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Harm reduction is a comprehensive set of public health strategies and interventions that aim to reduce morbidity and mortality among substance abusers, namely persons who inject drugs (PWIDs). When implemented, harm reduction programs (HRPs) can reduce the likelihood of transmission of blood borne diseases such as hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV in an area while also reducing the potential of needle sharing among PWIDs. Additionally, HRPs often have mechanisms in place to link and refer individuals to substance abuse prevention and treatment services, behavioral health services, and other support services.
Data collected by the West Virginia Health Statistics Center showed that West Virginia ranked #1 in drug overdose deaths in 2015, with a rate of 41.5 deaths per 100,000 people. Deaths attributed to opioids, namely heroin and fentanyl, are on the rise in the state. Additionally, West Virginia currently ranks #1 in the country in incidence of acute hepatitis B and hepatitis C. Analysis of 2012-2015 surveillance data showed that between 25-40% of acute hepatitis C cases reported injection drug use as a potential risk factor for their infection. A recent study identified 28 counties in West Virginia as high risk for rapid dissemination of HIV and hepatitis C among PWIDs. Increasing access to HRPs in high-risk areas can reduce new viral hepatitis and HIV cases by decreasing the sharing of syringes and other injection equipment.
In addition to syringe exchange, HRPs may include the following services:
Distribution of disease prevention material (e.g. alcohol swabs, condoms)
Distribution of educational material related to substance abuse
Distribution of educational material related to prevention of HIV and other sexually-transmitted diseases
Referral to substance abuse disorder treatment programs
Counseling and testing for HIV and/or hepatitis B and C
Screening for tuberculosis, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and/or HIV
Linkage to HIV care
WV Programs At a Glance
The Need for WV Programs


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Visiting the Archive
Use and Reproduction
Women in Medicine Collections
Fellowship Information
Drexel Links
Institute for Women's Health & Leadership
Collections: Guide to the Women in Medicine Collections
W/MCP & Women in Medicine
- GUIDE to W/MCP Collections
- Guide index
- Collection descriptions
- Finding Aids
- Subject Guides
- College Records
- Image and sound
- Alumnae/i Files
- Oral history
Hahnemann University and History of Homeopathy
- Hahnemann Guide (Collection descriptions)
Restricted Materials
Citing the Guide
Predecessor institutions
Collection Descriptions, Accessions - 1-20
Accessions are listed by number, this page lists materials acquired by the Archive in 1-20.
1-20 | 21-40 | 41-60 | 61-80 | 81-100 | 101-120 | 121-140 | 141-160 | 161-180 | 181-200 | 201-220 | 221-240 | 241-260 | 261-280 | 281-300 | 301-320 | 321-340 | 341-360 | 361-380 | 381-400 | 401-420 | 1946 - 1991 | 1992 | 1993 - 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
WEST PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN, RECORDS, 1889 � 1932. 1.5 ln. ft.
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The West Philadelphia Hospital for Women, founded in 1889 by Elizabeth Comly-Howell, M.D., was established in order to provide a place in West Philadelphia where women could be treated by women. In 1929, the hospital merged with the Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia. At the time of the merger, it was arranged that all maternity cases would be sent to the West Philadelphia Hospital, and surgical cases would be kept at the Woman's Hospital.
Records include a printed history of the Hospital, ca. 1899; charter and by-laws, 1912; annual reports, [1890-1927]; minutes, [1889-(1917-1932)], of the Board of Managers; minutes, 1908-1914, of the Executive Committee; rules, 1901, for the Superintendent and Directress of Nurses; letter, 1916, concerning the election of new members of the Broomall Club; and resolutions to merge with Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia, n.d.
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WOMAN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA, RECORDS, [1861 - 1964]. 11 ln. ft.
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Founded in 1861 by Ann Preston, M.D., first woman Dean of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, the Hospital provided clinical experience for the College students and practical training for nurses, and had its own administration and Board of Lady Managers. In 1904, the College established its own, separate hospital for the training of women medical students. In 1929, the West Philadelphia Hospital for Women merged with the Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia, retaining the latter's name.
Records include: minutes, 1861-1960, of regular and special meetings of the Board of Managers, and minutes of annual meetings, 1931-1963, of the Board; minutes of the Executive Committee, 1898-1950, and of its financial committee, 1935-1950. Minutes, 1929, of the Building Committee; reports, 1885-1929, of the House Committee. Register of deaths, 1872-1890. Training School for Nurses records include extracts from minutes of the Hospital's Board of Managers, 1863-1881; state requirements, 1927; Class Day programs, 1923-1924; School bulletins, 1957-1960. Annual reports of the Surgical Clinics, 1891-1897. Financial records include reports and summaries, 1894-1963; account book, 1932-1939; budget, 1962-1963; contributions and endowments, 1892-1964; and bequests.
WMC/MCP SPEECHES & ADDRESSES, RECORDS, [1850 - 1991]. 2 ln. ft.
Texts of addresses given by College Presidents, Deans, and faculty to the students on such occasions as commencements and opening sessions. In the 19th century and early 20th century most of the addresses were printed. Included in these printed editions are copies of the class letter to the lecturer requesting publication of the lecture - a request and acceptance which became a tradition for the first fifty or so years of the College. As the 20th century progressed, copies of the speeches kept were merely typed versions (often drafts).
