It's Essential is an all natural weight loss energy bar with whole ingredients. A "feel good" bar that keeps you feeling full and gives you energy for a long period of time. It's Essential will help you go from meal to meal without the overeating! There right nutrition to help your body put itself back in balance so that it can release any extra weight naturally.
Fiber to keep your blood sugar level when trying to lose or maintain weight.


These are photographs of Czech girls who are profesional models. This is the moment when they wake up and they do not have any make-up on. They are not prepared by a stylist in these pictures and they are wearing their own pajamas. They are photographed in typical places where they spend their mornings. I wanted them to look as natural as possible.
Without any stylization they look like ordinary girls.
Martina Gajdacova is a Czech photographer.


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Captain Captain Lavin, MSN, APRN, BC
Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness, US Public Health Service, US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C.
Michael B. Harrington, PhD
The MITRE Corporation, McLean, Virginia. Ashira Lavine, MA, US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C.
Elisabeth Agbor-tabi, RN, MPH
US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C.
Nurit Erger, MPH
The MITRE Corporation, McLean, Virginia.
Government health sites
Home > Vol 1, No 1 (2006) > Lavin, MSN, APRN, BC
Critical infrastructure protection: Why physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals need to be involved
Captain Captain Lavin, MSN, APRN, BC, Michael B. Harrington, PhD, Elisabeth Agbor-tabi, RN, MPH, Nurit Erger, MPH
What is present in nearly every US community, performs myriad services from the routine to the life saving on a daily basis, responds to every disaster, and functions 24 hours a day every day of the year? The answer, of course, is the nation's $1.8 trillion public health and healthcare system. Protection of this system's vast infrastructure has assumed increasing urgency since September 11, and there are at least two reasons for this. The first is that this sector must respond to every conceivable event involving risks to human life, including those traditionally within the purview of public health, so its ability to respond to these events must be preserved. The second is that elements of the sector itself face increasing threats to facilities, information systems, and workforces. These reasons alone warrant greater emphasis on protective programs than may have seemed necessary in the past, and the public health and healthcare sector should recognize that it must now understand critical infrastructure protection as well as it does healthcare management.
public health, healthcare, critical infrastructure, key resource, sector-specific
The White House: The National Strategy for the Physical Protection of Critical Infrastructures and Key Assets (2003). White House/Office of the President Web site. Available at www.whitehouse. gov/pcipb/physical.html. Accessed May 1, 2006.
US Congress (2002): H.R. 5005 Homeland Security Act of 2002. White House/Office of the President Web site. Available at www. whitehouse.gov/deptofhomeland/bill/. Accessed November 8, 2006.
Baker EL, Koplan JP: Professionalizing the public health workforce: The case for certification. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2002; 7(4): 46-49.
Cioffi JP, Lichtveld MY, Tilson H: A research agenda for public health workforce development. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2004; 9(6): 451-458.
Public Health Functions Steering Committee: Public Health in America, Fall 1994. Available at www.health.gov/phfunctions/ public.htm. Accessed May 1, 2006.
Frist B: Public health and national security: The critical role of increased federal support. Health Aff. 2002; 21(6): 117-130.
Office of George W. Bush: Homeland Security Presidential Directive HSPD-7: Critical infrastructure identification, prioritization, and protection. White House/Office of the President Web site. Available at www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/12/2003 1217-5.html. Accessed May 1, 2006.
Department of Homeland Security: Homeland Security Act of 2002. Department of Homeland Security Web site. Available at www.dhs. gov/xlibrary/assets/hr_5005_enr.pdf. Accessed May 1, 2006.
Homeland Security Council: Planning Scenarios: Executive Summaries—Created for Use in National, Federal, State, and Local Homeland Security Preparedness Activities (Version 2.0). Available at cryptome.org/15-attacks.htm. Accessed September 1, 2006.
Department of Homeland Security: National Infrastructure Protection Plan 2006. Available at www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/ assets/NIPP_Plan.pdf. Accessed September 1, 2006.
US Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration: The Public Health Work Force: Enumeration 2000. Available at ftp://ftp.hrsa.gov//bhpr/ nationalcenter/phworkforce2000.pdf. Accessed May 1, 2006.
US Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration: Preliminary Findings: 2004 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses. Health Resources and Services Administration Web site. Available at bhpr.hrsa.gov/healthworkforce/reports/rnpopulation/preliminary findings.htm. Accessed May 1, 2006.
US Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration: Physician Supply and Demand: Projections to 2020. Health Resources and Services Administration Web site. Available at bhpr.hrsa.gov/healthwork force/reports/physiciansupplydemand/currentphysicianwork force.htm. Accessed November 7, 2006.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: OSCAR: Online Survey and Certification Reporting System [electronic database]. Baltimore, MD: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 2002. Accessed May 10, 2006.
General Accounting Office: Emerging Infectious Diseases: Consensus on Needed Laboratory Capacity Could Strengthen Surveillance. Testimony before the Subcommittee on Public Health, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, US Senate, February 1999. Document No. GAO/HEHS-99-26. Available at www.gao.gov/archive/1999/he99062t.pdf. Accessed May 1, 2006.
US Department of Defense: Data on DoD facilities. US Department of Defense Web site. Available at www.defenselink.mil. Air Force Medical Facilities information available at: www.airforcemedicine. afms.mil/medicalfacilities.html. Army Medical Facilities information available at: http://home.pcisys.net/~pwebber/ milhosp1.htm. Navy Medical Facilities information available at: http://www.cnrc.navy.mil/richmond/naval_medical_facilities.htm. Accessed May 1, 2006.
Veterans Health Administration: Data on veterans' facilities. US Department of Veterans Affairs Web site. Available at www1.va.gov/directory/guide/division_flsh.asp?dnum=1. Accessed May 1, 2006.
American Hospital Association. AHA hospital statistics. Available at http://www.ahadata.com/ahadata_app/index.jsp. Accessed May 1, 2006.
America's Health Insurance Plans Association. Health insurance plan links available at: http://www.ahip.org./content/default.aspx? bc=36/55. Accessed May 1, 2006.
National Council for Prescription Drug Programs. Available at http://www.ncpdp.org/main_frame.htm. Accessed May 1, 2006.
Micromedex/Multum: Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Information. Drugs.com Web site. Available at www.drugs.com/ manufacturers. html. Accessed May 1, 2006.
United Network for Organ Sharing: Who We Are: Membership. United Network for Organ Sharing Web site. Available at www.unos.org/whoweare/membership.asp. Accessed May 1, 2006.
US Census Bureau: NAICS definitions (2002). US Census Bureau Web site. Available at www.census.gov/epcd/naics02/def. Accessed May 1, 2006.
US Department of Commerce, US Census Bureau: Ambulatory Health Care Services 2002. Document ECO2-621-01. US Census Bureau Web site. Available at www.census.gov/econ/census02/ guide/INDRPT62.HTM. Accessed October 30, 2006.
Department of Health and Human Services. (2005). Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness: Sector specific plan for the healthcare and public health sector: An element of the national infrastructure protection plan. Available from: HHS, 200 Independence Avenue SW, Washington D.C.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5055/ajdm.2006.0009

