whether Large, Medium and Regular need to decide unanimously (all of them must agree) or not. That would be written in the contract, for example.
Unanimous consent means that every party of the joint arrangement must agree with (or at least does not object to) the decision and no one can block it.
Joint ventureIn a joint venture, the parties having joint control have rights to the net assets of the arrangement. These parties are called "joint venturers".
Joint operationIn a joint operation, the parties having joint control have rights to the assets and obligations for the liabilities relating to the arrangement. These parties are called "joint operators".


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DCUO & The Chowderhead Crusades
HungOctober 28, 2021
"The Chowderhead Crusades" is a fictional superhero-based novel whose story begins at a Comedian-Con prior to now, however not-too-distant future for us, of 2036. It revolves round "Cateklysm Catholicon" who's an clever life-form that has decreed that humanity has gone astray. His answer is to entice the folks of Earth to study the teachings of superhero comics. In doing so "Cateklysm's Problem" is created. The grand prize winner earns "the ability to alter the world". Twenty years later everybody forgets in regards to the problem aside from of a bunch of diehard superhero followers dubbed "Chowderheads". Certainly one of whom resides a dystopian nightmare on a Martian freighter, however he's decided on profitable the Problem.
This novel has been heralded by some as being "The comedian guide nerd's Prepared Participant One". However how does all this tie-into mmoprg.com? This guide, by creator, J. J. Walsh, was the product of two issues: a lifelong love of comedian books, and method an excessive amount of time taking part in the superhero MMO DC Universe Online (DCUO).
We sat down with J.J. to learn how MMOs impressed this novel.
MMORPG: So at the start, you could have developed a love for superheroes and superhero comics. How did this infatuation begin?
J.J. Walsh: My dad. He was an enormous comedian guide fan when he was a child – he used to inform me he'd spend his weekly twenty-five cent allowance on two comics and a sweet bar. To me that meant: One: he was actually previous, as a result of when might you purchase all that for 1 / 4? And two: comics have to be twice pretty much as good as sweet.
MMORPG: Sooner or later in time, you have been an enormous fan of and actively concerned with DC Universe On-line. The truth is, you have been additionally the founding father of the league we're each in "Marvel Limitless". So how did you get entangled with the sport?
J.J.: I used to be searching for one thing like Marvel Final Alliance and I came across DCUO in Beta. As soon as I found the potential for character customization, I used to be hooked. I performed for months simply making a brand new toon on daily basis, completely clueless in regards to the sport dynamics. Then I began down the rabbit gap.
MMORPG: The "Marvel Limitless" league relies on members who've rolled characters that look stay Marvel superheroes. What precipitated you to take the league in that course?
J.J.: I'm a insurgent! But additionally, I wished to benefit from the sport as a personality with whom I had an present bond, stay out their legacy and what have you ever. After all, making a DC character was lame, as a result of these characters have been already within the sport, and also you'd simply find yourself being a poorly made clone as a result of the costume items you needed to work with would by no means be as correct because the NPCs (particularly again at launch). So, I figured we might make Marvel characters who would by no means be outshined by NPCs and our league may very well be the product of a multiverse collision incident.
MMORPG: In DCUO your principal was/is Iron Fist. Is that on account of a particular love of that character?
J.J.: It's really the opposite method round. I grew to become obsessive about legit names and energy units. I wished toons with names that didn't depend on a 3 rather than an E, or junk like that, and with powers that aligned with the powers supplied within the sport. I managed to get IRON FIST early on and after some time I began studying much more of the title and feeling a unusually private reference to the character. MMOs can have a bizarre impact on you.
MMORPG: Have you ever performed some other superhero-based video games, e.g., Metropolis of Heroes?
J.J.: I dabbled with Marvel Heroes and some different issues, however nothing ever caught my creativeness the best way DCUO did. I believe whenever you play a sport for thus lengthy and construct a complete neighborhood of in-game buddies, entering into one other sport is like.
MMORPG: So how did you go from operating a DCUO league to writing a dystopian superhero novel?
J.J.: Properly, I'm a author by commerce – I run a advertising and design company. And I'd finished a variety of display writing over time, however other than optioning a pair scripts, I hadn't actually created something that caught on. So, I used to be considering of writing a guide as a result of it's simpler to get it produced. Then I thought of all of the folks I'd met in DCUO, and the way central comedian guide lore was to their lives and the wheels began turning. What if the destiny of the world relied on comedian guide nerds?
MMORPG: Was The Chowderhead Crusades your first try at writing a novel?
J.J.: No. I wrote 300 pages of gibberish after I was twenty-one. It didn't go anyplace, as a result of I didn't have the self-discipline I later developed with my display writing craft. However as I returned to the novel format, I used to be in a position to put that self-discipline to work, and uncover some expositional freedom that I beloved.
