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Village Representation
The Parish Council has a representative on the governing committee of the Eydon Community Sports Field Trust.
The Parish Council has a representative on the governing committee of Eydon Village Hall.
The Parish Council receives correspondence from the Northamptonshire County Council and responds to various calls for consultation and opinions.
Diary of future events
The Parish Council is responsible for:-
Village street lighting: their electricity supply and maintenance
The provision and maintenance of street lighting
General village maintenance within the 30 mph signs
Maintenance and management of the Burial Ground. Please apply to the Clerk of the Parish Council for any matters relating to the Burial Ground.
Maintenance of Bus Shelters in Lime Avenue and High Street
Provision and maintenance of Noticeboards in High Street and Lime Avenue
Promotion of village activities by funding the monthly publication of the Eydon Village News and also the eydon.org.uk web site, without any editorial control or responsibility for content.
Local Planning
The Parish Council is consulted on planning applications in the village by the Local Planning Authority- usually South Northamptonshire Council. Planning applications are advertised on the village noticeboards. Members of the public are welcome to attend and in the open meeting make comments. All applications can be seen either at the Council Offices in Towcester or by arrangement with the Clerk to Parish Council.
You may also query current planning applications and their status at the South Northants planning register linked below.
snc.planning-register.co.uk/searchresults.aspx?pageprefix=plan/
Within the section 'Choosing Applications To View', select the top button labelled 'Enter Search Criteria' and then press the button below that. On the next page move down to the 4th field and select 'Eydon' from the list of parishes given, then press the button at the bottom of the page. This will bring up a long list of planning applications in Eydon, with most recent first. The list shows a summary of address, proposal, date and current status. Click on the Application Number to view more details such as the applicant, neighbours, consultees etc. At the bottom of the page you are able to download and immediately view any plans that have been submitted, and to record any comments you may have.
Constraints upon the Parish Council
Parish Council comments are constrained by the Town and Country Planning Act (1947.. 1990) and the Listed Buildings & Conservation Areas Act (1990). It is able to participate in the public consultation of planning applications. It has no input to Building Control matters which covers fitness / durability of materials, fire safety, weather resistance, structural stability, sanitation & drainage or access and facilities for people with disabilities. The purpose of planning covers change of use, protecting the public interest, to avoid conflict with other forms of development (by way of noise, traffic, appearance, pollution, use, safety etc), to ensure it is sustainable by way of services (transport, health facilities, schools, leisure etc) and to ensure the preservation of the countryside by way of listed buildings, conservation areas etc.
The Planning Framework is controlled by central government through legislation and orders under the Planning Act. Some planning is devolved to regional assemblies and County Councils, through the EMRA's Spatial Strategy and through County Structure Plans. Local Planning comes under Borough and District Councils and Unitary Authorities.
www.southnorthants.gov.uk/documents/snc_doc_Residential_Design_in_the_Countryside.pdf
Under ths District Policy H6 planning permission will not normally be granted for residential development in the restraint villages and the open countryside. Exception that will be considered are: A new building of an appropriate size and design for agriculture or forestry in accord with Policy H20; A new building of an appropriate size and design to meet other special needs; A conversion in accordance with policy EV16; The replacement of an existing outworn dwelling which is structurally unstable and beyond economic repair.
Under District Policy H5 Eydon is a 'Restraint' village. In restricted infill villages, proposals for residential development will normally be permitted within the village confines as follows: a) The infilling of a small gap in an otherwise built-up frontage or b) A small group of dwellings or c) A conversion in accordance with policy EV15.
Planning comments by the Parish Council
In making its comments, the Parish Council must have valid considerations in accordance with policy G3. The development should be compatible in terms of type, scale, sighting, design and materials within the existing character of the locality; It should possess a satisfactory means of access and provide adequate parking, including for the disabled; It does not result in the loss of undeveloped land which in the opinion of the local planning authority is of particular significance to the form and character of the settlement; It will not unacceptably harm the amenities of any neighbouring properties; It is neither of a hazardous nature nor likely to cause problems of pollution, noise, vibration, smell, smoke, discharge or fumes; It is sympathetic to the quality and character of any buildings listed as being of special architectural or historic importance or its setting; It does not harm the character, appearance or setting of a conservation area; It incorporates suitable landscape treatment as an integral part of the planning of the development; It provides satisfactory soil and surface water drainage.
In making its comments, examples of invalid considerations are devaluation of property; loss of private view; loss of business; breach of restrictive covenant; applicant not the owner of the site; access not owned by the applicant; owner of access objects; moral reasons; building construction matters; development has already been carried out.
The church yard of St Nicholas Church, Eydon is quiet and tranquil, slightly apart on the edge of the village.
Eydon Village Homepage | Eydon Parish Council Homepage


Wed., April 30, 2014, 9:44 p.m.
Diane Rudnick may never silence the inner voice that tells her she's certain to fail.
The self-described "chicken" walked away from a skating competition as a child and from a piano recital as an adult, both times after developing cold feet.
But Rudnick's self-doubts couldn't stop her from following through with her big dream, competing at the U.S. Adult Figure Skating Championships.
Rudnick not only pushed aside her fears during the event, held last month in Hyannis, Massachusetts, but she earned three medals in the Ladies Bronze IV (ages 51-60) division: first places in free skate and entertainment, and a second place in dramatic skate.
It was quite an accomplishment for someone who tore up her right knee as a teenager, stayed off the ice for 32 years, suffered through cancer surgery four years ago and experienced the death of her father one month prior to nationals.
"She's one of the first adults we've seen come through our skating community who has done well on the national scene," said Lilac City Figure Skating Club's Berkley Villard, Rudnick's coach of 11/2 years.
The road to nationals was long and bumpy, starting when the San Francisco native discovered the sport while attending a birthday skating party as a 9-year-old.
Rudnick begged her parents for skates and lessons, willing to catch a bus to reach the rink by 5:30 a.m.
"I got one private lesson every two weeks for 15 minutes, because that's all we could afford," she said.
Rudnick's first competition, at age 11, brought out her inner scaredy-cat.
Living on her own at 18, she bought a pair of used skates and returned to the rink. She had just mastered a difficult jump and was trying to recreate it when she came down wrong on her landing knee and tore her meniscus. Rudnick had arthroscopic surgery – a rarity for the time – but returned to skating too fast and reinjured her knee.
She might have continued skating, but her skates were stolen from the trunk of her car after she moved to Seattle at age 21.
The year 2010 was a turning point for Rudnick, as she was diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer and underwent a bilateral mastectomy and reconstruction. She had just married pilot Ron Rudnick, whom she had first met on her 21st birthday, while still in California.
The surgery left Rudnick sapped and led to what seemed like 18 months of nothing but reclining on the couch. During this time, an old friend told Rudnick about adult figure skating, something she didn't know existed.
Inspired by a new pair of custom-fit boots from Harlick Skating Boots of San Carlos, California, Rudnick started skating regularly at Eagles Ice-A-Rena on Jan. 1, 2012. Someone at Harlick had told Rudnick about Villard, and the two soon met and hit it off.
"The biggest thing is I have a passion for skating, and when you find someone else who has passion for it you combine it and work together," Villard said.
Rudnick tested her competitive abilities in early March at sectionals in Ontario, California. A second-place finish in her second skate gave her encouragement.
Right after sectionals, Rudnick discovered that her father had suffered a stroke. She rushed to Oroville, California, to be with him before he died, and the hectic time kept her off the ice for 3 weeks with nationals closing in.
"When I got back on the ice, I could barely turn around and go backward," she said.
Nevertheless, Rudnick conquered the layoff and her jitters, gaining confidence at nationals as she realized that the other skaters were just as nervous – and just as supportive.
Now Rudnick is moving up from the bronze to the silver level, intent on next year's nationals in Salt Lake City. Silver requires more and cleaner jumps, done in combinations.
"It really depends on Diane, and how much effort she wants to put into it and time on the ice and strength training," Villard said.
Published: April 30, 2014, 9:44 p.m.