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Expansion of receiving locations. The former law limited the transmission of content to classrooms and other similar location. The new law has no such constraint. Educational institutions may now reach students through transmissions over digital networks and distance education at any location.
Storage of transmitted content. The former law often permitted educational institutions to record and retain copies of the distance-education transmission, even if it included copyrighted content owned by others. The new law continues that possibility. The law also explicitly allows retention of the content and student access for a brief period of time, and it permits copying and storage that is incidental or necessary to the technical aspects of digital transmission systems.
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EXCLUSIVE: CMS Administrator Seema Verma Slams Trump's Attacks Against Pence But Says She Won't Resign Early
(Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
Christian Datoc Senior White House Correspondent
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator Seema Verma announced Friday that she will not leave her post early, as other senior Trump administration officials have done in recent days.
Verma, one of the top officials on Trump's White House Coronavirus Task Force, made the announcement on a staff-wide conference call Friday morning, multiple Trump administration officials present on the call told the Daily Caller. All of the officials asked to remain anonymous, as they had not been cleared to discuss the topic publicly. (RELATED: Here Are All The Trump Administration Officials Who Resigned In The Wake Of The Capitol Riot)
"CMS exists to serve the American people, oversee the healthcare system and operate programs that are a lifeline for over 140 million beneficiaries," she stated. "Our work does not and cannot halt in times of anxiety and unrest — just as the current COVID-19 pandemic has vividly demonstrated for almost a year."
Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and US Vice President Mike Pence (R) speak along with members of the coronavirus take force during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, DC on March 2, 2020. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
"For my part, I remain steadfastly committed to the oath I took when I assumed this role, to my responsibility to this agency, to the millions of people it serves, and to seeing our team through an orderly transition of power to the Biden Administration over the next two weeks."
She also addressed the deadly riot carried out Wednesday by Trump supporters on Capitol Hill, saying the loss of life and attacks on democracy left her "heartbroken."
Verma is a close friend of Vice President Mike Pence. The pair worked together on health care issues when Pence was still governor of Indiana. A source close to her told Daily Caller that she was repulsed by the attacks against Pence for refusing to overturn the results of the 2020 election, including those from within the administration and said such rhetoric erodes faith in American democracy.
As the mob swarmed the Capitol on Wednesday, President Donald Trump himself effectively called Pence a coward for following the Constitution and not Trump's personal directives.
"Mike Pence didn't have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify," Trump tweeted at the time. "USA demands the truth!"
Tags : capitol riots donald trump mike pence seema verma
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Pembroke to Dillon
CSX South End subdivision from (Rocky Mount and) Pembroke to Dillon (and Florence)
CSX Charleston subdivision from Florence to Lane (and Savannah)
From Pembroke (MP 241.3), where it crosses the ex-SAL line from Hamlet to Wilmington on the flat, with a northwest-quadrant connector (speed limit 15 mph) permitting access to and from Hamlet Yard for trains from and to the north, the single track, CTC, former ACL, now CSX "A' Line, with speed limit 50 mph on the flat crossing, heading south-southwest, passes signals labeled "CSX Pembroke", a grade crossing, a street alongside to the east, MP 241.4, where full line speeds resume, a grade crossing, a detector at MP 242.4, a bridge over a stream, a road bridge overhead, South Pembroke (MP 243.2), where a line to Chadbourn once headed east-southeast, double track resumes and the passenger speed limit on the west track falls to 70 mph, a lake alongside to the west, dual road bridges overhead, two grade crossings, Intermediate Signals at Elrod (MP 246.3), where extra track on the west side trails in.
Single track starts again and full line speeds resume, at Purvis (MP 248.9), past two grade crossings, a spur on the east side to grain silos trailing in, a grade crossing, Intermediate Signals at North Rowland, a dirt road grade crossing, an old brick depot on the west side at Rowland (MP 252.8), two grade crossings in town, Intermediate Signals at "Stockyard", a spur to industry on the east side, a grade crossing, the state line between North Carolina and South Carolina, the 13,866 ft. west side siding at Hamill (MP 257.2), with a grade crossing, dual road bridges overhead, a grade crossing, a road bridge overhead, and the south facing spur at Dixon (MP 258.4), within the siding, a detector at MP 260.4, three grade crossings in town (Dillon), a spur on the west side heading away, three grade crossings, a brick depot on the west side at the Amtrak stop in Dillon (MP 262.2), a grade crossing, a street alongside to the north, a grade crossing, and a flat crossing at Dillon (MP 262.8) with the former SAL line from Hamlet to (eventually) Charleston, with a connecting track in the southwest quadrant (speed limit 35 mph), permitting access to and from Hamlet Yard, to the west, for trains from and to the south on the A Line.


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package com.meowster.test;

import com.meowster.util.StringUtils;

import java.io.File;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;

/**
 * Superclass to all unit tests.
 *
 * @author Simon Hunt
 */
public abstract class AbstractTest {

    // Assertion Messages
    public static final String AM_HUH = "Huh?";
    public static final String AM_NEQ = "Not equivalent";
    public static final String AM_UXS = "Unexpected size";
    public static final String AM_WRCL = "Wrong class";

    /**
     * Prints the given items to STDOUT.
     *
     * @param items the items to be printed
     */
    public void print(Object... items) {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        for (Object item : items)
            sb.append(item).append(" ");
        StringUtils.printOut(sb);
    }

    /**
     * Prints the given format / items to STDOUT.
     *
     * @param fmt the format string
     * @param items the items to be formatted
     */
    public void print(String fmt, Object... items) {
        StringUtils.printOut(fmt, items);
    }

    /**
     * Prints a title for the test.
     *
     * @param methodName the method name
     */
    public void title(String methodName) {
        print("\n{}()", methodName);
    }

    /**
     * Compares two objects and verifies that they are equal.
     *
     * @param a object a
     * @param b object b
     */
    public void verifyEquals(Object a, Object b) {
        assertEquals("a != b", a, b);
        assertEquals("b != a", b, a);
        assertEquals("hashcodes differ", a.hashCode(), b.hashCode());
    }
}

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Promise yourself you're going to be consistent – and keep going!
Hi everyone! I'm Jacques, The Online Course Guy, and it's time for another podcast. Recently I had the pleasure of hosting Krista King someone who I've spoken with long before my own course ever became what it is today.
Krista and I first connected back in 2013 when we both took an internet marketing class. When I was thinking about who might be good to interview for my podcast, it seemed natural to reach out to her since I knew she was doing math courses online for a wide range of students. Krista had some great tips for course creators, so I hope you enjoy listening!
You can hear all that and much more on today's episode, so I hope you'll give it a listen. And please remember to leave a comment and tell me your favorite tidbit from this episode!


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#define MAX_STR_LENGTH 256

// This identifies our config record. It's supposed to be unique so pls no copypasta.
static const GUID guid_announcerPreferences = {
	0xe067a0db, 0x6d16, 0x4bdb,{ 0x92, 0x4f, 0x9b, 0x55, 0x61, 0x48, 0x2f, 0x7f } };

// Identifiers for config fields.
static const GUID guid_configEnabled = {
	0xe774deda, 0xbdf3, 0x474a, { 0x85, 0xbb, 0xa2, 0x38, 0x2b, 0xe3, 0x81, 0x43 } };
static const GUID guid_configAddress = {
	0x3044cd35, 0x5b74, 0x4a81, { 0x97, 0x26, 0x0a, 0x45, 0xef, 0x41, 0x78, 0x1a } };
static const GUID guid_configAPIKey = {
	0x6de74304, 0xa809, 0x489c, { 0x89, 0xe4, 0xf2, 0xe0, 0x1e, 0xab, 0xa0, 0x6b } };
static const GUID guid_configEventID = {
	0xb294e8ac, 0x049d, 0x4c48, { 0xa2, 0x6c, 0x21, 0x74, 0x2f, 0x93, 0x19, 0x1a } };

// Define config fields.
cfg_bool   cfg_enabled(guid_configEnabled, false);
cfg_string cfg_address(guid_configAddress, "hostname:port/path/to/api");
cfg_string cfg_eventid(guid_configEventID, "");
cfg_string cfg_apikey(guid_configAPIKey, "");

/// This dialog is displayed embedded into the foobar2000 configuration.
class AnnouncerPreferences
	: public CDialogImpl <AnnouncerPreferences>,
	public preferences_page_instance
{
public:
	AnnouncerPreferences(preferences_page_callback::ptr callback)
		: m_callback(callback)
	{
	}

	enum { IDD = IDD_DIALOG1 };

	// WTL message mapping
	BEGIN_MSG_MAP(AnnouncerPreferences)
		MSG_WM_INITDIALOG(OnInitDialog)
		COMMAND_HANDLER_EX(IDC_SERVERADDRESS, EN_CHANGE, OnEditChange)
		COMMAND_HANDLER_EX(IDC_APIKEY, EN_CHANGE, OnEditChange)
		COMMAND_HANDLER_EX(IDC_EVENTID, EN_CHANGE, OnEditChange)
		COMMAND_HANDLER_EX(IDC_ENABLED, EN_CHANGE, OnEditChange)
	END_MSG_MAP()

	// preferences page overrides
	t_uint32 get_state() override;
	void apply() override;
	void reset() override;
private:
	BOOL OnInitDialog(CWindow, LPARAM);
	void OnEditChange(UINT, int, CWindow);
	bool HasChanged();
	void OnChanged();

	// This is used to tell Foobar we might have something.
	// It will call get_state() in response.
	const preferences_page_callback::ptr m_callback;
public:
};