MMORPG: The audio model of the guide is learn by famend comic and actor Patton Oswalt, who has appeared within the S.H.I.E.L.D. TV present, performed the voice of an animated model of Peter Parker's Uncle Ben, in addition to many different roles. How did this relationship come about?
J.J.: Properly Patton is an enormous comedian guide nut (and author), and I believe the guide resonated with a variety of tasks he's been concerned with or creating. So, we reached out to his agent and it was a pure match. Working with him was improbable – actually the spotlight of the publishing course of.
MMORPG: The Chowderhead Crusades has loads of comedian guide popular culture references. How did you go about choosing which of them you wished to make use of? Did they only pop into your head? Or did you have got a listing typed up earlier than writing?
J.J.: I recognized them as they have been wanted – and typically I knew what to make use of and typically I'd need to do some searching. However I took tons of of hours to learn or re-read points to verify I used to be getting my references proper, as a result of I knew my core viewers wouldn't put up with a stinking dilettante.
MMORPG: Do any comedian guide popular culture references used within the novel stand out as your favourite(s)?
J.J.: No query – the story about Jack Kirby being known as out by Nazis within the foyer of the Well timed Pubs constructing is the embodiment of the guide's message, and one in all my favourite tales interval. Dude's a legend.
MMORPG: How did comedian guide themes and comedian guide historical past assist form the novel, if in any respect?
J.J.: Oh, they outlined the entire rattling factor. I wished to create an homage to comics – but additionally hammer dwelling the truth that comics have all the time been a platform for artists to advertise morality and progressive social considering. Captain America wasn't a comic book guide, it was a political protest, demanding that the U.S. take motion in WWII. And so many comics since have been main indicators of our evolution right into a extra open-minded, inclusive world. Youngsters have all the time loved comics, however comics have by no means been only for youngsters.
MMORPG: The novel's principal character is Clayton Clayborn a seventeen-year-old, second technology "Chowderhead". The place did you draw your inspiration from when writing that principal character?
J.J.: He's simply me if I have been rather a lot cooler and smarter and funnier and emotionally accessible and enslaved on an area freighter.
MMORPG: Have you ever ever given any thought maybe at making an attempt your hand at writing a comic book guide? Perhaps even doing a graphic novel adaptation of The Chowderhead Crusades?
J.J.: I don't suppose adapting The Chowderhead Crusades would work in a graphic novel, however I've usually thought of writing a comic book. I believe it could be an incredible expertise. I simply haven't fairly gotten round to it.
MMORPG: Wanting again is there something you'll have finished in a different way with or in The Chowderhead Crusades?
J.J.: Not likely – whenever you're engaged on a guide, it's a residing respiration factor, so it's form of like second-guessing your parenting. You by no means know which mistake will make a child nice.
MMORPG: Can we count on a follow-up to The Chowderhead Crusades or maybe one other sport influenced novel sooner or later?
J.J.: I'm simply ending up a brand new novel – the primary in a sequence. It's not sport impressed, nevertheless it's undoubtedly bought an analogous vibe to The Chowderhead Crusades. Search for it in 2022!
MMORPG: That is all I had except you wished so as to add something, J.J.
J.J.: Recognize you taking the time to speak! Thanks a lot!
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I have a VideoPostData as render engine.
The problem is that the contents of Output, Save and Multipass tabs don't appear after I click them. It was working fine in pre R18 versions. Is there anything changed in this part of code ?
I'm not aware of any changes in this corner.
It shouldn't be related to the code snippet you posted, because, if understand you correctly, the groups are actually showing up, but only the content on the right side is missing, when you select them. I can't reproduce this behavior here. So I'm afraid we'll need to slowly close in on this issue.
Is the page of your VideoPost showing up?
Do the Output, Save and Multipass pages show up with Standard or Physical renderer (just to be sure, that not the actual resource files are corrupted)?
Which language do you use for testing (just to be sure we are not having issues with not so common characters)?
Do you rely on a resource file only or do you have GetDDescription() implemented?
It shouldn't be related to the code snippet you posted, because, if understand you correctly, the groups are actually showing up, but only the content on the right side is missing, when you select them.
C++ in Visual Studio or English (if you mean printing language).
I use my own GetDDescription. When I remove it, the issue remains.
Man, you are currently having some hard nuts to crack.
To be honest, I have no idea, what's going on on your end.
Could you try to strip your code down, so I could get a simplified version for doing some tests here?
I have removed as much as possible.
Execute and GetDDescription are out.
I'm not sure yet, why this is only a problem in R18, but the reason for your issue is, that you use an inverted logic compared to all of our examples in RenderEngineCheck(). Please change it to return true by default and only false on those you want to deselect. Reason are a bunch of internal id being checked, which in the end cause the problem in your case.
Thank you very much Andreas.