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Closing arguments are underway in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse
By Cheryl Corley
Published November 15, 2021 at 3:34 PM CST
Closing arguments have concluded in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse. The case is now in the hands of the jury. They will begin deliberations tomorrow. The 18-year-old is charged with shooting three men, killing two and wounding another during protests in Kenosha, Wis., last year. NPR's Cheryl Corley has been following this case and joins us now.
Hi, Cheryl.
CHERYL CORLEY, BYLINE: Hi.
CHANG: All right, so I want to ask you first about something that happened before closing arguments even began today. I understand the judge dismissed one of the charges against Rittenhouse. What was the charge? And what was the reasoning?
CORLEY: Yeah. Well, it was a misdemeanor and the charge that was seen as really the most likely for a conviction for Kyle Rittenhouse. It was specifically for possession of a dangerous weapon by a person under the age of 18. Now, Rittenhouse was only 17 when he shot those three men in Kenosha. He was carrying an assault-style weapon. But Rittenhouse's attorneys said there was an exception in Wisconsin law that allows 17-year-olds to openly carry firearms if they are not short-barreled rifles. So Judge Bruce Schroeder said the law was poorly written, but the size of the rifle that Rittenhouse carried meant that he didn't violate the law. And prosecutors disagreed with the judge's interpretation, but they did concede that that was not a short-barreled rifle. And that count was dismissed.
CHANG: Wow. OK, but Rittenhouse still faces very serious charges - five in total. Am I correct?
CORLEY: Well, five counts and also a little bit more. But let me backtrack just a little bit because all the men involved in this case are white. But the really chaotic night where the shootings occurred stemmed from protests over the wounding of Jacob Blake, a Black man who was paralyzed in a police shooting a few days earlier. And it was during that third day of the protests that Kyle Rittenhouse shot those people. He does face five counts of intentional attempted homicide, reckless homicide - charges that could bring him life in prison. But he also now faces less serious charges. Prosecutors asked and the judge agreed to let the jury consider those several lesser charges if they acquit him on the original counts.
CHANG: OK. Well, as always, the burden of proof here is on the prosecution. Can you just talk about what is the prosecution's central argument?
CORLEY: Well, they really tried to portray Kyle Rittenhouse as the aggressor, who was the reason why there was bloodshed. There was lots of video of the protests and the shooting. So the prosecutor, Thomas Binger, played video of those shootings. He used PowerPoint to go step by step over what had happened that night. He showed jurors the assault rifle that Rittenhouse used, and he talked about who should have been seen as a threat during the night. Binger talked about the encounter that Kyle Rittenhouse had with the first man he shot and killed, 36-year-old Joseph Rosenbaum. He said that the Rittenhouse attorneys mischaracterized Rosenbaum and also what happened. Here's what he said.
THOMAS BINGER: They have to convince you that Joseph Rosenbaum was going to take that gun and use it on the defendant because they know you can't claim self-defense against an unarmed man like this.
CORLEY: And especially, he said, when it was Rittenhouse who brought the gun.
CHANG: Well, let's turn to the defense's case. The defense did make the decision to put Rittenhouse on the stand during the trial. And I'm curious. How is the defense making its case now as the whole trial's coming to a close?
CORLEY: Well, defense attorney Mark Richards - he really blasted the prosecution, saying this case was not a game, that his client's life was at stake. And he said that Joseph Rosenbaum was not being mischaracterized. He was indeed a threat to Kyle Rittenhouse and had said during that night that he would kill Kyle Rittenhouse. And here's what he said about Rosenbaum.
MARK RICHARDS: He was a bad man. He was there. He was causing trouble. He was a rioter. And my client had to deal with him that night alone.
CORLEY: And Richards said that there were numerous times that Kyle Rittenhouse did not shoot his weapon and didn't do so until he was attacked numerous times. And he acted under the law of self-defense.
CHANG: That is NPR's Cheryl Corley.
Thank you, Cheryl.
CORLEY: You're quite welcome. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
Cheryl Corley
Cheryl Corley is a Chicago-based NPR correspondent who works for the National Desk. She primarily covers criminal justice issues as well as breaking news in the Midwest and across the country.
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Bruce Wayne (Earth -32)
Bruce Wayne, also known as the Batman of Earth -32, is the Dawnbreaker, one of Barbatos' Dark Knights.
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Bruce Wayne was born to billionaire doctor Thomas Wayne and his wife Martha Kane. His version of reality was known as Earth -32 and was located within the Dark Multiverse, a mirror of the normal Multiverse where all the realities were destined to die. Bruce's parents were shot and killed by Joe Chill who subsequently fled the scene. At that moment Bruce was left as a void, as all emotions left him including fear. A nearby Green Lantern ring eventually found Wayne and inducted him into the Green Lantern Corps. Bruce didn't think anything of the ring, all he recognized was a tool which could be used to kill his parents' murderer.
He was able to quickly find Chill, however when he tried to kill the man the ring refused as it was against Corps mandate to kill a living being. Bruce did not care for the Corps and filled the ring with the void in his soul, overcharging the ring with his corrupt willpower. Eventually the ring became corrupted by Bruce's tainted soul and allowed Bruce to kill Chill. After killing Chill, Bruce went back to his parents' corpses and tried to use the ring to resurrect them, however this didn't work as it was beyond its power and could only temporarily revive them as undead people. Bruce would then go on to become the protector of Gotham City known as Green Lantern, who executed criminals without mercy.
Although the police of the city initially worked with Bruce, Commissioner Jim Gordon eventually pleaded with him to stop killing criminals such as Penguin. Bruce believed that no one should stand in the way of his mission to rid the universe of evil, and so executed Gordon while constructing a Green Lantern Power Battery. Shortly after his murder of Gordon, the Green Lantern Corps arrived to apprehend the rogue Lantern. However, because of Bruce's overcharged ring and his connection to the darkness, he was able to defeat and execute the entire Corps and the Guardians of Universe.
Tired of being a Lantern, Bruce decided to evolve into something greater. Stemming off of his greatest fear, bats, Bruce supercharged himself with a mixture of darkness and green energy while immediately growing into an adult as he stepped inside the power battery. With this power, Bruce took on a new oath and became Batman: The Dawnbreaker. Soon however his world began disintegrating into the void, the same one that existed inside him and set him on the path to vengeance and hatred.
DARK NIGHTS
As his world began to tear to pieces a voice from the void began speaking to him, identifying himself as "The Man Who Laughs", a servant of Barbatos and offered a place beside the Red Death and the Murder Machine in the Dark Knights. After traveling to the Earth that was destined to live with the other Dark Knights, The Dawnbreaker went to Coast City to subjugate its people. However he was intercepted by Hal Jordan, who he tried to kill until he was whisked away by Dr. Fate. He then proceeded to envelop the city in Darkness.
The Dark Knights then helped the Murder Machine in subduing Cyborg and taking over the Justice League's Watchtower. A portal was later opened up for them by the Batman Who Laughs using his dark metal cards, to help him take down Green Arrow, Damian Wayne, Nightwing and Mister Terrific, but they were prevented in doing so by Dr. Fate who helped them escape.
After Superman escaped from their grasp in Gotham City, the Dark Knights attacked the Oblivion Bar and killed the Prime Master, but the Justice League was already gone. They later trapped four of the Justice League members, in Batcaves specifically designed for them. Hal was teleported to a dark cavern below Coast City and tried to use his Power Ring to enlighten the area while repeating his oath. The Dawnbreaker however told him to not bother as it was useless there. As the Dawnbreaker's Power Ring kept on absorbing his ring's light, Hal started using the strobe light to distract him. Dawnbreaker however came out victorious in the end by attacking him with constructs of his greatest fears.
Hal and the other captive League members were then taken to Gotham City to be used as batteries for the Tuning Fork. They were however freed from their restraints thanks to Cyborg, who had partially given in to the Mother Box inside him. The Dark Knights tried to subdue them, but they were able to escape through Hypertime due to Cyborg. After Hal, Mr. Terrific and the Martian Manhunter reach the Phoenix Cannon, designed to brighten the Nth metal in Earth's core in case it starts sinking into the Dark Multiverse, Michael Holt realizes that someone had reversed its polarity. The Dawnbreaker, the Merciless and the Devastator then immediately teleport to their location and inform them that they were behind it, before proceeding to fire the cannon in order to darken the Earth's core. Hal and Mr. Terrific were knocked out and taken back to Gotham.
Later, the Drowned, Murder Machine and Dawnbreaker attack Cyborg and Raven, who are travelling to the House of Heroes aboard the Ultima Thule in The Bleed. Raven is able to resist him for awhile by turning his dark bat-constructs against him, though he ultimately overpowers and punches her. Before he can trap her into the void to be tortured, Cyborg attacks him and he is forced to flee. He and the other Dark Knights later watch the traitor Red Death who has been taken over by the Barry Allen of Earth -52, disintegrate on the House of Heroes.
Back in Gotham, the captured League Members were however awakened by Wonder Woman through the clanging of Carter Hall's Nth Metal mace clashing with her Bracelets of Submission, made of Eighth Metal. The Dark Knights tried to subdue them, but this was interrupted by Prime Earth's Batman who threw Batarangs fashioned from Element X at Aquaman and Hal Jordan. The Justice League succeeded in defeating the Dark Knights thanks to Element X.