BOOL AnnouncerPreferences::OnInitDialog(CWindow window, LPARAM) {
	SetDlgItemTextA(get_wnd(), IDC_SERVERADDRESS, cfg_address.toString());
	SetDlgItemTextA(get_wnd(), IDC_APIKEY, cfg_apikey.toString());
	SetDlgItemTextA(get_wnd(), IDC_EVENTID, cfg_eventid.toString());
	CheckDlgButton(IDC_ENABLED, cfg_enabled ? BST_CHECKED : BST_UNCHECKED);
	return TRUE;
}

void AnnouncerPreferences::apply() {
	unsigned int len;
	char tmpstr[MAX_STR_LENGTH];
	len = GetDlgItemTextA(get_wnd(), IDC_SERVERADDRESS, tmpstr, sizeof(tmpstr));
	cfg_address.set_string(tmpstr, len);
	len = GetDlgItemTextA(get_wnd(), IDC_APIKEY, tmpstr, sizeof(tmpstr));
	cfg_apikey.set_string(tmpstr, len);
	len = GetDlgItemTextA(get_wnd(), IDC_EVENTID, tmpstr, sizeof(tmpstr));
	cfg_eventid.set_string(tmpstr, len);
	cfg_enabled = IsDlgButtonChecked(IDC_ENABLED) == BST_CHECKED;
	OnChanged();
}

bool AnnouncerPreferences::HasChanged() {
	bool changed = false;
	char tmpstr[MAX_STR_LENGTH];

	GetDlgItemTextA(get_wnd(), IDC_SERVERADDRESS, tmpstr, sizeof(tmpstr));
	changed |= (strcmp(cfg_address.toString(), tmpstr) != 0);
	GetDlgItemTextA(get_wnd(), IDC_APIKEY, tmpstr, sizeof(tmpstr));
	changed |= (strcmp(cfg_apikey.toString(), tmpstr) != 0);
	GetDlgItemTextA(get_wnd(), IDC_EVENTID, tmpstr, sizeof(tmpstr));
	changed |= (strcmp(cfg_eventid.toString(), tmpstr) != 0);
	changed |= (IsDlgButtonChecked(IDC_ENABLED) == BST_CHECKED) != cfg_enabled;
	return changed;
}

void AnnouncerPreferences::reset() {
	SetDlgItemTextA(get_wnd(), IDC_SERVERADDRESS, "");
	SetDlgItemTextA(get_wnd(), IDC_APIKEY, "");
	SetDlgItemTextA(get_wnd(), IDC_EVENTID, "");
	CheckDlgButton(IDC_ENABLED, false);
}

t_uint32 AnnouncerPreferences::get_state() {
	t_uint32 state = preferences_state::resettable;
	if (HasChanged()) {
		state |= preferences_state::changed;
	}
	return state;
}

void AnnouncerPreferences::OnEditChange(UINT, int, CWindow) {
	OnChanged();
}

void AnnouncerPreferences::OnChanged() {
	// let foobar know about the changes so the "Apply" button is enabled
	m_callback->on_state_changed();
}

class preferences_page_myimpl : public preferences_page_impl<AnnouncerPreferences> {
public:
	virtual const char* get_name() override {
		return "foo_announce";
	}
	virtual GUID get_guid() override {
		return guid_announcerPreferences;
	}
	virtual GUID get_parent_guid() override {
		return guid_tools;
	}
};

static preferences_page_factory_t<preferences_page_myimpl>
g_preferences_page_myimpl_factory;


Spending our leisure time with our friends and family members will be more fun and so make the time as the finest thing in your life. People move to some tourist place to enjoy the scenic beauty or some climatic factors which will be new to for them to watch and feel. But many people are afraid of the travelling distance from one place to another place. Everyone likes to have a safe and a convenient transport to travel to the destination place. To make everyone comfortable, technology has developed the bus transport to book them easily through the online website. There are many buses available to travel from ipoh to cameron highlands to have a safe journey.
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NEWS FROM INSIDE NORTH KOREA
Asiapress
RIMJIN-GANG
Society / Economy
About Rimjin-gang
N.Korean Workers' Party Imposes Tough Measures to Maintain Discipline
- State accelerates social mobilization for loyalty to Kim Jong-un
2013/September/20
Written by KANG Ji-won, a defector reporter, and ISHIMARU Jiro, a chief editor of Rimjin-gang
KWP warns delinquent members they will be expelled
The Korean Workers' Party (KWP) has been pushing a renewal of the party membership card since the end of August. This initiative is slated to come to an end by October 10, the anniversary day of the founding of the KWP. At the same time, the Party is imposing stricter measures to punish delinquent members, including expulsion from the Party of those regarded as disloyal to the organ's principles.
Our North Korea reporting partner, a resident of Hoeryong, North Hamkyung Province, brought us the following information via a phone conversation made earlier this month.
"The new party membership card will be issued on October 10. Prior to this, instructions were given from the Party central to the local branch organs that delinquent members, or those absent from the workplace, should be expelled from the Party."
The KWP is an organ with huge power that controls all institutions of the North Korean state. All of the state policies are implemented under the instructions and control of the Party. Because of this, participation in the KWP is a prerequisite for advancement in all facets of North Korean life. For instance, to rise to the rank of work-unit chief at a farming collective, it is required that a person be a member of KWP, as well as have a record of ten years military service and a four year university diploma.
The cover page of a membership card/book of the Korean Workers' Party. (August. 1997. Taken by ISHIMARU Jiro) ASIAPRESS
Usually, members of the KWP will belong to a local branch of their own region. They are required to attend the Life Assembly (a meeting for mutual criticism held on a weekly basis), and pay a membership fee. Each member is tasked with conducting missions given out by the organ. Members have the benefit of assuming a leadership role in the workplace, factory or group they belong to.
Until recently in North Korea, the punishment meted out to delinquent members was vague. This was because both ordinary members and ranked officials were compelled to get involved in 'side-businesses' such as farming or trading. It was thus unsurprising that party activities were often put on the back-burner so as to earn whatever capital they could to compensate for the struggling North Korean economy, which collapsed in the 1990s.
Mr. Han Song-cheol (a defector, left North Korea in 2009), who is acquainted with the KWP system explains as follows;
" Expulsion from the Party means the deprivation of all political life in North Korea. Those who are expelled experience a dramatic loss of political status, much worse than those who are not allowed to join the Party. The chance for re-participation is almost impossible, except for in extraordinary cases, such as if the excommunicated individual is given express permission from the top to rejoin the Party. Alternately, the only other chance a person might have to be brought back into the fold, could arise if he/she demonstrates exceptional devotion to the Party."
Expulsion is recorded in the detailed personal files (known simply as a 'document'), which the state keeps on each member. These files are not only on the person concerned, but also their children. It can be said that 'This person's parent has been punished by expulsion from the Party'. This punishment goes on to influence the children's future, affecting their employment prospects and career progress.
To gain insight as to the reason for the crackdown on Party members', we should look back to the era of Kim Jong-il.
The late General Secretary Kim Jong-il once mentioned, in his treatise, that the KWP is the Party of Kim Il-sung, and it carries the legacy of the revolutionary activities of Kim Il-sung. Simply put, the party was defined as the 'Party of Kim Il-sung', while his son, Kim Jong-il, is the only legitimate successor to this organization.
In a bylaw of the KWP, which has been amended last year, the KWP is newly described as the party of Comrade Kim Il-sung and C omrade Kim Jong-il. Adding to this, Kim Jong-un's picture will be printed in the new Party membership card, along with Kim Jong-il.
It is deemed that the state will forge ahead with plans for the restructuring and that only Kim Jong-un, as the legitimate successor, should run the Party organ. In addition to his father's legacy, Kim Jong-un is thus also linked directly to his grandfather, Kim Il-sung. His father, Kim Jong-il will be idolized as a Supreme Being, and Kim Jong-un will be appointed as his successor within the state structure.
Thus, the Party threatens is members with expulsion to instill absolute obedience as core members supporting the three-generation power succession of Kim Jong-un, through the redefinition of the KWP as the 'Party of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il.'
It should also come as no surprise that the revision of the Ten Great Principles for the establishment of a monolithic leadership system of the KWP was implemented from June to July. This revision of the Ten Great Principles is the first to occur since 1974. The Principles are considered as the supreme 'commandment' of North Korean society.
These matters, however, are not expected to run entirely without difficulties. Currently, the North Korean economic situation does not show any signs of improving. If the Party imposes measures to punish delinquent members, considerable numbers of members will fall foul of the crackdown.
Each Party member has to feed their own family, and will naturally do what they need to do to save their own skin. The punishment will be symbolic and exemplary. Furthermore, it will come as no surprise to anyone that bribery will characterize the relationships between those punishing and those attempting to escape expulsion from the KWP.
***Rimjin-gang
* Editor's notes on North Korean reporters
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The Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017 - does it go too far?
Posted in : Supplementary Articles ROI on 10 July 2018
Linda Hynes
Lewis Silkin
The new Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017 is being called 'dangerous' by IBEC and 'out of touch with reality' by the Small Firms Association. On the other hand, Mandate are celebrating the proposed amendments they negotiated to the Bill. So what is the current low down on the Bill for employers? What do you need to know?
The first thing to know is that the Bill has not been passed yet and is still being debated before the Dáil. The most recent of these debates took place on 26 June when a number of amendments were debated. Some of the items being debated could have a significant impact on employers and in particular, those who use flexible and zero hours working. This means it will have a big impact on the retail, health and care, tourism, hospitality, education, fast food and catering sectors. However, the obligations that are contained within the Bill will impact every employer in the country.
The Bill proposes various changes to employment legislation including amendments to the Terms of Employment Information Act, the Organisation of Working Time Act, the Unfair Dismissals legislation, the Workplace Relations Act and the National Minimum Wage Act. There are 19 Articles and 6 Parts to the Bill. The Bill has been introduced to help stabilise working conditions for employees. The provisions include:
employers will be obliged to provide certain terms of employment within 5 days
employers will be obliged to pay minimum payments where employees are called into work and sent home (this may be 3 times the minimum hourly rate that they normally receive)
zero hours contracts will be prohibited except for genuine casual work, emergencies or short-term relief absence
banded hours contracts will be available to help employees whose actual hours do not reflect their contracted hours
The current proposed bands are :
A = From 3 hours or more to less than 6 hours
B = From 6 hours or more to less than 11 hours
C = From 11 hours or more to less than 16 hours
D = From 16 hours or more to less than 21 hours
E = From 21 hours or more to less than 26 hours
F = From 26 hours or more to less than 31 hours
G = From 31 hours or more to less than 36 hours
H = From 36 hours or more
Employees will be able to request banded hours contracts from their employers looking back at their average hours over a specific reference period. The reference period started at 18 months in the initial draft. It has been dropped to 12 months and it is now being debated whether it should be dropped to 6 months.
The Bill strengthens anti-penalisation protections for employees seeking to enforce their rights under the legislation against their employers. The standard that should be used in proving penalisation is currently being debated.
Another hotly debated provision is the proposal that available hours will have to be offered to part-time employees in the first instance. This could be extremely onerous and difficult for employers to implement. This provision really has IBEC hopping up and down.
The Bill will also bring strong penalties for employers who do not comply with its provisions. These include
Awards to employees who are not issued with the core employment terms in writing within 5 days of starting employment
Fines of up to €5,000
Anti-penalisation awards of up to two years' salary
Imprisonment of up to 12 months
Potential for personal liability for senior employees and directors where they have consented or connived in non-compliance in respect of certain offences
More recently, Deputy Willie O'Dea has proposed that Part 7 be introduced into the Bill. This part could have a significant impact on organisations using contractors to provide services and those working in the gig economy. The proposed Part 7 will make it a criminal offence for an employer to incorrectly designate an employee as self-employed. The proposed amendment also includes the relevant factors to be considered when determining whether a person is truly self-employed or is, in reality, an employee. With more and more organisations and people moving into the gig economy this will certainly have far-reaching implications for both the organisations and individuals using these modern and flexible working structures.
Minister Regina Doherty, the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, intends to have the Bill enacted before the Dail takes their summer break in mid-July. Not long to go so! We will keep you posted on the progress of the Bill. What is clear is that whatever form the legislation takes at enactment stage, employers will need to adjust their current practices to comply.
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Q: AzureMobileService: Insert data in to table gives exception I am new to implement Azure Mobile Service. I have refer the demo of ToDoItem given by Azure.
In same manner i have make class User for my own app. Then I am inserting the data in to the MobileServiceTable but it gives me error like below:
{"message":"The operation failed with the following error: 'A null store-generated value was returned for a non-nullable member 'CreatedAt' of type 'CrazyLabApp.Models.User'.'."}