Photo galleries of some the Muscle Cars we've restored and are working on for V8TV and in the V8 Speed & Resto Shop!
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This 1962 Buick Electra convertible originally appeared on one of the very first episodes of V8TV working on the engine and a disc brake conversion. Back in 1998, David Freiburger and Rob Kinnan of Car Craft and Hot Rod Magazines purchased this car for a Car Craft Magazine cheap and fun weekend cruiser project. They gave the original carburetor a tune, did a quickie bright yellow paint job on the car and drove it around for a bit before putting it up for sale. At that point, our friend Paul purchased the car from Freiburger and towed it from sunny Southern California to his home in the Midwest. Paul drove the car for a couple summers until the original Buick 401 Nailhead engine failed, and not having a lot of resources back then, Paul decided to install a small block Chevy V8 that he had on hand. About that time, Paul's job changed, he started a family, and more important life events occurred. Today, nearly 20 years later, the car has arrived in the V8 Speed and Resto Shop where the V8 Team will complete his engine conversion and make the car a driver once again.
This cool 1974 Plumouth Road Runner was purchased new by our customer back in 1974, and he's been taking care of it very well all these years. Today, the car has some issues with how it runs, so our team is checking the carburetor and electrical systems to make it reliable again.
Video series covering the restoration of our 1968 Camaro called "Reloaded" at the V8 Speed & Resto Shop. The car is a Pro-Touring 1968 Camaro featuring Detroit Speed suspension, a fuel injected big block Chevy engine, TCI automatic 4L80 E transmission, Baer brakes, Rocket Racing wheels, Toyo Tires redlined by Diamondback Classics, and much more. Contact us at resto@v8tv.net or 314.783.8325 to discuss building YOUR dream car! Click "Read More" for the complete video and photo gallery!
This very nice 1967 Chevrolet Chevelle came to the V8 Speed & Resto Shop with most of the work completed, including a beautiful candy red paint job and a restored chassis. The owner is having our team complete the last steps to make it a finished car. Click READ MORE to see the photos!
This 1941 Ford 5-window coupe came to visit in need of some new power window mechanisms and window weatherstrip. While here, the customer added some new front springs to the list, along with fixing some leaks.
This 1977 Pontiac Trans Am SE was bought by the current owner with 10,000 miles on the odometer when it was just one year old in 1978. He purchased it from a friend's used car lot after the selling dealer repeatedly could not make it run properly, causing the original purchaser to trade it in. Today, the car is in need of some quarter panel and minor rust repair, a complete re-paint, and the engine mechanicals and A/C system reinstalled after paint.
This 1979 Pontiac Trans Am was originally equipped with a 403 cubic inch Oldsmobile V8, and although it was pretty hot for the time, it just isn't enough for the owner today. The car came to the V8 Speed & Resto Shop for some high-performace upgrades including a GM LS3 485 HP V8 engine fed by a Holley EFI system, and it will handle better thanks to a Ridetech Street Grip suspension system with YearOne wheels. Wilwood brakes will haul it down in short order. Before all the fun, we had to fix some rusty floors, which was a good time to fabricate a custom firewall for the car as well. Follow along with all the progress here!
This 1970 El Camino came to the V8 Speed & Resto Shop looking to be straghtened out and to be sprayed in Chevrolet Cranberry Red. When completed, the owner wished to re-assemble the car on his own.