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Americans Commute Longer, Farther Than Ever
By | Reuters
NEW YORK – Dave Givens drives 370 miles to work and back every day and considers his seven-hour commute the best answer to balancing his work with his personal life.
The winner of a nationwide contest to find the commuter with the longest trek, Givens is one of millions of people who are commuting longer and farther than ever before.
Studies show Americans spend more time than ever commuting and for a growing number, getting to work takes more than an hour. In the most recent U.S. Census Bureau study, 2.8 million people have so-called extreme commutes, topping 90 minutes.
Givens, a 46-year-old electrical engineer, has an extreme commute between home in Mariposa, California, and his job in San Jose. He leaves home before dawn and returns after dark.
His trip landed him first place among almost 3,000 entries in the search for America's longest commute, sponsored by automotive services provider Midas Inc. (MDS) and announced last week. But as harrowing or tedious as Givens' trip may sound, he says it's the way to keep the home and job he loves.
"I have the balance right now," Givens told Reuters. "I could do similar jobs closer, but not with the work reward and job satisfaction I have. And I could live closer, but I wouldn't have the lifestyle that I desire.
"To me, this is not that long a commute," he added. "It's just something I do to go to work."
SUBURB-TO-SUBURB COMMUTING
Longer commutes frequently involve people who live in one suburb and work in another, said Alan Pisarski, author of "Commuting in America."Such a pattern tends to begin with companies moving out of a city to a suburb, enticing workers to move to less-expensive outer suburbs, he told Reuters. "People see this as an opportunity to go farther away," he said.
Such a move may provide more affordable housing or better schools. Even high fuel costs — Givens spends about $185 a week on gasoline — can pay off in a better quality of life, Pisarski said.
Doreen DeJesus rides a bus from her home in Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, across New Jersey to her job in Manhattan.
The payoff is a house in the country, she said.
"It's a matter of getting away from the hustle and bustle of the city," said DeJesus, 37. "It's not an easy thing, but most days it's really worth it.
"My boss thinks I'm nuts," she added.
Studies show 7.6 percent of U.S. commuters traveled more than an hour to work in 2004, the most recent data available, up from 6 percent in 1990. The average one-way commute grew by 13 percent to 25.5 minutes between 1990 and 2000.
In 1990, only in New York state did more than 10 percent of workers spend more than an hour to get to work, Pisarski said. Now that situation can be found in New Jersey, Maryland, Illinois and California as well, he said.
CONGESTION WORSENS
Added to long commutes is increased congestion, according to the Texas Transportation Institute's 2005 Urban Mobility Report. Commuters typically spent 47 hours a year in traffic jams, up from 40 hours a decade earlier, the study showed.
"That's the time wasted above and beyond just being able to make the trip," said David Schrank, co-author of the report.
But the trips can be worthwhile, said Kay Phillips who works in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 164 miles from her home in Granite Falls.
"I really love what I do, so I don't mind," she said.
While Givens spends much of his commute listening to the radio, especially traffic reports, Philips, 52, uses her five-hour commute in her own way — she prays.
"I say a long prayer starting out every morning for everybody, and it gives you quite a bit of time to do that," she said.


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Samsung lowers prices with its latest Galaxy S phones, Google completes its Fitbit acquisition and Beyond Meat is coming to Taco Bell. This is your Daily Crunch for January 14, 2021.
The big story: Samsung unveils Galaxy S21 line Samsung's new line of phones includes the S21, S21+ and S21 Ultra, priced at $799, $999 and $1,119 respectively, an across-the-board price cut of $200. Brian Heater writes that the Ultra, in particular, "has one very important trick up its sleeve" — namely compatibility with the S Pen.
All three phones are available for pre-order now and start shipping on January 29. In addition, Samsung announced the Galaxy Buds Pro, which cost $199 and come with a stated five hours of battery life. And it's launching a Bluetooth locator, dubbed the Galaxy SmartTag. The tech giants Google's Fitbit acquisition is official — This follows regulatory scrutiny on both sides of the pond. Amazon's Ring Neighbors app exposed users' precise locations and home addresses — The bug made it possible to retrieve the location data on users who posted to the app. Beyond Meat shares soar after inking deal with Taco Bell on new menu items — Taco Bell announced that it would work with Beyond Meat to come up with new menu items due to be tested in the next year. Startups, funding and venture capital Medium acquires social book reading app Glose — Glose has been building iOS, Android and web apps that let you buy, download and read books on your devices. Tiger Global is raising a new $3.75B venture fund, one year after closing its last — Despite being named Tiger Private Investment Partners XIV, this is actually the firm's thirteenth fund. Carbyne raises $25M for a next-generation platform to improve emergency 911 responses — The Israeli startup aims to help emergency services get more complete information about callers, and to provide additional telemedicine services. Advice and analysis from Extra Crunch Five consumer hardware VCs share their 2021 investment strategies — Investors are generally bullish on at-home fitness startups. Poshmark prices IPO above range as public markets continue to YOLO startups — This is the late-2020, early-2021 IPO market in action. Twelve 'flexible VCs' who operate where equity meets revenue share — Founders seeking non-dilutive funding: start here. (Extra Crunch is our membership program, which aims to democratize information about startups. You can sign up here.) Everything else Tech and health companies including Microsoft and Salesforce team up on digital COVID-19 vaccination records — The so-called "Vaccination Credential Initiative" includes a range of big-name companies from both the healthcare and tech industries. 2020 was one of the warmest years in history and indicates mounting risks of climate change — 2020 either edged out or came in just behind 2016 as the warmest year in recorded history, according to data from U.S. government agencies. The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch's roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you'd like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 3pm Pacific, you can subscribe here.
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  ## Allow run time customization of the ToolbarControl

This sample demonstrates customizing the ToolbarControl at run time. The ToolbarControl is used in conjunction with the MapControl and the control commands. The AddItem method is used to add new items to the ToolbarControl with their style set. The ICustomizeDialogEvents.OnStartDialog event is used to put the ToolbarControl into customize mode, and the ICustomizeDialogEvents.OnCloseDialog event is used to take the ToolbarControl out of customize mode.

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* [Download the ArcObjects SDK for .Net from MyEsri.com](https://my.esri.com/)

### Usage
1. Select the Customize check box to enable customization of the ToolbarControl and to open the Customize dialog box.
1. To move an item, click it, then drag and drop it to the location indicated by the black vertical bar.
1. To delete an item, click it, then drag it off the ToolbarControl or right-click the item and click Delete from the Customize menu.
1. To change the group, group spacing, or style of an item, right-click the item to display the Customize menu.
1. To add a command, menu, and palette items, double-click them in the Customize dialog box or drag and drop them from the Customize dialog box onto the ToolbarControl.