I have not created any field like this as it is not created in ToDoItem demo as well. I have seen that there are 4 fields that are by Default created by the MobileServiceTable. createdAt is one of the field of that.
I am wonder about whats wrong i am doing.
Check my below Userclass:
   public class User {
    @com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName("id")
    private String ServiceUserId;

    @com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName("email")
    private String Email;

    @com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName("firstname")
    private String FirstName;

    @com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName("lastname")
    private String LastName;

    @com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName("profilepic")
    private String ProfilePic;

    @com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName("introduction")
    private String Introduction;

    @com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName("website")
    private String Website;

    @com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName("title")
    private String Title;

    @com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName("_createdAt")
    private Date CreatedAt;

    @com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName("coverimage")
    private ArrayList<CoverImage> CoverImages;

    /*public Date getCreatedAt() {
        return CreatedAt;
    }

    public void setCreatedAt(Date createdAt) {
        CreatedAt = createdAt;
    }*/

    @com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName("followers")
    private ArrayList<User> Followers;

    @com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName("likes")
    private ArrayList<Likes> Likes;

    @com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName("collections")
    private ArrayList<Collections> Collections;

    @com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName("comments")
    private ArrayList<Comments> Comments;

    @com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName("stories")
    private ArrayList<Story> Stories ;

    //-------------- Methods
    public ArrayList<Story> getStories() {
        return Stories;
    }

    public void setStories(ArrayList<Story> stories) {
        Stories = stories;
    }

    public ArrayList<com.promact.crazylab.model.Comments> getComments() {
        return Comments;
    }

    public void setComments(ArrayList<com.promact.crazylab.model.Comments> comments) {
        Comments = comments;
    }

    public ArrayList<com.promact.crazylab.model.Collections> getCollections() {
        return Collections;
    }

    public void setCollections(ArrayList<com.promact.crazylab.model.Collections> collections) {
        Collections = collections;
    }

    public ArrayList<com.promact.crazylab.model.Likes> getLikes() {
        return Likes;
    }

    public void setLikes(ArrayList<com.promact.crazylab.model.Likes> likes) {
        Likes = likes;
    }

    public ArrayList<User> getFollowers() {
        return Followers;
    }

    public void setFollowers(ArrayList<User> followers) {
        Followers = followers;
    }

    public ArrayList<CoverImage> getCoverImages() {
        return CoverImages;
    }

    public void setCoverImages(ArrayList<CoverImage> coverImages) {
        CoverImages = coverImages;
    }

    public String getTitle() {
        return Title;
    }

    public void setTitle(String title) {
        Title = title;
    }

    public String getWebsite() {
        return Website;
    }

    public void setWebsite(String website) {
        Website = website;
    }

    public String getIntroduction() {
        return Introduction;
    }

    public void setIntroduction(String introduction) {
        Introduction = introduction;
    }

    public String getLastName() {
        return LastName;
    }

    public void setLastName(String lastName) {
        LastName = lastName;
    }

    public String getProfilePic() {
        return ProfilePic;
    }

    public void setProfilePic(String profilePic) {
        ProfilePic = profilePic;
    }

    public String getEmail() {
        return Email;
    }

    public void setEmail(String email) {
        Email = email;
    }

    public String getFirstName() {
        return FirstName;
    }

    public void setFirstName(String firstName) {
        FirstName = firstName;
    }

    public String getServiceUserId() {
        return ServiceUserId;
    }

    public void setServiceUserId(String serviceUserId) {
        ServiceUserId = serviceUserId;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object o) {
        return o instanceof User && ((User) o).ServiceUserId == ServiceUserId;
    }

}

Also check below code the way i am inserting it:
final User u = new User();
u.setFirstName(mName);
u.setEmail(mEmail);
u.setProfilePic(mUrl);

mUserTable = mClient.getTable(User.class);

             // Insert the new item
             new AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void>(){
             @Override
             protected Void doInBackground(Void... params) {
                    try {
                           final User entity = mUserTable.insert(u).get();

                     } catch (Exception e){
                        //createAndShowDialog(e, "Error");
                        System.out.println("Error: "+e.toString());

                     }
             return null;
             }
     }.execute();

Please help me in this.

A: The "_createdat" column will be populated automatically by Azure Mobile Services so there is no need to include it in your model. Delete this property from the User class. Its presence is probably overwriting the auto-populated value with a null.