Here's a great shot of my Great Niece Kylie. She's 6 months old, and a very good-natured kid. She posed for the camera for many great shots.
This was taken indoors with high ISO and natural light. A sepia finish cooled down the colors of the toy and her sweater, moving the emphasis to her eyes.
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A former Stanford dean reveals 7 ways parents can raise successful kids
Posted by Ayanda Khuzwayo on 09 July 2018 2:15 PM CAT
Julia Lythcott-Haims is a former dean is a former dean at Stanford University from the year 2002 to the year 2012. She is also the author of how to raise an adult. She has built a career on encouraging parents to take a more hands-off approach, favoring tough love instead of protecting kids from the big, scary world. Here are some of the broad strategies she's outlined for how to get there.
Be authoritative, not authoritarian
There are three widely accepted styles of parenting, according to developmental psychologists: permissive, authoritarian, and authoritative.The first two are no good. Permissive parents become their child's friend and fail to establish healthy boundaries. Authoritarian parents rule with an iron fist, which can fill kids with self-doubt and bruise their psyches. Authoritative parents are the ideal, Lythcott-Haims claims. They show love and affection but still enforce rules and set high expectations for their kids. Kids more often emerge with strong identities and high self-esteems.
Make them do their chores
An 80-year study called the Harvard Grant Study has found the single biggest predictor of a person's success is whether they did chores as a child. Lythcott-Haims doesn't take these findings lightly.
"If kids aren't doing the dishes, it means someone else is doing that for them," she told Business Insider. "And so they're absolved of not only the work, but of learning that work has to be done and that each one of us must contribute for the of the whole."
Chores instill in kids the attitude that life is about teamwork and cooperation, and that a clean, tidy living space doesn't just happen by magic.
Let your kids forget their homework
Part of giving your child extra space is affording them the room to fail — in ways both small and large.
Lythcott-Haims uses the example of a parent who discovers their child left his homework at home. Some parents might have the instinct to rush the assignments to school, lest the child get a bad grade.
But Lythcott-Haims says parents should use the opportunity to teach their kids the importance of responsibility and staying organized. Mom and Dad won't always be there to save the day.
Encourage kids to take risks
Being able to fail more broadly is essentially what it means to take risks.
In a recent Quora thread, Lythcott-Haims noted that all kids should feel comfortable taking risks by the time they're 18. Otherwise, they may never fully appreciate how much they can get out of life by leaving their comfort zone.
"Our kids must be able to do all of these things without resorting to calling a parent on the phone," she wrote. "If they're calling us to ask how, they do not have the life skill."
Help your kids develop a sense of direction
Capable adults know how to navigate their surroundings, Lythcott-Haims noted in her Quora response. If they're outside their immediate neighborhood, they at least know how to use road signs and negotiate in traffic to get where the app on their phone says to go.
"We drive or accompany our children everywhere, even when a bus, their bicycle, or their own feet could get them there," she wrote. "Thus, kids don't know the route for getting from here to there."
Parents of successful kids recognize that a healthy sense of direction can (literally) take you far in life.
Prepare them for a world of assignments and deadlines
It's assumed parents will handle their kids' soccer practices, birthday parties, and meal times.
"We remind kids when their homework is due and when to do it — sometimes helping them do it, sometimes doing it for them," she said. "Thus, kids don't know how to prioritize tasks, manage workload, or meet deadlines, without regular reminders."
By age 18, however, Lythcott-Haims said these responsibilities must shift to the child. Knowing how to fit people into your schedule and manage their expectations based on your own plans is a crucial skill of adulthood.
Teach them how to earn and manage money
In addition to juggling schedules, adults also have the unique responsibility of juggling their finances. Even if kids don't have jobs yet, Lythcott-Haims says it's worth parents instilling in kids a sense of fiscal savviness.
It's the old chestnut of teaching kids the value of a dollar. But it's also teaching them the value of having a dollar saved up, invested, or spent on essential items — all stemming from having a boss "who doesn't inherently love them."
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A very common response was that the kids get everything right.
Mathematics is not about wading through question after question of the same old tedium – effectively repeating what some teacher has just spent 10 minutes showing on the board. Jesus.
Mathematics is about discovery. It is creative. It should take real thought.
Above all, mathematics should not be straightforward. The joy of the discipline is that it takes huge amounts of creativity and inspiration. Mathematics should be about overcoming apparently insurmountable problems. That's where the learning of mathematics happens. Through the struggle, the connections, the inventiveness.
Drill has a place. Most certainly. But they are not the good lessons.
The good lessons are the ones that make kids struggle, where they have to dredge up long forgotten knowledge and create new ways of working, new ways of seeing a situation.
The response from these teachers that kids should get things right also makes me worry about the subject knowledge of the profession. Where are all the mathematicians?
When I was a mathematical modeller, my colleagues and I would spend weeks, months, maybe years on a single problem. Struggling. Fighting. Getting within tasting distance and then having it all fall away.
It is through the rigour that complex problems demand, that mathematical learning becomes rich and lasting.
So a plea to mathematics teachers everywhere: don't design lessons for kids to get everything right, design lessons that stretch their minds and their understanding of the beautiful field of mathematics.
There are simple, practical ways in which to achieve this. Instead of demonstrating and then asking kids to repeat, ask them to prove from first principles. Instead of asking kids to remember some division facts, get them to prove it always holds. Instead of lists and lists of repetitive questions, get one meaty question and let the kids have 3-4 weeks fighting with it. The mathematics will come. Trust the nature of how mathematics arises.