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[ToolbarControl class](http://desktop.arcgis.com/search/?q=ToolbarControl%20class&p=0&language=en&product=arcobjects-sdk-dotnet&version=&n=15&collection=help)
[IToolbarControl interface](http://desktop.arcgis.com/search/?q=IToolbarControl%20interface&p=0&language=en&product=arcobjects-sdk-dotnet&version=&n=15&collection=help)
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[ICustomizeDialog interface](http://desktop.arcgis.com/search/?q=ICustomizeDialog%20interface&p=0&language=en&product=arcobjects-sdk-dotnet&version=&n=15&collection=help)
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I have never seen this show or seen it advertised! Sorry!!
I have. Clumsy is no respecter of direction.
But falling up hurts less than falling down. People have died falling down the stairs. You never hear that falling up.
Maybe I should have had my own show?
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Jack Fifield
Muck Rack
Greater Manchester's sexual health testing service has broken down
by Jack Fifield 8th December 2021 13th February 2022 No Comments
Republished, with permission, from The Mill. Originally published October 27 2021.
Recently, we've been having a look at how Greater Manchester's sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing services have been working — or not working. Unlike with Covid testing, which has a centralised ordering system, STI services are run differently depending on where you are in the UK. Wales' main service — the brilliantly named Frisky Wales — is open to everyone living in Wales, whereas in England, services differ by area.
For those who feel embarrassed or nervous discussing sexual health, or who just don't have enough time to visit a clinic, home test kits can provide a convenient alternative to in-person appointments. They are sent directly to your address with a freepost return label – all you do is follow the instructions in the box, provide samples collected from various bodily areas, and pop your test kit in the post. Home tests are particularly important at the moment as local sexual health clinics are not offering a walk-in service, making it considerably more cumbersome to get an in-person appointment.
Members of the local LGBT+ community (a community known to be disproportionately affected by STIs, especially HIV) have told us they find it so difficult to get home tests in Manchester that they are getting friends to send them from London, which has a more reliable service. So we decided to have a look at what's going on.
The Northern, the massive sexual health service covering Manchester, Stockport, Tameside and Trafford, is run by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust under contract from Manchester City Council, to whom the other councils contribute funding to pay for their share (it is local authorities who are responsible for sexual health in this country). That all sounds a bit technical, but it's the service itself, and how it works for users, that we really care about.
Last month, we asked the trust for the numbers behind The Northern. Eventually, after multiple phone calls and follow-up emails — and two weeks after the trust was legally bound to send us the data under the Freedom of Information Act — they told us: The Northern only allocates 60 test kits per day for users to order through its website. That's 60 kits per day for a service that covers an area with a population of over 1.3 million people.
We used web-page monitoring software to find out how long it took, on average, for test kits to become unavailable. The software refreshes the ordering page every five minutes and detects changes. As the STI test kit page changes between a form allowing users to input their details and an error message saying the kits have run out, we were able to put the times into a spreadsheet to work out the average amount of time it took between the kits being released (daily at 8.30am) and when the error message appeared saying they had run out.
On one Friday, it took 24 minutes before the order form was replaced by the message: "Unfortunately we have reached the limit we can possibly process today. We are working to increase capacity as much as possible. New kits are made available regularly." Anyone who tried to order a kit after 8.54am that day was out of luck.
The trust told us that kits were available from The Northern for an average of 104 minutes on weekdays and 314 minutes on weekends and bank holidays. But during the 17 days where we were testing the service, it fell well short of those numbers. Test kits were available, on average, for just 44 minutes a day on weekdays and 231 minutes on weekends.
We found it difficult to get a comment from the trust about this discrepancy or answer our questions about why so few tests are available. Manchester City Council, who commission the service, told us:
The past 18 months have put an unprecedented strain on health services due to the severe disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. At its peak, 50% of staff at the Northern were redeployed, with an additional 20% affected by the need to self isolate. Capacity is improving but it is important to recognise the scale of the challenge faced across the healthcare system.
Another twist
Last Friday, the service got even worse when a new error message showed up. Instead of running out of capacity after a short period of time, the website now didn't have any capacity at all. Users were told: "Due to an issue with the delivery of our laboratory supplies we have had to take the decision to suspend home testing kits until further notice. We apologise for any inconvenience."
That problem persisted through the weekend and all through Monday and Tuesday. It means that people across Manchester, Stockport, Tameside and Trafford who want to take a sexual health check at home currently have no way of getting one via the service.
The council spokesperson didn't directly address this outage but said: "Being able to practice safe sex and access sexual health support services is incredibly important and it is important to stress that improvements are being made."
An STI testing kit. Photo: Jack Fifield.
For people who use this service in Greater Manchester, the comparison with other parts of the country is galling. The Welsh and London services have no daily order limit, meaning users can order a kit 24/7. In 2020, The Northern sent out an average of just under 56 test kits per day while London's service sent out an average of just over 1,150 per day. This means London's testing service provides over 20 times the test kits per day than The Northern, despite serving just over five and a half times the total population.
And whereas London's service promises results within two or three days, ours takes seven times as long — kits are sent out second class rather than first class, and they aim to return results "in around 3 weeks."
Using kits from London
We spoke to Matt, a Master's student at the University of Manchester. A 22-year-old gay man, he told us that he's given up on using Manchester's services after weeks-long delays in getting test results. "It's now gotten to the point where I just order a test from friends in London, and get the result within two or three days, rather than three weeks – which is insane," he says. "I will have my results back from the London test before my Manchester test would have even arrived."
He thinks the failures of the system are dangerous, particularly in a city that famously has a large gay community. "In terms of public health, I think it's really dangerous. And in terms of personal health, I think it is putting people at risk."
Dan, a 29-year-old bisexual man from London, helps to forward STI test kits from his address in London to those who want them in Manchester. People make their own account on London's service, but type in his address rather than their own. "I think it's something that everyone should just have access to," he told me. "It baffles me that it's so dire – especially in Manchester."
Manchester City Council promises that the service will be improved in the months ahead. After explaining that the pandemic has hurt capacity in the service, a spokesperson told us:
The pandemic also delayed a planned service improvement to the Northern, which would have been in place during the first quarter of 2020. This included the implementation of a new clinical IT system and website. It is anticipated these changes will be in place by the end of the year.
In addition, provision of at-home testing kits will be moved to a new laboratory service, freeing up capacity within MFT [the trust] labs and releasing staff who will be able to take on clinical roles rather than testing. The aim is also to increase the number of tests made available each day and aspire to having an uncapped capacity.
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The suspect who reportedly killed the goat and attempted to sell it at a nearby abattoir was caught and paraded with the dead goat and made to pay N5,000 in compensation to the owner.
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An investigation revealed that the victim, from Cross River State, lost his first wife sometimes ago and thereafter got hooked to the latest one who, he claimed, her uncaring behaviour made him to drink a poisonous substance called Otapiapia, Daily Trust reports.
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Both Nwakali and Iheanacho were signed by City after the 2013 FIFA U17 World Cup in Abu Dhabi, which Nigeria won in style.
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Ms Veneruso and her husband Enzo were delighted with their new born baby boy, who weighed 7lb 7oz (3.7 kg) and they named him Elia Francesco.
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Without any doubt, there is sure resemblance and we sure know it is not one of those Basketmouthic jokes...
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Azerbaijan side Shahdagh Qusar FK thought they had signed 23-year-old Victor Emenayo this summer but after playing his debut, the club have accused him of lying and holding a fake passport.
Victor Emenayo claims he hasn't lied about his age and is 23-years-old. His club believe his passport may be fake.
Sex starved Kenyan man ejaculates on a Lady in a commercial bus
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Pro. Iliya Dongs of the Dobast Management Consultants Limited, who disclosed this while speaking during the programme, said the participants will be train in five different trades namely tailoring, fashion design, lumbering, Plaster of Paris (POP) and solar power installations.
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Babangida, who served as the personal assistant to former Super Eagles Coach, Sunday Oliseh, said Rorh may add little or nothing to the team because his coming was rather too close to the qualifiers.
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The West African Examination Council (WAEC) says it has introduced e-marker in the assessment of theoretical questions. With this development marking of this set of questions will no longer be manual, but will be done electronically.
The project, outfit says is scheduled, to begin with, the ongoing November/December West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
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Controversial Spiritual leader and pro-Biafra activist, Prophet Anthony Nwoko, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of allegedly fuelling the agitation for the actualisation of the Biafran republic indirectly through his anti-Igbo polices and utterances.
Nwoko also took a swipe at fiery Catholic priest, Rev. Fr Ejike Mbaka, for playing politics with his priestly works and asked him to relocate to Buhari's home state Katsina, so that he would have enough time to engage in "false prophecies" for the president.
Leo Messi out for three weeks with groin strain
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The 29-year-old was replaced by Arda Turan just before the hour-mark of his side's 1-1 draw with Atletico Madrid at Camp Nou on Wednesday.
The Argentina star had pulled up in discomfort after tangling with Atletico defender Diego Godin and was taken off by Luis Enrique as a precaution having initially attempted to play on.