A: you can solve this problem by just deleting createdAt column from your user table in azure.
Why this error is coming :
I am not sure But I guess this error is coming because createdAt is a non-nullable member and you cannot left  it null.
EDIT :
Another aspect of the system columns is that they cannot be sent by the client. For new tables (i.e., those with string ids), if an insert of update request contains a property which starts with '__' (two underscore characters), the request will be rejected. The '__createdAt' property can, however, be set in the server script (although if you really don't want that column to represent the creation time of the object, you may want to use another column for that) – one way where this (rather bizarre) scenario can be accomplished. If you try to update the '__updatedAt' property, it won't fail, but by default that column is updated by a SQL trigger, so any updates you make to it will be overridden anyway.
for more info take a look here :-http://blogs.msdn.com/b/carlosfigueira/archive/2013/11/23/new-tables-in-azure-mobile-services-string-id-system-properties-and-optimistic-concurrency.aspx

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SEC Charges Two Florida Companies and Their CEOs for Pump-and-Dump Schemes
On September 30, 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged two Florida companies and their CEOs for engaging in two separate pump-and-dump schemes involving the issuance of misleading press releases hyping the companies while the respective CEOs sold their stock for major gains.
The SEC claims that Quri Resources, Inc. and Jaime Santiago Gomez, Quri's CEO, of Miami issued numerous misleading press releases in 2009 falsely stating that Quri was involved in a mining project in Ecuador whereby it would likely find a gold reserve valued over $1 billion. The SEC separately charged Atlantis Technology Group and Christopher Dubeau, Atlantis' CEO, of Weston, Fla., for issuing false press releases boasting that the company had business relationships with television networks to sell their video and telecommunication services. Neither the services of relationships existed.
In addition to the alleged mining project, the SEC claims that Quri Resources also made several other misrepresentations, including that it was going to acquire two mining projects in Arizona, and that it was going to acquire two additional, valuable mining projects in Ecuador. The SEC further claims that Gomez reviewed and approved the misleading press releases, while repeatedly selling Quri stock as the press releases were issued.
According to the SEC's complaint against Atlantis Technology Group and Dubeau, Atlantis falsely claimed that Global Online Television Corporation – a subsidiary of Atlantis – offered Internet protocol television (IPTV) services and video phone services to consumers, and that Atlantis had relationships with television networks to offer such content to subscribers. The subsidiary, however, could not offer the IPTV or video phone services in 2009, and Atlantis never had any agreement with a television network to offer media content to customers.
The SEC further claims that Dubeau prepared, reviewed, and approved Atlantis's misleading press releases while at the same time knowing that Atlantis did not offer the advertised services or possess the business relationships identified in the press releases. During this time, Dubeau also sold over 60 million shares of Atlantis stock for approximately $240,000 in gains.
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Who chooses a new work place? Do dollars matter?
Article3 min27 June 2017By Vanessa De Groot
Businesses usually look for a new place to house their operations when a lease is expiring, a fitout's lifecycle is nearing an end or there's a change in conditions affecting their size requirements.
Traditionally, the decision to move to a new workplace – and what that workplace would look like - was driven by dollars rather than sense and was left in the hands of the big boss.
These days a more collaborative approach is being taken, with increasing consultation with other company stakeholders.
It's not just about money anymore
"If you go back in history the decision about where a company would move was always a financial decision, with the aim being to have the lowest occupancy cost," says Chris Hynes, Head of Office and Industrial Leasing at Dexus.
It was made by the people who controlled the money, such as the chief executive officer (CEO) or the chief financial officer, he adds.
But fast-forward to the present day and it is a very different story.
Attraction, retention and engagement of staff is critical, says Mr Hynes, and this is what now drives the decision for a new workplace.
As a result there is a lot more consultation with various stakeholders about where and what the new space should have, and much more consideration given to the wants and needs of workers.
"What's happened over the past 10 years is that the non-financial side of the equation is having a greater voice in the decision-making process," says Mr Hynes.
"It's now not just about what's cheapest, but what's the best thing for a business and its staff?
"The human resources and the strategy teams are getting involved in helping to assess the right property decision, and there is a whole industry of workplace consultants that has effectively been created to assist those companies that haven't got those resources in-house."
There are outliers, Mr Hynes says, where company CEOs make executive decisions about a new office, but by and large the new norm is to have a collaborative decision-making process.
"It's about getting everyone around a table and having a discussion, where they would never have been at that table years ago," he says.
The decision about where a company would move was always a financial decision.
If you go back in history the decision about where a company would move was always a financial decision, with the aim being to have the lowest occupancy cost
Workers are driving the change
Decades ago employees used to work for one company for most of their working lives and workplaces more or less provided the same thing, so there was no need for businesses to consider what staff wanted.
But there is now greater job mobility, according to Mr Hynes, and workers are looking not just for higher salaries but a better workplace culture, flexibility and amenity.This has spearheaded the change in the decision-making process for companies when looking for a new workplace.
"The premises is a big part of the attraction and retention of staff," Mr Hynes says, adding that the cost of higher staff turnover exceeds the cost involved in having a better office space.
"Senior executives are far more cognisant of that in the decision-making process now."
The notion that changing the workplace could change the culture of an organisation – and make it more attractive - was first tried and tested in Australia by MLC in 1999, says Mr Hynes, in the creation of Campus MLC in North Sydney. From there it really took off, filtering down from big companies to smaller businesses.
During the creation of that MLC office nearly 20 years ago staff were consulted on everything from design to colours, and even toilets.
Mr Hynes says the best way to attract and retain staff was to indeed find out what they wanted from their workplace and to give it to them, and many businesses were now undertaking surveys with their workers to do exactly that.
But companies need to be mindful, he says, that once their people voice their wants, if they don't then provide them this could create more problems.
Tenants want the building to have good visibility, in a location that's accessible with nearby amenity such as childcare and after work entertainment also being important.
What's happened over the past 10 years is that the non-financial side of the equation is having a greater voice in the decision-making process
Getting the best bang for your buck
In addition to pricing, companies consider a range of factors in assessing the suitability of a potential workplace.
The location is perhaps more important than the space since you can usually fit the office out any which way you like.
Mr Hynes says tenants want the building to have good visibility, as well as being in a location that's accessible to their workers. Nearby amenity such as childcare and after work entertainment are also important.
"Tenants are also looking for more flexibility and ways we can help them with juggling their demands for future growth.
"These factors are really at the forefront of thinking," he says.
Rather than just finding the cheapest space available to house their workers, Mr Hynes says in most organisations there is a desire to find the best space that meets these parameters within their set budget.
"When the market is competitive from a landlord's perspective, there are opportunities for tenants to find cheaper space, but there's actually a tendency for tenants to find something better at the same rate they're already paying.
"When it's down to two or three choices the money falls away; it's then about what is the better outcome for the business.
"It's very different to 20 years ago when money would have had a greater influence."