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SC dismisses newspapers' 'serious harm' libel appeal
Five Supreme Court justices today unanimously rejected an attempt by newspapers to overturn a landmark court ruling on the 'serious harm' test for libel introduced by the Defamation Act 2013. Defamation specialists said the ruling correlates with a rise in the number of claims following a dip when the act came into force.
In Lachaux v Independent Print Ltd and another, a French resident of the United Arab Emirates brought a libel action against the publishers of the Independent and Evening Standard over articles about his behaviour in a child custody dispute.
The newspapers argued that the articles were not defamatory because they did not meet the 'serious harm' threshold under Section 1 of the 2013 act. However in the first significant ruling on the test, Mr Justice Warby, presiding judge of the media and communications list, ruled that the articles did serious harm. The Court of Appeal dismissed the newspapers' appeal, finding that the words complained of had an inherent tendency to damage the complainant's reputation.
Dismissing the latest appeal, the Supreme Court returns to Warby J's approach. In lead judgment, Lord Sumption finds no error in Warby J's serious harm finding which he states was properly based on a combination of the meaning of the words, the complainant's situation, the circumstances of publication and the inherent probabilities.
Lord Kerr, Lord Wilson, Lord Hodge and Lord Briggs agreed.
Claire Gill, partner at defamation specialist Carter-Ruck Solicitors, said: 'Although the Independent and Evening Standard lost the appeal on the facts and evidence in this case, newspaper groups are likely to be pleased with the findings, as it is clear that s1 Defamation Act 2013 does introduce a new threshold of seriousness which did not previously exist.'
Analysis by Carter-Ruck showed that, in 2016, the High Court received only 112 defamation claims, down from 227 in 2014. In 2017, however, numbers recovered to 156 and to 256 in 2018 - a 70% increase on the year.
Rory Lynch, reputation and specialist at London firm Vardags agreed that the outcome would raise the evidentiary bar for those wishing to bring a defamation claim. 'When deciding whether a publication has caused "serious harm" to a claimant's reputation the court will look at more than just the meaning of the words complained of, but at the actual deleterious impact the publication has had on that particular claimant, thereby placing a greater evidentiary burden on would-be claimants.'
David Price QC and Jonathan Price, instructed by David Price, solicitor advocate, appeared for the appellants; Adrienne Page QC and Godwin Busuttil, instructed by Taylor Hampton, for the respondent. Guy Vassall-Adams QC and Romana Canneti and Edward Craven made written submissions for the Media Lawyers Association, which intervened in the case.
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The level of knowledge content given in this book is designed for the students who have completed elementary mechanics of solids for stresses and strains associated with various geometries.
The level of knowledge content given in this book is designed for the students who have completed elementary mechanics of solids for stresses and strains associated with various geometries including simple trusses, beams, shafts, columns, etc. At the successful completion of understanding the content, the students will be able to reach a stage where they can do self-directed learning at any further advanced level in the area of mechanics of solids. The emphasis is given on the fundamental concepts for students to quickly follow through for an advanced level if required in the future. Fracture mechanics is included in this book with necessary preliminary steps for those who might have had difficulties with the subject in the past.
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HomeFarm OperationsSustainabilityFish and Wildlife Service Lists Lesser Prairie-Chicken As Threatened
Fish and Wildlife Service Lists Lesser Prairie-Chicken As Threatened
The ruling is not good news for landowners in the portions of a five-state region where remaining lesser prairie-chicken habitat is found. But it could have been a lot worse.
Burt Rutherford | Apr 01, 2014