Aliko Dangote plans Arsenal takeover in coming years
Africa's richest man is planning Arsenal takeover within "three to four years".
Aliko Dangote, a businessman from Nigeria who is reportedly worth $10.9billion, stated last year that he was prepared to pay any sum to take ownership of the Premier League club away from Stan Kroenke.
Dangote, a lifelong Arsenal fan whose fortune is largely tied up in Lagos-based Dangote Cement Plc, is reported to have lost $4.4bn this year due largely to the depreciation of Nigeria's currency.
Real Madrid's James Rodriguez blasts officials after Villarreal draw
James Rodriguez accused the officials of being too lenient towards Villarreal as they held Real Madrid to a 1-1 draw at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday.
Madrid was chasing a 17th consecutive win in LaLiga, which would have been a record in the competition, but was forced to settle for a point as Sergio Ramos cancelled out Bruno Soriano's first-half penalty.
Zinedine Zidane's side saw appeals for a penalty waved away as they piled on the pressure in the second half, with Ramos and Karim Benzema both aggrieved not to have seen decisions go in their favour.
Andres Iniesta doesn't know if FC Barcelona will extend his contract
Midfield maestro, Andres Iniesta has admitted he does not know whether Barcelona will allow him to retire at Camp Nou.
The attacking midfielder has a contract with the Catalans until June 2018 and he is keen to sign a renewal as he aims to remain at Barcelona until the end of his career.
Tompolo says Buhari plans to arrest Goodluck Jonathan
Former Niger Delta militant, Government "Tompolo" Ekpemupolo has said that the Federal Government is planning to arrest the former president, Goodluck Jonathan.
Tompolo said further, during an interview with Sahara Reporters, that the FG is trying to use him to get through to Jonathan.
Popular US Rapper dies in Car Crash, Leaves 11 Children From 10 Women Behind
Rapper Shawty Lo has died after a fiery car crash in Atlanta. The 40-year-old rapper was ejected from his car when he hit two trees after leaving a strip club in Atlanta early on Wednesday morning, his brother announced.
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A man goes completely naked in front of his debtor's house in an attempt to collect his money. In the footage shared online by Banke Adetoro, the man can be heard telling his debtor's security guard to tell his employer to give him his money or else he will see madness.
Edo Guber: Nigeria Army To Deploy Drones During Polls
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The Commander of 4 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Brigadier-General Raji Benbela, who spoke to journalists in Benin during operation show of force staged by a combined team of security agencies in the state, said the deployment of the drones will support the aerial view of strategic locations across the state and also help to check activities of hoodlums.
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According to a social media user who shared the photos, 'Made in Nigeria' rice has hit the Nigerian market and it is expectedly selling at lower prices compared to the imported ones.
The poster also shared the caption below:
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Dame Patience had claimed that she owns some millions of dollars the EFCC froze, as part of investigations into an alleged fraud. Several bodies had called for her arrest if she could't explain how she came about the money she's laying claim to.
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Former Governor of Adamawa State, James Ngilari, has been charged and remanded in custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The detention was ordered on Tuesday in a ruling by Justice Nathan Musa at a High Court in Yola, the state's capital in northeast Nigeria.
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Officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Ondo State have intercepted a vehicle conveying over 3,000 kilogrammes of cannabis sativa, otherwise known as Indian hemp along Akure-Owo Highway.
The State Commander of the Agency, Mohammed Sokoto, hinted reporters on Wednesday of the seizure in Akure, the state's capital while parading the driver and the illicit substance.
Buhari invites U.N to mediate swap deal of captured Boko Haram Members for Chibok Girls
The President, Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria would welcome intermediaries from the United Nations as a show of commitment, to swapping the abducted Chibok girls with Boko Haram fighters in custody.
President Buhari told the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 71st UN General Assembly in New York.
In a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adeshina, "The challenge is in getting credible and bona fide leadership of Boko Haram to discuss with," the President said.
Flavour and friend show off build shirtless bodies
The body they both got, though ...
WTH! Mum locks her frightened toddler alone in car then go clubbing
A shocking picture shows a hysterical toddler screaming for help after being left in a locked car while his mother went clubbing with her work colleagues.
A dramatic confrontation erupted between the party animal parent, 25, and a group of concerned bystanders who called the police.
What Lady Gaga spotted wearing on the street will SHOCK You ... (See Photos)
Lady Gaga has always been known for wearing the unimaginable. On Tuesday, the pop star stepped out in semi-sheer silver shorts - which she wore without underwear while out in New York City.
Actress Lupita Nyong'o is an epitome of beauty in lilac gown & head scarf (Photos)
Award winning Actress Lupita Nyong'o glow at the red carpet for the Los Angeles premiere of Queen of Katwe on Tuesday in Lilac gown and head scarf.
Caught up with her on the red carpet is co-star David Oyelowo, who looked dapper in a shiny maroon suit.
Tiwa Savage talks her deal with Roc Nation as she graces the covers Vibe magazine (Photos)
Tiwa Savage covers vibe magazine and during her interview, she opened up on her music and being signed to Roc Nation.
"I know a lot of artists have gotten international deals, but for me the genuine passion for Africa was just there and it started with me and Bee-High and just him taking time to come to Nigeria several times. That speaks volumes,"
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Tennis Superstar, Serena Williams set eyes rolling as she rock an unzipped jacket which left her major cleavages on display. She took the plunge as she sat beside Vogue editor, Anna Wintour at the Gucci SS17 show at Milan Fashion Week on Wednesday afternoon.
Oh my Serena seems to be plying the line of a "good girl gone bad" ... Lets hope it is just fashion!
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A disabled woman has shamed fellow train passengers who she claims forced her to stand in agony after refusing to move from her reserved seats. Cat Lee, shared a picture of two men on Facebook.
The 43-year-old suffered nerve damage during an operation which has left her with crippling groin pain and unable to work.She said she explained her disabilities to the men and that she had reserved the seats for her and a friend but they still refused to move.
She wrote on Facebook:
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Wendy Williams on her show weighed in on Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's split and she seems okay with the split citing how Angelina Jolie met Brad Pitt.
Speaking on her show on Wednesday, Wendy said:
Suspected killers of Catholic priest says His death was destined (Photo)
The police yesterday paraded four suspected killers of Rev. John Adeyi, the parish priest of St. Bernard's Parish, Okpoga, Benue State after collecting N1.7 million ransom from the family .
The suspects are Suleiman Gina, 30 (leader), Saidu Abdullahi, 28 (deputy leader), Aliyu Garba, 26 and Haruna Idi, 27.Abdullahi confessed to having fired the shot.
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The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 20-year-old suspect, Bassey Johnson, for allegedly raping a four-year-old girl in the Idimu area of the state.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the school-leaver, who is also learning a trade, allegedly raped the girl, Fatima (pseudonym), when she and her elder brother went to watch a television in the suspect's apartment.
The victim's family and the suspect were said to be neighbours in the area.
Pls Help! "Is it Normal for My husband to demands for sex everyday?"
A married woman is struggling to maintain her marriage in regards to her husband's high appetite for sex.
The woman claims her husband asks for sex daily, and gets insulted if she fails to give in.
"I have been married for several years now. However, I have some problems for which I need advice. My husband wants and demands for sex every day."
Ladies, this Nigeria guy says you can't buy an iPhone for yourself
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Man bags 100 Years sentence for drowning 3-Year-Old Stepdaughter in Pool
A man who was caught on camera throwing his three-year-old stepdaughter into a swimming pool before leaving her to drown has been jailed for 100 years.
Harrowing CCTV footage shows the killer, identified only as Jose David N., repeatedly tossing the child into the water.
The little girl who could not swim is seen struggling to stay afloat as her stepfather stands by and watches. Other bathers as shown hastily exiting the pool, leaving the man to condemn the tot to a horrific death.
Kendall Jenner focusing on her relationship with Rapper A$AP after growing tired of Harry Styles
KUWTK Star and Model, Kendall Jenner, 20, has been romantically linked to One Direction singer Harry Styles, 23, but reports says she is growing "tired" of getting "caught up in the drama" that comes along with dating him. As a result, Kendall is now focused on her budding relationship with the 27-year-old rap star, A$AP Rocky, according to UsWeekly.
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Secundino Hernández, Madrid studio, 2017. Courtesy of the artist and Victoria Miro. © Secundino Hernández. Photo: Thierry Bal.
Secundino Hernández
Victoria Miro, UK
April 1–May 6, 2017
16 Wharf Road
London N1 7RW
Victoria Miro Mayfair
London W1S 1FE
www.victoria-miro.com
Secundino Hernández's second solo exhibition at Victoria Miro takes place across gallery locations at Wharf Road and Mayfair and features works made especially for the galleries, including large-scale abstract paintings and a new series of figurative works.
Meaning "step," the exhibition title, Paso, refers to a series of movements through abstraction and figuration. At Wharf Road, Hernández will show abstract paintings that continue his investigation into gesture and form while extending the innovative techniques of accumulation and removal for which he has become widely known. Dramatic contrasts of colour and scale inform displays in the ground and first floor galleries. In the ground floor gallery, a series of large-scale gestural canvases based around the primary colours, red, yellow and blue, find their apparent opposite in a monochrome "palette" work. In contrast, the first floor gallery features ostensibly monochrome paintings, energised through linear dynamism and derived in part from a process of removing paint with a pressure washer. Almost archaeological in nature, this method involves the artist erasing pigment to expose the canvas beneath. The resulting "wash" paintings have a dramatic, exploratory quality and openly display the triumphs and struggles of the artist's practice. Discussing the tension between calculation and spontaneity in these works, Hernández says: "When the works succeed I don't see geometric shapes any more. I see a dance between pictorial languages and a balance between something which is very much under control and something else which is accidental." They find their opposite in a monumental, richly coloured painting, the largest example of a Hernández "palette" work to date. Created through a highly visceral accumulation of pigment, the palette works, which the artist refers to as being "like a diary of everyday life in the studio," are like extended versions of the functional artist's palette, expanded in scale and through the duration of their making.