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Parents turn to online support groups for help with kids addicted to Fortnite
by Tarah Bleier
Epic Games's Fortnite has become so popular across all age groups, but especially with younger players. The game has attracted 125 million players as of June. In some families, however, it's so popular with their kids that they refuse to do anything but play it. Now parents are turning to online Fortnite Facebook support groups to try and get help curbing their children's gaming addiction.
With school now back and kids not being able to play all hours of the night or day, parents are desperate for tips and tricks to acknowledge their child's love for the game without it completely overtaking their real-life responsibilities. NBC News has discussed the problem of kids trying to squeeze in a quick game even right before school.
Parents are also using the game to reward their kids for good behavior, doing chores, and doing well in school. The game's in-game currency known as "V-Bucks" are now replacing traditional allowance.
Adam Pletter is a child psychologist and the parent of a 10-year-old Fortnite player. He is also the creator of a Facebook support group. According to Pletter, when he's offline and working at his practice, he hears about Fortnite practically every day.
The website he started, iParent101, is meant to help parents who aren't tech-savvy to relate to their kids while also limiting their screen time. Pletter also explains some of the terms used in Fortnite so parents have a better understanding of the game itself.
"I've played several times, and I'm awful at it. I feel like I'm 140 years old when I play, but my son is there laughing at me and he's teaching me how to play," Pletter said. "I'd rather parents understand the game on a basic level so it doesn't sound like Charlie Brown's teacher noise and kids ignoring them until parents get really mad[.]"
It is definitely a new world we live in for parents with kids who actively play Fortnite or other similar games and just can't seem to pull their kid away. These groups and also the website Pletter runs offer e-courses that cost about $197 to help parents out.
He also offers the following tips:
iParent101
According to the Facebook group he runs, they are putting up a 17-page Fortnite guide for parents that will be available as a PDF, no word on whether it will be free or not yet. Kudos to him and these online support groups to give parents some piece of mind and ideas to get their kids away from the game and out into the fresh air, and to also find a healthy balance between the two.
What do you think about these online Facebook Fortnite support groups? Are you a parent of a kid who is seemingly addicted to Fortnite? Let us know in the comments.
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Bangalore - OC - 245 kms, Mysore to OC - 100 kms. Mangalore to OC - 170 kms.
Bangalore - Srirangapatna- Deviation to Bird Sanctuary ( also known as Ranganthittu) - Yelwal - Hunsur bye pass - Periyapatna - Cross the town and after 2-3 kms take a deviation to Siddapur at the fork. There is a signage right there.
Coorg, also known as Kodagu, by its anglicised former name of Coorg, is an administrative district in Karnataka, India. It occupies an area of 4,102 square kilometres (1,584 sq mi) in the Western Ghats of southwestern Karnataka. As of 2001, the population was 548,561, 13.74% of which resided in the district's urban centres, making it the least populous of the 30 districts in Karnataka. Kodagu is well known in the world for coffee and its "brave warriors", like Field Marshal K. M. Cariappa. Coorg is the land of General's.
Coorg (Kodagu) is a mountaineous district located in south of India, know for its beautiful scenery and hospitable people. Glorious sounds, sights and scents welcome you as you enter Coorg. Wild fowl dash from your path, snakes slither across the way in a flash and the elephant has his eye on you. All of a sudden, the forests open up to acres upon acres of lush, green coffee plants and carefully manicured hedges. The road continues to wind up the hills,providing you with brief glances at the paddy fields nestled in the valleys that are abundant with trees. Vibrantly colored roses, bougainvilleas and marigolds surround the clusters of red-tiled and whitewashed houses. Those travelers who love nature and the unspoiled charm of villages should get off the beaten track and visit Coorg, a wild and rugged region located in the state of Karnataka. The wooded slopes, quaint villages, colorful scenery and undulating landscape has fascinated tourists until today. Endless mountain ranges, ridge after ridge of grassy and forest clad slopes raising to the sky, give Coorg its unique and irreplaceable character.Apart form the lure of the woods, mountains and wildlife, Coorg is home to an indigenous and strikingly different culture of interested, friendly and outgoing natives, the Coorgs(Kodavas).
Madikeri (English: Mercara) is the headquarters of Kodagu. The district is bordered by Dakshina Kannada district to the northwest, Hassan district to the north, Mysore district to the east, Kannur district of Kerala to the southwest, and the Wayanad district of Kerala to the south.


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This drop-in class is hosted some Saturday mornings from 10-11am. There is no pre-registration required. Price is $12/session. Check calendar for full schedule.
The Toddler Art Playgroups provide endless opportunities for sensory exploration and help strengthen fine motor function, cognition, and social skills through art free-play. Children are free to explore the materials provided during the 45 minute session at length, and will be gently encouraged to use all of their senses while creating.
Some activites you may see are: painting with hands,fingers, and self-made brushes, sponge painting, exploring modeling clay, collage creating, basic printmaking, exploring with loose parts, creating patterns, building in 3D and more. No sick children, please, as germs spread fast within this age group. Children must be fever free for at least 24hrs. Dress for mess!


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Join us for the 5th Annual Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana Turbo Trefoils Derby at the Joliet Gathering Place.
Get to work on your car, and be sure to follow Official Derby Rules!
Upon arrival we will weigh each car with the "official scale" and turn back any car that exceeds 5.0 oz.
The official wood block must be used. The block may be shaped in any way that is desired.
The wheel may not be changed from the original wheels sold with the kit. The track is set to exact dimensions of the original wheels.
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Are Pinewood Pro parts allowed?
As long as the car passes the guidelines explained above without any violations the car will be allowed to race.
Graphite-coatings on axles and wheels are legal.
You must use the original wheels sold with the kit and car must conform to dimension guidelines.
Information about Derby day will be sent to those who are registered via email one week prior to the event.


From September 25th – October 1st, ongoing mugshots are being taken and displayed on a board when you walk into the Kellenberger Library. Their seemingly innocent faces are stiff, posed for the incriminating photographs. Clenched within their hands are contraband–books that are frequently challenged or banned from libraries, bookstores, and schools due to their alleged insidious content.
Surprisingly, the act of restricting the accessibility of reading materials is far from passé, it's something that often happens today.
The mission of Banned Books Week is to promote a national, annual campaign to combat the restriction of books. It brings together a community of teachers, authors, journalists, publicists, librarians and readers to rally for the same cause.
Censorship of knowledge–of limiting different worldviews–occurs on a frequent basis across the United States. The American Library Association tries to raise awareness of this by informing the public of books that have often been opposed or are in the process of being removed from shelves.
Several well-known examples of challenged books are: The Diary of Anne Frank, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, and a multitude of many others. In addition, though it is not simply a book, the Holy Bible is perhaps the world's most famous banned book of all literary time.
Moreover, limiting the freedom to read and have access to books that may offend some readers, but could potentially educate others, is an infringement on the liberty for people to make their own intellectual decisions. The movement to keep books accessible and available is a vital aspect of what makes libraries valuable, diverse and well-rounded environments to gain knowledge.
Perhaps not much would be left at all, but there are free 'I read banned books' pins waiting for you in the campus library.


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Q: $f(x)=e^x$ be approximated by Taylor's polynomial of degree $n$ at the point ... I am stuck on the following problem:

Let $f(x)=e^x$ be approximated by Taylor's polynomial of degree $n$ at the point $x=\frac12$ and on the entire interval $[0,1]$. If the absolute error in this approximation does not exceed $10^{-2},$ then the value of $n$ should be taken as

*

*$0$

*$1$

*$2$

*$3$

I am not sure how to tackle it. Can someone explain? Thanks in advance for your time.
What I know is given below:

Here I have to determine the value of $n$ so that $R_n(x)<10^{-2}$.That is where I am stuck and could not do my calculations right.
Given that $f(x) =e^x$. Here, we obtain:
\begin{align*}
f(x) &\approx p_3(x) \\
&= f(0) + f'(0)(x - 0) + \frac{f''(0)}{2!}(x-0)^2 + \frac{f'''(0)}{3!}(x-0)^3 \\
\end{align*}
Thus, substituting $x = 0.5$ and taking $n=3$ yields:
\begin{align*}
 f(0.5)
&\approx p_3(0.5) \\
&= 1 + 0.5+\frac{1}{2}(0.5)^2 + \frac{1}{6}(0.5)^3  \\
&\approx  1+0.5+0.125+0.0208 \\
&=1.6458
\end{align*}

A: Observe, you can add zero and use the known MacClaurin series for the exponential:
$$e^x =  e^{x-1/2+1/2} =e^{x-1/2}e^{1/2}= \sqrt{e}(e^{x-1/2})$$
hence
$$ e^x = \sqrt{e}\left(1+(x-1/2)+\frac{1}{2}(x-1/2)^2+ \cdots +\frac{1}{k!}(x-1/2)^k+\cdots \right)$$
Now, you just need to determine which remainder theorem you wish to apply given the interval $[0,1]$ is the desired interval of application. The coefficient of the $k$-th term in the Taylor expansion is seen to be $\sqrt{e}/k!$
A Theorem (from Ash's Real Analysis) which I'll use:
If $f$ has $k$ derivatives on a closed interval $I$ with $\partial I = \{a,b \}$ then
$$ f(b) = T_k(b) +R_{k}(b) = \sum_{j=0}^k \frac{f^{(j)}(a)}{j!}(b-a)^j  +R_{k}(b) $$
where $R_{k}(b) = f(b)-T_k(b)$ is the $k$-th remainder. Moreover, there exists $c \in int(I)$ such that
$$ R_k(b) = \frac{f^{(k+1)}(c)}{(k+1)!}(b-a)^{k+1}. $$
Ok, so think of $a=1/2$ and $b=x \in [0,1]$ you see that $(b-a) \leq 1/2$. Moreover, we also observe
$$\frac{f^{(k+1)}(c)}{(k+1)!} = \frac{\sqrt{e}}{(k+1)!}$$
Therefore,
$$ |R_k(x)| \leq \frac{\sqrt{e}}{(k+1)!}\left( \frac{1}{2} \right)^{k+1} $$
You wish to find $k$ for which $|R_k(x)| < 0.01$. I found with wolfram alpha that $k=3$ gives $|R_k(x)| < 0.0043$.