Despite years of work, planning, research, negotiation and boots-on-the-ground effort by landowners, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has opted to list the lesser prairie-chicken as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
However, in a nod to all that work and cooperation by landowners, the listing takes into account previous conservation plans that landowners voluntarily have undertaken to provide habitat for the bird.
"In response to the rapid and severe decline of the lesser prairie-chicken, FWS announced the final listing of the species as threatened under the ESA, as well as a final special rule under section 4(d) of the ESA that will limit regulatory impacts on landowners and businesses from this listing," FWS said in a news release.
"In recognition of the significant and ongoing efforts of states and landowners to conserve the lesser prairie-chicken, this unprecedented use of a special 4(d) rule will allow the five range states (Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and Colorado) to continue to manage conservation efforts for the species and avoid further regulation of activities such as oil and gas development and utility line maintenance that are covered under the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies' (WAFWA) range-wide conservation plan," FWS says.
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"This range-wide conservation plan was developed by state wildlife agency experts in 2013 with input from a wide variety of stakeholders. The special rule also establishes that conservation practices carried out through the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service's (NRCS) Lesser Prairie-Chicken Initiative and through ongoing normal agricultural practices on existing cultivated land are all in compliance with the ESA and not subject to further regulation."
Ben Weinheimer, Texas Cattle Feeders Association vice president, responded that everyone involved with lesser prairie-chicken conservation planning efforts over the past several years was hopeful that FWS would have placed more emphasis on the success of those efforts and make a determination that listing of the species was not warranted.
"Unfortunately, the extended drought throughout the range of the LEPC lesser prairie-chicken and declining population of the species weighed heavily in FWS's decision," he says. "It's difficult to remain optimistic when FWS lists a species as threatened; however, now it is even more important that we focus on conservation programs that benefit landowners and increase the population of the lesser prairie-chicken to allow the species to be delisted."
However, some environmental groups insist the listing leaves too many loopholes, reports the Amarillo Globe News. "The lesser prairie-chicken is endangered, period," Erik Molvar, a wildlife biologist with WildEarth Guardians, said in a written statement. "Yet instead of protecting the bird from serious threats, FWS exempts anyone who signs on to entirely voluntary state or local conservation plans, undermining the very purpose of protecting imperiled species under the ESA."
Taking a different approach, however, David Festa with the Environmental Defense Fund, says, "It's a sad day when a species has to get listed. The bright spot is that FWS has opened the door to innovative approaches for species conservation, as demonstrated by its commitment to range-wide planning. By sharing the responsibility for species protection with the states and private landowners, the Service has increased the potential for recovery of the lesser prairie-chicken. This is a big evolution in how ESA gets implemented.
"We believe more can, and should, be done to engage private landowners. I am hopeful that through modern species conservation, measures like habitat exchanges currently under consideration with FWS, we can meet the challenge of feeding and fueling a growing population without harming the planet in the process."
Copies of the final rules may be found at the FWS website.
You can see the FWS news release here.
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Michael Jack Schmidt (Dayton, Ohio, 27 de septiembre de 1949) es un beisbolista retirado estadounidense de las Grandes Ligas de Béisbol. Considerado uno de los mejores tercera base de la historia, ganador de 10 guantes de oro y elegido tres veces jugador más valioso de la liga nacional.