In a new body of works on display at Victoria Miro Mayfair, figurative forms are conjured from a dynamic interplay of lines and marks. Hernández thinks of these works as "invented portraits"—modelled not on specific individuals but analytical of techniques, such as chiaroscuro, used to delineate and describe a figure in space. For the artist, the process of "making and unmaking" these works speaks metaphorically of how identity is forged through time: "We are all constructed from these broken moments. We continue, we fall, and we continue again." Together, the works in the exhibition reveal an extended consideration of process and image, and the expanded scope of the artist's pictorial language.
Born in 1975 in Madrid, where he currently lives and works, Hernández has held recent solo exhibitions at institutions including the Yuz Museum, Shanghai (2015) and Maison Louis Carré, Bazoches-sur-Guyonne, France (2014). His work is in numerous institutional and private collections including National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK; Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand; The Rubell Family Collection, Miami, USA; Museo Municipal de Madrid, Spain; Kunstdepot Göschenen, Switzerland; and the Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada.
An accompanying catalogue, published by Victoria Miro, will include an essay by Oliver Basciano and a conversation between the artist and Martin Coomer.
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How a Painter Became a Product Designer after Flatiron School
Flatiron School
A classically trained painter, Jessica Roderick's art career came to a halt when the pandemic struck in 2020. When she discovered product design, Jessica realized she could pivot her art career into a creative tech career. At Flatiron School's online Product Design bootcamp, Jessica dedicated herself to learning today's top design tools and processes from instructors with years of industry experience. Now Jessica is a Product Designer at Tibles and a Branding & Identity Designer at Knowcap, and she has no regrets about enrolling in the Product Design bootcamp. Read on for tips to find a design job in 2022 – as Jessica says, "It's a full-time job to find a job!"
What inspired you to pivot your career from art to product design?
Art was always a big part of my life. Growing up in the Boston area, I loved going to the art museums and admiring the paintings of the Old Masters. As an undergrad, I attended Simmons College and studied Biopsychology, thinking I would go into the medical field and that it would be a more financially realistic career. But I continued taking art classes during and after college, and eventually decided to pursue it full-time as an Artist. My teachers recommended I go to Florence if I wanted to seriously pursue classical art training, so I did! I moved to Italy and attended The Florence Academy of Art. I lived there for four years, studying and teaching classical painting and drawing techniques.. When I returned to the U.S., I was working as a Portrait Painter and also as a Scenic Artist for Adirondack Studios, painting the attractions at Disney and Universal Studios. But when the pandemic hit in 2020, my scenic art career halted, and although I had my own art business, I was feeling stuck.
During that time, my best friend from college was planning on making a career pivot into software engineering and was applying to Flatiron School. I saw how happy and passionate she was about pursuing a career in tech, plus she told me of other relatives who had made the lucrative transition into tech — my interest was piqued!
I started looking into Flatiron School, not knowing anything about tech. I knew nothing about coding, so I started reading about Product Design and I knew without a doubt I was interested. Product design offers creativity, visual design, and research, which is something I love to do!
What convinced you to enroll at Flatiron School?
I only looked at Flatiron School because of personal rave reviews from my best friend and her family, who had great careers from taking the bootcamp! I trust the people that I was getting the recommendations from, and right away the people at Flatiron School were kindred spirits. It just felt like the right place to be.
Flatiron School also offered me the Women Take Tech Scholarship!
What was the bootcamp application process like for you as a complete beginner to Product Design?
I was in the first cohort of the new Product Design program. Once accepted, there was pre-work to prepare for the course, which got me used to Figma and some of the other tools we'd be using in the bootcamp.
What was a typical day like in the Product Design bootcamp?
The first thing my instructor said was, "What you put into this program, you will get from it." I took that to heart and I took my availability of time to really dive in.
A typical day was like a regular 9-5 work day. It was all project-work, so much of the effort and time was on improving projects. I was in class at 9am, but I kept working after 5pm most every day and over the weekends. I took time outside of class to watch YouTube videos to dive deeper into concepts I needed more time with.
What did you learn in the Product Design bootcamp curriculum?
Besides learning how to master the art of Figma, we worked on the continuous development of products starting from a place of research, ideation, wireframing, prototyping and constantly iterating on our product with user testing. We went through that process repeatedly and gave each other feedback on a regular basis. The repetition and thoroughness of each step is something I'm so grateful for now as a product designer.
What kinds of projects did you work on in the bootcamp?
For my program, we did a lot of individual projects, and we worked on them from start to finish. We met up with our classmates all the time to give each other feedback, which was very important. During our classes and workshop-time, we worked mostly collaboratively.
Did your bootcamp instructors have UX design experience?
Yes! Our main cohort instructor was a product designer for many years and all of our lecturers were also experienced product designers. Everybody had that invaluable real world experience.
Since you were in the online bootcamp, what was the community like at Flatiron School?
I was surprised by the real, intimate, active, responsive, and welcoming community at Flatiron School. Since I'm still on the Slack channel, I get notifications for meditation classes, show-and-tell, and meetups. Our cohort had 12-15 people, some of who I am still friends with today!
Was the rest of your cohort mostly career changers?
Most everyone was making a career change. There were some younger people, too— some had just graduated high school and a couple of students were just out of college. But most of the students were transitioning out of a lot of other career fields.
How did Flatiron School prepare you for the tech job hunt?
The career services team at Flatiron School were amazing! I love my career coach, Rick Dobbis. After graduation, my career coach was there to get me into a routine of job searching, which is such a big process, emotionally and mentally. I was grateful to have that solid support system from him as my guide.
What kinds of tech roles did you feel comfortable applying to after the bootcamp?
I felt so confident in my abilities after the Product Design program at Flatiron School that I felt comfortable applying for any design-related role, whether it was product design, UX design, or UI design.
How long did it take you to land your first design job?
We graduated in January and I began working freelance for a friend's online business coaching company, designing an app to help her increase her clientele. In April, I was hired part-time by KnowCap Interactive as a Brand Designer, creating the branding and UI Design for startups from overlooked communities. During this time, I was also applying to many jobs and interviewing every week for Product Designer roles. It's a full-time job to find a job! In June, I finally landed a full-time Product Design position at Tibles.
You work as a Product Designer at Tibles and a Branding & Identity Designer at KnowCap! What kinds of companies are Tibles and KnowCap? Are they startups?
KnowCap helps startups from underprivileged and overlooked communities grow and succeed. At KnowCap, we get paid in equity and we are only allowed to work ten hours per week. Although I love KnowCap, it was necessary for me to find a full-time position and also a UX/UI Product Designer role. Tibles is a startup that creates fun and engaging experiences for digital collectors.
How did you land these jobs after bootcamp?
Since branding is a huge part of every product, we covered brand design in each of our projects at Flatiron School. I started applying for brand design jobs along with the others because it was something that I wanted to do, and this led me to the brand designer position at KnowCap.
Since graduating from the bootcamp, I've been helping create brands for some amazing startups, and I think that's what helped me land the position at Tibles.
Were either of these companies interested in your Flatiron School bootcamp experience?
I learned about Tibles through Flatiron School's Career Services. Tibles actually reached out to Flatiron School to let them know they were actively looking for Flatiron School grads! Tibles knows that Flatiron School students are quality designers when they graduate from the program, so they specifically seek them out.
Did you feel prepared for the interview at Tibles?
I had gone through so many interviews since I graduated from the bootcamp, so by the time I got to Tibles I felt pretty comfortable in the interview. Interviewing for months gave me a lot of experience!
What is your advice to other product design graduates on the job hunt now?
If you can, put all of your energy into finding a job. Apply to as many jobs as you can, go on as many interviews, even if it's not a job that you're interested in or doesn't even seem like it could be something that you're going to get, just go and do it anyway! It will help you gain confidence, and get you more comfortable with talking and being able to talk about your strengths. I knew that how hard I worked (just like with the bootcamp, putting 200% into it) would be what I got in return. I feel like I got that out of the program and the job hunting process.
What kinds of projects are you working on at Tibles?
We create awesome digital environments for digital collectors, where people can buy, trade, and have a place to display and collect their digital collectibles. Currently, we have launched Seussibles!, an officially licensed Dr. Seuss NFT collecting experience.
Are you using what you learned at Flatiron School on the job?
Oh yes! I am so grateful to have the UX/ UI Design skills that I learned from Flatiron. In my job, we do have a very collaborative team of around 30, and all departments work together on a daily basis. I have such a strong foundation because of everything I learned at Flatiron School and it helps me everyday as a designer.
Looking back on this experience, was enrolling at Flatiron School worth it for you?
Absolutely. I'm so happy I did! It was totally unexpected to be suddenly working in the tech field — someone who was literally out painting on my wooden easel! To be doing this is so crazy, but I am so grateful for Flatiron School. With a lot of hard work, it was the perfect learning environment.
How are you using your previous art experience now in your role as a Product Designer?
I am using my previous art experience in every way. I've taken away so much from my art background and use it especially in my role at Tibles. The whole process of art training was to train my eye and my brain to see color, value, and proportions in a natural way. It became a part of who I am. When I'm working on my designs, I slip back into the same zone as when I'm working on a painting. It becomes a natural process when I'm in that momentum, working with color, typography, designing patterns and creating exciting and impactful visual experiences.
Find out more and read Flatiron School reviews on Course Report. This article was produced by the Course Report team in partnership with Flatiron School.