In order to be one of the very best dating apps around, we offer a distinct range of services on a high-functioning platform. Especially the Pete Davidson line. There are considerable amount of bots who that trap you buying into premium membership. When people have pictures with animals on their profiles, it gives you a ton of opportunities for some really flirty first messages. Most of the time you have so little to go on —just a few photos, or maybe a short description about someone—so it can be hard to come up with something worthwhile to say. Are they attempting to convey how supremely chill they are? Since 2005, it has been a leading site for meeting new people.
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When it comes to sending the first message to a crush on a dating app, sending a flirty pickup line might actually be worth the risk. I decided to put my issues aside and give it a chance. There are Ads inside the app for free membership accounts, but they are placed nicely without any intentions of making people to click on Ads as much as possible. Thats Highster Mobile in a nutshell. With 2018 a few days away, now is as good a time as any to test out the above questions. Common things online dating scammers do that you should look out for: 1. They helped pioneer the technology and remain the leader in cell phone spy applications.
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This raised timber boardwalk meanders through the Marcoola-Yaroomba Foreshore Bushland Conservation Reserve from Breezeway street to the seasonal patrolled beach. It is a wonderful backdrop for photographs with spectacular views of Mount Coolum and along the coastline. It is approximately a 500 metre round trip and there is access down to the coastal pathway connecting the Marcoola Esplanade to Tanah Street East. Beach Access point 96.
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Ming Di
Carolann Caviglia Madden and Ming Di
What One Leaf Tells
In the wind, questions to heaven bang
the white poplar. Answers fracture –
a thousand white leaves. A thousand
blameless mouths. A thousand. Ten
thousand colorless excuses;
I pick one up. Grip tightly
as though holding the whole
tree. Indeed, Qu Yuan says, the leaf,
more than the tree, tells the truth
about the tree. Indeed, Tang people
say the leaf lays bare great secrets
of autumn. But all I see is one leaf.
口十 leaf or leaves
The image is a deconstruction of leaves. The character "leaf" is made of two parts, mouth 口 and ten 十. Kou (mouth) is a component of jiekou (excuse) and koushi (evidence); shi (ten) is a pun with shi (truth) in Chinese.
Birdisland
All day I daydream, an island so quiet
in water that even the water
doesn't know I am here. A bird rises
over a peak where I awake. Winding below
is my body, four limbs, a river. All
night my eyes open wide, dark,
like the shadow of a bird's
eyes reflecting in water. The eyes
of the bird open in mine, dark. Above
me a bird island is singing light
and sun-filled, good morning. With my
eyes in its eyes the bird sees what I see:
my home with coconut trees and
bananas. But it longs to leave me,
dreaming its own daydreams, in midair
becoming its very own island.
鸟 niao bird
岛 dao island
These two words resemble each other in shape, and both contain an eye. They differ in that "island" has a mountain 山 inside its body. Both echo in sound with hao (good) and zao (morning) in Chinese.
Translations from the Chinese
By Carolann Caviglia Madden with the author
Ming Di is a poet and translator born in China, currently living in the US. The author of six books of poetry in Chinese and one in collaborative translation, River Merchant's Wife (Marick Press, 2012), she is working on her first book of poems in English about her father who died of cancer during the pandemic and about her hometown, Sandouping (Three Star Slope), which disappeared from the map in 1994—submerged by the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River.
Carolann Caviglia Madden's work has appeared in Women in Clothes (Penguin, 2014), Souvenir, Yalobusha Review, and elsewhere. She is a PhD candidate at the University of Houston.
Ming Di is a Chinese poet living in the US with six books of poetry published in China. Co-founder and editor of PoetryEastWest, she translates both ways and has published four books of poetry in Chinese translation, including Observations, by Marianne Moore (2018). She has edited and co-translated New Cathay: Contemporary Chinese Poetry (2013) and New Poetry from China, 1917–2017 (2019). She received the 2021 Lishan Poetry Award (for translation) in China.
More by Ming Di
See How She Creates Light: On Translating Liu Xia


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EXO Chen to join OST line-up of 'Do You Like Brahms?' with g.o.d, SNSD Taeyeon, Heize, 10cm, Punch
SBS' new Monday-Tuesday drama 'Do You Like Brahms?' has unveiled its first OST line-up with with g.o.d, SNSD Taeyeon, E...
SBS' new Monday-Tuesday drama 'Do You Like Brahms?' has unveiled its first OST line-up with with g.o.d, SNSD Taeyeon, EXO Chen, Heize, 10cm, Punch.
Yumyum Entertainment, the OST production company for 'Do you like Brahms?', said on August 27, "10cm, Chen, g.o.d, Heize, and Punch, as well as Taeyeon, all strong singers, have been confirmed as the first OST lineup for ''Do you like Brahms?' (written by Ryu Bo Ri, directed by Cho Young Min)."
The OST for 'Do you like Brahms?' has earlier raised expectations with the participation of Song Dong Woon, the nation's top producer who was behind the OSTs for dramas such as 'Hotel Del Luna', 'It's Okay, That's Love', 'Descendants of the Sun', and 'Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo'.
Producer Song Dong Woon also produced 4 hits for the huge drama 'Goblin', including Ailee's 'I'll Go To You Like The First Snow', Chanyeol & Punch's 'Stay With Me', Crush's 'Beautiful', and Soyou's 'I Miss You'. This foreshadows the creation of a luxury OST in 'Do you like Brahms?'.
With the nation's top OST producer and a super famous first lineup, 'Do you like Brahms?' is drawing much attention as the second line-up will be unveiled later on.
'Do You Like Brahms?' is a drama about the barely shaky dreams and love of classical music students, starring Park Eun Bin and Kim Min Jae. It will premiere at 10 PM on August 31.
Do You Like Brahms EXO Chen ost Taeyeon heize punch


Our community is honored and respected for our comprehensive and efficient parks and recreation that are provided to our citizens by Willamalane. We all have memories and stories about programs that influenced ourselves, our children, grandchildren or other family members.
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Last year as part of the 1Pass Program for our youths, the Foundation provided over 50 scholarships that allowed youths entrance to various community venues and bus transportation for summer activities. We will again be participating in the 1Pass Program this summer.


Technology Strategy Analyst Hammersmith -Griffin House Hammersmith Road -C1770 Location: London Architecture and Strategy Salary: Up to £65,000 as well as 15% bonus, 25 days holiday, private healthcare and much more! Up to £65,000 as well as 15% bonus, 25 days holiday, private healthcare and much more! Function: Architecture and Strategy Closing Date: 18/01/2019 Here at Virgin Media, we have an exciting opportunity for a Technology Strategy Analyst where you will be answering some of the most complex technical and economic questions that face Virgin Media and its parent group, Liberty Global, enabling the organisation to compete and grow in a complex and exciting market. This role will suit someone that has gained excellent consultancy skills in a large firm and is looking to bring their experience to industry. As a Technology Strategy Analyst you will join our high performing Technology Strategy team that operates at the heart of Liberty Global. This key function provides rigorous, structured, well-articulated analysis to senior stakeholders in Technology, Finance, Product and Mergers& Acquisitions regarding Liberty Global's Entertainment, Connectivity and B2B platforms, as well as working cross functionally across our IT and Network groups throughout Europe. This role will offer you significant exposure across the organisation, as you will become part of a virtual team answering some of the most complex technical and economic questions that faces Liberty Global, this will give you the opportunity to deliver to senior stakeholders, including our CTO and country Managing Directors. Here is an insight into some of the responsibilities you will be accountable for: * Drive major assessments projects determining technology strategy for Liberty Entertainment, Connectivity and B2B platforms. * On-going analysis of the end-to-end unit cost economics and TCO for these services and becoming a subject matter expert during the lifecycle of a project regarding its underlying unit economics. This will require day to day engagement with Procurement, technical Architecture and Finance stakeholders. * Providing teams within Technology and the wider Liberty Technology & Innovations group with insight into likely demands placed on platforms and networks to enable platform and technology deployment to be right-sized to accommodate likely demand * Support Technology teams in technology specific or T&I wide strategy analysis by providing a techno-economic modelling capability and managing individual business cases as needed * Execution and presentation of Technology Strategy analysis, with projects including technology choices, planning, and innovations support. * Provide capacity models and guidance for new B2B & B2C products & services into Technology & Innovation teams leveraging and analysis and working with E2E architects * Own and manage the framework and models that enable Technology to determine individual platform costs, as –is & growth-related modelling to provide insight & drive technology strategies * Provide an analytics and modelling capability across the Technology teams to support strategy analysis work and large data set manipulation, carry out cross-domain modelling to assist in business case formation and technology assessment across T&I * You will be encouraged and supported in your use of tools such as R, Python and Matlab for modelling of large datasets and application of machine learning and neural network techniques. Are you right for the role? * Educated to degree level or equivalent in mathematics, engineering, statistics or economics or able to demonstrate equivalent experience in the industry. * Significant experience gained working in a consultancy firm and highly adaptable * Experience of techno-economic/ financial modelling and have worked in a highly numerate and analytical environment * Exposure and well-rounded experience of working and supporting projects throughout the project lifecycle. * Strong relationship building skills with the ability to acquire insights/inputs from stakeholders across a diverse range of departments * Ability to describe and explain complex models, concepts & themes to stakeholders in a simple and engaging manner * Ability to perform complex data analysis with a proven track record in problem-solving * Comfortable working across countries and cultures as part of virtual teams, using collaboration tools / digital platforms etc. * Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills critical, you are confident communicating via PowerPoint to senior audiences * Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines * Ability to learn scripting and code Nice to have experience/skills: * Experience in a Telecoms or networking environment with a broad overall understanding of the technologies and platforms (some or all of OTT Video, TV, VoD, Voice, Broadband, WiFi) * High aptitude for manipulating and processing large datasets, using Databases/Code/ETL tools, and has at least experimented with machine learning and neural network platforms * R, Python, SQL and C+ development experience desirable * Experience of rapidly acquiring detailed knowledge regarding new products and detailed technical architectures * Advanced Excel and Powerpoint skills critical. Must be very happy communicating via Powerpoint. * Good data visualization skills, including the development of clear, well-formatted excel based models We are proud to work with Everywoman to champion the advancement of women in business, and through our partnership with Scope to help one million disabled people get into and stay in work by the end of 2020. We strive to build a diverse and sustainable workforce where gender balance and parity are integral features of our workplace, and where disabled candidates and employees can confidently perform to their full potential through our Work with Me adjustment process. If you are thinking about applying for a job with us and have a condition or impairment that could impact your performance we'll be happy to work with you to explore adjustment options.