Inicios
Debutó a los 22 años en 1972 con el equipo para el cual jugaría durante toda su carrera: los Philadelphia Phillies. Durante sus primeras temporadas debutó con escaso éxito bateando apenas de .196 en 1973. El siguiente año, sin embargo, sus números se elevaron con 36 cuadrangulares y 116 carreras impulsadas.

Apogeo
Su carrera tomó nuevo impulso con la llegada de Pete Rose como manager del equipo en 1979. 1980 fue su mejor temporada con 48 cuadrangulares y 121 carreras impulsadas, ganó la Serie Mundial con su equipo y elegido jugador más valioso tanto del clásico de octubre como de la temporada regular. El siguiente año repitió como el más valioso de la liga.

En 1983 los Phillies lograron alcanzar la serie mundial, pero esta vez perdieron frente a los Orioles. A pesar de tener un buen año Mike tuvo un bajo desempeño en el clásico con un sencillo en veinte turnos. En 1986 logró por tercera vez ser elegido jugador más valioso.

Retiro
Terminó su carrera en 1989 después de superar una lesión el año anterior en una de sus muñecas.

A los 5 años de su retiro fue ingresado al salón de la fama del béisbol con el 96.5 % de los votos.

Trivia

 Considerado el mejor jugador de la historia de los Phillies en 1983.

 El número de su uniforme (20) fue retirado en 1990.

 Líder de cuadrangulares en la Liga Nacional ocho veces y cuatro en carreras impulsadas.

 Participó en doce juegos de las estrellas.

 Desde 1974 a 1987 bateó 30 o más cuadrangulares a excepción de 1978.

 Hay una estatua erigida en su honor en las afueras del Citizen's Bank Park, hogar de los Phillies.

 Tiene el mismo nombre del guardia de seguridad de Five Nights at Freddy's Mike Schmidt

Enlaces externos
 Sitio oficial
 Página en la web del salón de la fama del béisbol.
 Biografía en baseballlibrary.com
 Estadísticas en las grandes ligas

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The Corpse of Anna Fritz () is a 2015 Spanish thriller film co-written and directed by Hèctor Hernández Vicens. It premiered at the South by Southwest film festival in Austin, Texas on 15 March 2015.

The cast of the movie includes Alba Ribas, Bernat Saumell, Cristian Valencia, Albert Carbó, and Nico Avila.

Plot
Pau works as an orderly at a hospital, a job that gives him the opportunity to watch the bodies of young women that are brought to the hospital's morgue. One day he is stunned when the body of Anna Fritz, a beautiful and desirable actress, arrives. Pau cannot resist taking a picture and sending it to one of his friends, Ivan, who quickly arrives with Javi, his other friend, at the morgue to view Anna's nude body.

Ivan ponders out loud if it is possible to rape a corpse and Pau replies that saliva must be used for lubrication. When asked whether he knows this from past experience, Pau confesses he has raped the corpse of a 17 or 18-year-old girl. Ivan soon decides that he wants to rape Anna's corpse and begins raping it, prompting Pau to suggest that he take a turn after Ivan. Javi is disgusted when they suggest he takes a turn and refuses. During their act of necrophilia, however, Anna suddenly returns to life and opens her eyes while Pau is raping her. She cannot move, but her eyes are open in terror. Pau screams when he realizes this and the others come into the room.

The men are then faced with two choices: They can either report Anna's revival and face rape charges, as there was no way Anna could have consented to sex, or they can murder her and cover up their crimes. While Pau and Ivan both want to hide their crime, Javi pushes for them to save Anna and take responsibility for what they have done. The three men argue and Ivan unintentionally kills Javi. Without Javi to stop them, Ivan is set on killing Anna. Ivan convinces Pau that he would be an accessory to the murder of Javi, and that there is no way Anna would stay silent if she is left alive.

They decide to smother her with bunched up sheets so no mark is left on her body. While Ivan disposes of the evidence, Pau cleans Anna's body and covers her in a white sheet. As he is about to leave, Pau tells Anna to pretend she is dead and it is revealed that he faked the murder. Ivan returns and they both leave the room. As they are about to get on the elevator, Ivan checks his wallet and realizes he forgot his card in the morgue. Pau unsuccessfully tries to convince him to leave rather than get his card, saying he will pick it up the next day. Ivan opens the door to see Anna putting on a hospital gown.

Ivan furiously starts to choke Pau, accusing him of conspiring to blame all of it on him. He finally stops, announcing that he does not care anymore if Pau wants to go to jail. Anna sneaks up behind him and stabs him twice. He bleeds to death from the wound in his neck. Pau cries, saying that Ivan had already said he would leave. Silent, Anna repeatedly stabs Pau. Anna is then seen staring off with tears in her eyes and blood spatter on her face.

Cast
 Alba Ribas: Anna Fritz
 Bernat Saumell: Javi
 Cristian Valencia: Ivan
 Albert Carbó: Pau
 Nico Avila: the doctor

Release
The film had its world premiere at the South by Southwest film festival on 15 March 2015. It was later released in Spain on 30 October 2015, where it made €36,000 at the box office and was viewed an estimated 9,000 times. In February 2016, director Hèctor Hernández Vicens discovered that his film was popular in the Philippines, where it was illegally viewed or downloaded between 5 and 7 million times via outlets such as Facebook and YouTube. This prompted the film crew to seek out legal counsel in an attempt to stop the illegal distribution. They have since managed to get an upload of the film deleted from YouTube. Due to the film's popularity overseas, the film's crew and producers are seeking to launch an advertising and screening campaign in the Philippines.