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Q: Subclasses of UISearchBar and UISearchController breaks VoiceOver In my app I have a UIViewController that lets users search in a server database. (It's not filtering an existing list.) Results are displayed in a UITableView, which is the searchResultsController of the custom UISearchController.
We need a different behaviour of the 'Cancel' button so we created subclasses of UISearchController and UISearchBar.
My issue is: VoiceOver doesn't see the UITableView that display results. Instead of selecting the header, then the first row and so on, it selects the whole area and reads something about closing the view. (There's no 'Close' button). It seems like the UITableView showing the results is hidden. Here's the view hierarchy when the searchResultsController is presented.

If I initiate the searchController with the default class, I get the correct behaviour (for VoiceOver, not for the 'Cancel' button).
The documentation doesn't say anything specific about subclassing.
Any hint?
Here's the code when we initialize them:
    //Showing results
self.resultsTableController = [[UITableViewController alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewStylePlain];
self.resultsTableController.tableView.delegate = self;
self.resultsTableController.tableView.dataSource = self;
self.resultsTableController.tableView.keyboardDismissMode = UIScrollViewKeyboardDismissModeOnDrag;

// Configuring searchController
self.searchController = [[RedactedNameSearchController alloc] initWithSearchResultsController:self.resultsTableController];
// When initialized with UISearchController, it works:
//  self.searchController = [[UISearchController alloc] initWithSearchResultsController:self.resultsTableController];
[self.searchController.searchBar sizeToFit];
self.searchController.searchBar.delegate = self;
self.searchController.hidesNavigationBarDuringPresentation = NO;
self.searchController.dimsBackgroundDuringPresentation = NO;
self.searchController.delegate = self;
self.searchController.searchBar.delegate = self ;

UISearchController subclass code:
@interface MySearchController () {
    UISearchBar *searchBar;
}
@end

@implementation MySearchController

- (UISearchBar *)searchBar
{
    if (searchBar == nil) {
        searchBar = [[MySearchBar alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero];
        searchBar.autocapitalizationType = UITextAutocapitalizationTypeAllCharacters;
        searchBar.autocorrectionType = UITextAutocorrectionTypeNo;
    }
    return searchBar;
}
@end

`UISearchBar is implemented like so:
@implementation MySearchBar

-(void)setShowsCancelButton:(BOOL)showsCancelButton {
}

-(void)setShowsCancelButton:(BOOL)showsCancelButton animated:(BOOL)animated {
}

@end

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Ok, so while the Ranbir-Deepika pyar ka insecure kissa gains momentum on one end, there's another ajab kahani at the other.
It, of course, has everything to do with Katrina Kaif and Salman Khan's ishq-vishq. They are so used to reading about their break-up stories, that every time such a tale is out in print they hurriedly make an appearance together! Coincidence? Anyway, our dear Katrina is always asked questions about beau Khan's fading career... unfortunately Sallu's last few films haven't done too well at the box office, na?... all this, while his lady Kaif is riding a high horse! But KK has been sweet enough to maintain rather sternly, "No matter how well or badly Salman's films do, he'll always be a superstar. There's just no taking away from that fact; he'll always be iconic..." Now in matters that concern the heart, it's not too easy to say dil pe mat le yaar!