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Q: mod_rewrite and image redirecting I have a website with a lot of images. Let's say these images stored in a folder "/data/images". Also I have a folder with watermarked images: "/data/wimages". Filenames of origianal and watermarked images are the same, but not all images have their watermarked copy. So, I want to redirect original images (without changing its URL in a browser or html source code) if watermarked copy presents and passing throught the original image if not. I'm trying to solve this problem using Apache mod_rewrite:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f # Checking if file exists and is a regular file.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^.*/data/images/.*\.(gif|jp?g|png)$ [NC] # Is file an image?
RewriteRule ^data/images/(.*\.(gif|png|jp?g))$ /data/wimages/$1 [NC] # New watermaked image url.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f # If watermarked image not exists ..
RewriteRule ^data/wimages/(.*\.(gif|png|jp?g))$ /data/images/$1 [NC,L]

then I'm recovering previously changed url and get an infinite loop!
Any ideas?
P.S. Sorry for my English.

A: RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !rewritten
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^.*/data/images/.*\.(gif|jpe?g|png)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^data/images/(.*\.(gif|png|jpe?g))$ /data/wimages/$1?rewritten=1 [QSA,NC]

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !^rewritten=2
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^data/wimages/(.*\.(gif|png|jpe?g))$ /data/images/$1?rewritten=2 [QSA,NC,L]


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Q: clarification about theorem $3.10 $ of Brezis functional analysis book. I'm referring to the theorem at page $61$. It shows that for a linear operator $T $ between $E $ and $ F$ Banach space are equivalent
(notation: $S$ means strong topology, the norm ome, $W $ weak topology)
$T$ is continuous from $ E, S $ to $F, S$
$T$ is continuous from $E, W$ to $F, W$
$T$ is continuous from $E, S$ to $F, W$
Where by $E, S$ i mean $E$ equipped with the strong topology.
My question is why the same argument is not valid for $T$ between $E, W $ to $F, S$?
I don't know what doesn't work.

A: Take $E = F$ and $T = \operatorname{id}$. It's continuous for the other combinations of topologies, but not for $(E,W) \to (F,S)$.
That shows that $(E,W) \to (F,S)$ continuity is a stronger condition than the others.
Since a weak neighbourhood of $0$ contains a neighbourhood of the form
$$\{ e : \lvert \lambda_i(e)\rvert < 1, \; 1 \leqslant i \leqslant n\}$$
for finitely many $\lambda_1,\dotsc,\lambda_n \in E'$, it contains
$$K := \bigcap_{i=1}^n \ker \lambda_i,$$
a subspace of finite codimension. The image of $K$ under $T$ is a subspace that is contained in a ball of finite radius, hence $K \subset \ker T$, and therefore, the range of $T$ is finite-dimensional. That is a very restrictive condition.


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Shiva Patibanda
SeaChange technology chief resigns
TV technology provider SeaChange International's technology chief Shiva Patibanda is to leave the company. SeaChange has also named a new chairman. SeaChange said that Patibanda, whose full job title is chief technology officer and general manager of in-home products, has resigned. His responsibilities will transition to other members of the management team, and SeaChange does not […]
RDK looks to Europe with DVB additions
RDK Management, the company set up by Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Liberty Global to administer the RDK software specifications for advanced TV services for cable, has announced the availability of new components to meet the needs of DVB-based cable operators, initially focusing on support for European subtitling and teletext requirements. Shiva Patibanda, chief technology […]
SeaChange ups Patibanda to CTO
SeaChange has promoted the general manager of its In-Home business, Shiva Patibanda, to senior vice president and chief technology officer. Patibanda joined SeaChange in 2010 when the firm acquired VividLogic – a TV set-top box software business that Patibanda founded in 1999. In his newly created position, Patibanda will direct SeaChange's technology strategy and contribute to its […]


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Reasons to Go to WorldPride 2019
Pride March. Photo: Molly Flores
by NYCgo.com Staff
Man About World
WorldPride NYC 2019
This June, WorldPride is coming to the United States for the first time ever, and New York City is the host. There couldn't be a more appropriate city to throw the planet's biggest celebration of LGBTQ+ rights. An estimated 4 million people from countries across the globe will visit the five boroughs to express their love and desire for equality. Will you be coming? Below are some of the reasons you shouldn't miss out on this once-in-a-lifetime moment.
The Stonewall Inn. Photo: Brittany Petronella
It's Historic
Fifty years ago this June, the Stonewall Inn was raided by the police, a routine shutdown on the basis of "lewd and immoral acts." But something was different that night: LGBTQ patrons fought back, battling the police, protesting in the streets and standing up for their rights. The first NYC Pride March was held a year after Stonewall, beginning a tradition of protest, visibility and bravery that continues with this year's event—which will also be one for the history books.
Eugene Gordon, ACT UP activists at Pride March, 1988. New-York Historical Society Library
It's Epic
WorldPride will be unforgettable, with a thrilling array of events on offer. Come to see the Stonewall 50 exhibit at the New-York Historical Society and the Brooklyn Museum's survey of art after Stonewall. Celebrate with performances by Grace Jones, Teyana Taylor, Cyndi Lauper, Ciara, Chaka Khan, Jake Shears, Melissa Etheridge and many more. Take part in family events, rallies and demonstrations, and dance the night away at parties all over town. (For a full list of happenings, see our calendar.)
Photo: Michelle Rick
It's Urgent
Make yourself visible and lend your voice to the millions around the world demanding equality for marginalized people. While LGBTQ+ implies a focus on those identified by their sexual orientation and gender, know that the rainbow flag, the March and the protests are for anyone who has ever felt like they don't belong.
Photo: Walter Wlodarczyk
It's Supportive
Anyone can be an ally. It's not just straight people—gay men can be allies of trans people, lesbians can be allies of gender-fluid folks and, ultimately, we can all be allies of everyone else. There's always something you can do: come to the parade, donate to a variety of charitable organizations, dance all night—even wear rainbow socks under your slacks when you go to work.
It's Expressive
Pride always presents an opportunity to showcase colorful costumes and promote bold, queer identity. This year, expect to multiply that by millions. So go ahead and break out of your shell—wear that unicorn headdress, those silvery tassels or those glitter heels. This year at WorldPride, the biggest celebration of its kind, find the true you, whoever they may be, and express it. Get out and get loud!
Photo: Molly Flores
It's Fun
While it's imperative to remember the significance of Pride—the history, the political implications, those who've fought and those who continue to fight—we'd be remiss not to mention just how all-out fun WorldPride NYC will be. There's the music, the costumes, the crowds, the legends, the photos, the floats, the parties and, of course, the energy of millions converging to celebrate. Expect a carnival of love and protest against the backdrop of New York City.