Reception
In a positive review from We Got This Covered, Matt Donato remarked that it is "not a perfect thriller — but it's an aptly paced ride that doesn't shy away from divisive boundaries". The International Business Times praised certain elements such as lighting, while stating that they felt it would have worked better as a short film. Cliff Wheatley at IGN singled out Alba Ribas's performance, the story's tense subject matter and denouement, though he felt that its 76-minute runtime was overlong, "because it relies so heavily on the shock value of the subject matter and doesn't bother to deliver any inkling of a likable character".

Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 67% rating based on nine critics, and an average of 6.4/10.

See also
 Husma, a 2019 Sinhala film with a similar plot

See also
 List of Spanish films of 2015

References

External links

2015 thriller films
2015 films
Films set in the 2010s
Necrophilia in film
2015 directorial debut films
Spanish thriller films


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Uber Advanced Technologies Group just revealed a new generation self-driving vehicle, the Volvo XC90 SUV, meant to be fully driverless. With that in mind, Volvo and Uber have worked on a few prototypes since their engineering partnership started in September 2016.
The previous vehicles were not designed to have full autonomy, a human safety driver having the control of the wheel at all times. Now, Uber wants to fit them to be fully autonomous so they could work as a robotaxis.
The third-generation vehicle was unveiled at Uber Elevate Summit and features steering and braking systems designed for a computer, rather than for human control. A new array of sensors are also integrated into the Volvo XC90 SUV' roof, so there's no sunroof to speak of.
The vehicle has some redundancies, such as fail operational braking, steering and backup power built into the Volvo base vehicle. These are primary requirements if the company hopes to exclude the human safety driver out of the vehicle. If by chance any of the primary systems might fail, the backup system will get the car back in control.
"By the middle of the next decade we expect one-third of all cars we sell to be fully autonomous," Volvo Cars president and CEO Håkan Samuelsson said in a statement. "Our agreement with Uber underlines our ambition to be the supplier of choice to the world's leading ride-hailing companies."
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The need for women town planners
Women are fast becoming valuable resources in the engineering industry, however, there is a need for more women to pursue town planning as a career. Statistics provided by the South African Council for Professional Planners indicate that there is a total of 1403 registered planners in the industry and according to Urban and Rural Planning Manager at GIBB, Charlotte van der Merwe, Town Planning is an unusual vocation choice for women.
Town Planners can be described as Urban and Rural Planners, Community Planners, Development Planners, Land Use Management Planners, etc. and with the growth in the development of cities, so has the need of well-trained and experienced town planners, registered as Professional Planners in South Africa.
"Town Planning has been a gratifying career, and knowing that I am instrumental in making a difference in the quality of life for communities, fuels everything I do. Over the last couple of decades, the career has undergone many changes: from being inflexible and inaccessible for women, to being embraced by underprivileged communities and listened to when interpreting intricate economic and social development needs," said Van der Merwe who has been in the industry for over 28 years.
Van der Merwe's career started in 1988 as a Town Planner at the Polokwane Local Municipality in Limpopo. She was the first and only female Town Planner north of Pretoria and later became a mentor and role model for women in the field. "There were many challenges early on in my career that included a lower salary than her male counterparts, a lack of fringe benefits and maternity leave. I had to fight so much harder for equality. I didn't have a car and I used to walk to work and if I needed to go on site visits, I would get a lift with building inspectors until my fight for a car allowance was realised," commented Van der Merwe.
Today, the Town Planning Division at the Polokwane Local Municipality in Limpopo is led by a woman and the ratio of women Town Planners at this institution supersedes men.
She has been at GIBB, one of the leading black-owned consulting engineering firms in South Africa for the last two years. Her unit's project profile includes both a local and continental focus, such as input into the Dar es SalaamPassenger Rail Network in Tanzania and locally, the Ekurhuleni Human Settlements' project repacking, led by the Development Bank of Southern Africa.
"Working at GIBB is hugely rewarding. The firm strongly believes and champions women inclusiveness, and opportunities for staff exist, based on skill and not gender," said van der Merwe who holds a degree in Town and Regional Planning from Pretoria University.
She believes that young women should consider Town Planning and encourages the career choice based on the growth in the field in terms of the need for structured and innovative planning for cities. "The last 10 years has seen evidence of women bringing their soft skills into a ruthless industry, whose imaginative inputs are heeded, creating a sense of place and pride for the inhabitants of even deprived communities, through understanding and design," concluded Van der Merwe.
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