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Ash wetland photo by Lalo de Almeida for Folha is a finalist for a world award – 03/10/2021 – Environment
Images captured by photographer Folha Lalo de Almeida during the fires that devastated the Pantanal in 2020 are among the finalists in the Environment category of World Press Photo, the world's most prestigious photojournalism award, announced on Wednesday (10) .
The sequence of photographs of Lalo, who over the months has covered the fires in the region alongside journalist Fabiano Maisonnave, is gaining momentum mainly thanks to the recording of a kneeling and charred howler.
The resemblance to the human figure and the difficulty in distinguishing the difference between the animal's body and the destroyed surrounding landscape are other striking elements of the photo.
Since 2019, when World Press Photo began promoting the finalists with Photo of the Year before announcing the category winner, the award offers a broader picture of what happened the previous year. and gives clues as to how the jury of each edition arrived at the final result.
Until then, the Dutch foundation only revealed the chosen photograph, monopolizing the attention on a specific subject, almost always related to conflicts.
Yet in the last ten years there have been two significant exceptions: the choice of images by Danish Mads Nissen, a gay couple in Russia in an intimate moment, in 2015, and American John Stanmeyer, a year older. early on, by African immigrants with outstretched arms to get a signal on their cell phones.
In addition to the unusual themes for the category winners, the images stood out for not showing electrifying moments. This tonic, a fundamental hallmark of photojournalism, should continue to gain strength in World Press Photo, but this year's finalists point a different way.
Among the six nominees, there is an image of the conflict – the dispute between the Azeris and the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh -, another of the obligatory theme of 2020 – the coronavirus pandemic – and, finally, the toll of the tragedy of Beirut, where an explosion in the port area of the Lebanese capital killed hundreds.
The second half of the finalists change the key. In addition to an image that addresses racial issues – the removal of a statue in Washington – and one that deals with transgender people, World Press Photo has selected an environmental record for the main category of the award for the second time.
The first time, in 2019, the chosen image represented a member of an anti-hunting group for the preservation of nature in Zimbabwe. However, the image of a woman with a gun in her hand and a military uniform was more about women's empowerment than the environment. The photograph by Spaniard Luis Tato shows a man trying to scare away the grasshoppers ravaging the grasslands of Kenya.
Interestingly, it is photography that among the 2021 finalists represents the series of immediate impact images, easily found in magazines such as National Geographic.
Everyone else, however, is quieter.
The Spaniard's photo is also stunning as the episode depicted was not a major issue last year. Although linked to climate change, the locust problem has not even occupied the space that the fires in the Pantanal, captured by Lalo, have not occupied in the news.
This is the second time that the professional has been among the nominees for the award. In 2017, he placed second in the contemporary affairs category with a series on families affected by the Zika virus.
Although Lalo is the only Brazilian in this year's edition, Brazil is present in the main category. Mads Nissen, Danish winner of the World Press Photo for the portrait of the gay couple in 2015, photographed the Covid-19 crisis in the country.
The image, like so many we've seen last year, shows an elderly woman's first hug in five months. Rosa Luzia Lunardi, 85, appears on her back in São Paulo, hugging a nurse and wrapped in plastic that ends up taking on a shape similar to angel wings.
Like two other finalists – the photo of an injured person in the explosion in Lebanon, recorded by Lorenzo Tugnoli, and that of an Armenian family affected by the war with Azerbaijan, by Valery Melnikov – the photo of Nissen is more dedicated at the last moment of a crisis than the crisis itself.
World Press Photo's choices can show the way: When immediacy is the norm, dedication to unfolding great stories provides a deeper understanding of the facts.
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A Squash recipe that's sweet, succulent & full of nutrients!
Once you taste the medley of flavor from the squash mixed with the lemon and garlic, you won't want to share! With optional pistachios and goat cheese to enhance this recipe, you'll never be at a loss for an impressive dish to serve your guests!
Slice kabocha squash by cutting off the top and bottom first to create a flat surface on each side.
Then cut in half and scoops out the seeds.
Then trim each half into ½ inch slices.
Place squash on baking sheet.
Pour 2 tbsp olive oil over the squash and use your hands to turn the squash and ensure all pieces are fully coated in oil.
Cook for 30 minutes or until lightly browned.
For the lemon vinaigrette, add apple cider vinegar, extra virgin olive oil, lemon juice, minced garlic, dijon mustard, salt and pepper.
Pour it in a small bowl and set aside.
In a medium skillet, season chicken breasts with salt and pepper and place in skillet to cook, about 3-4 minutes on each side until the juices in the center run clear and there is no visible pink.
Cut the chicken into stripes.
While squash is roasting, wash kale thoroughly, trim leaves and discard ribs.
Take a tbsp of olive oil and massage it into the kale leaves with your fingers.
In a large bowl, add kale, sliced chicken breasts, squash, and red cabbage.
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Sprinkle with a hint of red onion for extra flavor.
Kabocha Squash, or the "Japanese Pumpkin", is low in calories but amazingly high in essential nutrients.
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The oxidative stress to your skin can be reduced by eating more vegetables like Kabocha squash, that are high in antioxidants such as beta-carotene.


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Bosses '˜should face £1bn fine' if they don't honour pension pots
BUSINESSMEN like Sir Philip Green should face 'nuclear deterrent' punitive fines for avoiding pension responsibilities to avoid a BHS-style 'disaster' happening again, an influential group of MPs has said.
Wednesday, 21st December 2016, 12:00 am
Updated Thursday, 29th December 2016, 3:20 pm
Sir Philip Green
The Commons Work and Pensions Committee said stronger regulatory powers would give Sir Philip a far stronger incentive to make good on his promise to "sort" the £571 million BHS pension fund black hole.
The controversial tycoon is thought to have offered £250m to help plug the deficit, £100m less than the Pensions Regulator demanded.
But the MPs said the regulator should have the power to threaten Sir Philip with a fine of up to £1bn unless he paid his contribution.
The power would act as such a strong deterrent to avoiding responsibilities that it would never have to be used in practice, the committee's report on defined benefit pension schemes said.
Labour MP and committee chair Frank Field said: "It is difficult to imagine the Pensions Regulator would still be having to negotiate with Sir Philip Green if he had been facing a bill of £1bn, rather than £350m. He would have sorted the pension scheme long ago."
Mr Field added: "To prevent another BHS we need to have the means to nip inevitable disasters like this one in the bud.
"It will sadly be of no comfort to the 20,000 BHS pensioners facing cuts to their promised pensions, but had just some of these measures been in place they might never have ended up in that situation."
The cross-party committee made a number of other recommendations for the regulation of pension schemes, insisting responsible employers had "nothing to fear" from the proposals.
The MPs said regulatory intervention was often "clunky" and concentrated on stages when a company pension scheme had already collapsed.
The Institute of Directors backed the report and said what happened to BHS pensioners was an "outrage".
Its director general Simon Walker said: "This timely report proposes a number of measures which must be closely considered in light of the flaws in the system exposed by the collapse of BHS.
"The committee is right to say that responsible businesses - which is to say, the vast majority - have nothing to fear from potential changes that will only increase the quality of governance in some of our best-known firms.
"Ensuring that the regulator is a more active player in the period before schemes collapse, rather than offering post-mortem analysis, must be a priority."
Lady Barbara Judge, chairman of the Institute of Directors and former chairman of the Pension Protection Fund, added: "What happened to the BHS pensioners was an outrage and the committee is right to look at significant changes to the regulatory landscape.
"The Pensions Regulator needs more power to protect pensioners during the early stages of takeovers in order to avoid similar cases to BHS being repeated."
The Department for Work and Pensions said most employers were managing their pension schemes responsibly, but added that "a few recent examples" had "raised some important questions".
Lesley Titcomb, chief executive of the Pensions Regulator, welcomed the report, which, she said, recognised the importance of "robust and proportionate regulation" for workplace pension schemes.