Some of the addresses are available only in published form, as journal articles. By the 1950s, copies of the comments made upon presentation of honorary degrees are included with Dr. Marion Fay's opening remarks at commencement ceremonies. Especially significant in this collection are the Introductory lectures and Commencement addresses from approximately 1850 - 1880, during which time lectures were given by Ann Preston, Hannah Longshore, Rachel Bodley, as well as male physicians who were instrumental in organizing the College.
A list of speakers and years of addresses is available.
VASCHAK, Mathilda R., M.D., Manuscript, 1977. 1 ms. and notes (18 pp.)
Photocopy of typed manuscript entitled "Pioneer Medical Women of the Americas" by Vaschak. Presented at the XV Congress of Pan American Medical Women's Alliance in San Juan, Puerto Rico, September 1977. Also includes notes about women physicians of Bolivia and the Dominican Republic.
HURD-MEAD, Kate Campbell, M.D., Manuscript, 1977. Manuscript, 1936
Typed manuscript entitled "Did Women Write Medical Books Before 1850, and What, and Who, and When" by Hurd-Mead, noted medical historian. Presented at the Medical Women Authors Dinner of the Medical Women's National Association, Kansas City, Missouri, 14 May 1936.	1 ms. (3 pp.)
CORNER, George, Ph.D., Manuscript, 1936. 1 ms. (6 pp.)
Manuscript, 1977	Photocopy of typed manuscript about Louise Pearce, M.D., past president of the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, written by Corner, past president of the American Philosophical Society.
SENDERS, Virginia L., Manuscript, 1964. 1 ms. (14 pp.)
Mimeographed copy of typed manuscript entitled "Educating Tomorrow's Women" by Senders, dealing with education in general, not specifically with medical education. Presented at symposium on Changing Patterns in Education Beyond High School, Boulder, Colorado, 8 August 1964.
PORTER, Judi, Manuscript, 1958.	1 ms. (24 pp.)
Photocopy of typed manuscript entitled "The Development of the Status of Women in American Medicine" by Porter. Apparently written in fulfillment of a requirement for a college course.
WOLFE, Eva, Manuscript, 1950. 1 ms. (24 pp.)
Carbon copy of typed manuscript, autographed by Wolfe, entitled "Elizabeth Blackwell and Some of Her Followers in Canada" by Wolfe. Written for English 101-X at Sir George Williams College in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, March 1950.
MACFARLANE, Catharine, M.D., Manuscript, 1929	. 3 ms. (1 original, 11 pp., and 2 typescripts)
Handwritten manuscript by Macfarlane. Gives an account of Dr. Mary Pauline Root's admission to Blockley Hospital (later named Philadelphia General Hospital) as an intern as told to Macfarlane by Root when they were driving along Maine roads on 23 August 1929. Also includes two typescripts of account.
FENICHEL, Carol Hansen, Ph.D., Manuscript, 1977. 1 ms. (50 pp.)
Photocopy of typed manuscript entitled "Disquisitions on Neurology, Psychiatry, and Related Topics: An Analysis of the Theses from the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1851-1888" by Fenichel. Written for a History of American Medicine course at the University of Pennsylvania.
KILSON, Marion, Manuscript, 1976. 1 ms. (30 pp.)
Manuscript, 1976	Photocopy of typed manuscript entitled "Women Physicians in Modern American Medicine" by Kilson. Prepared for the Macy Conference on Women in Medicine, 1976.
PAGE, Lillian, R.N., Manuscript, ca. 1952-1953. 1 ms. (7 pp.)
Typed manuscript entitled "History of Nursing at the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania" by Page.
GRISCOM, Mary Wade, M.D., Manuscript, 1934	. 1 ms. (152 pp.)
Typed manuscript entitled "History of the Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia" by Griscom. Written upon the request of the Hospital's Board of Managers, and published in 1934 as a two-part article in the Medical Woman's Journal.
MARSHALL, Clara, M.D., Manuscripts, ca. 1892; 1920; n.d.. 3 ms. (53 pp); 3 typescripts (21 pp).
Handwritten manuscripts: ca. 1892, discussing the early history of WMC, focusing on the influence of Esther Fussell Lewis, sister of Bartholomew Fussell, M.D.; ca. 1920, entitled "History of the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania," containing in part the draft for the typed "History" (of which there are three copies). Notation attached to this manuscript states "not finished at her death--1931."; (n.d.), by Marshall, quotes excerpts from the memorial comments of Eliza E. Judson, M.D., on Ann Preston, M.D., 1873.
HURD-MEAD, Kate Campbell, M.D., Manuscript, ca. 1939, 1940. 2 mss. and correspondence .
Hurd-Mead and Mary Beard provided information for the Gallant American Women radio series for a broadcast on Women in Medicine. Includes Series III schedule of topics and dates, typed manuscript of "Women in Law," by Jane Ashman, and entire script for "Women in Medicine" broadcast.
Note : Additional Gallant American Women scripts (by different women, on different physicians) are available in the reprint file.
JAMESON, Florence, Manuscript, n.d. 1 ms., partial (22 pp.)
Typed partial manuscript (pp.11-32), entitled "The Shoeman's Daughter" by Jameson. A story in blank verse based on facts as told to Jameson by the late Dr. R. Wistein, the shoeman's daughter.
Note : Part of AMWA Collection.
WISTEIN, Rosina Rehor, M.D., Manuscript, n.d.nbsp; 1 ms. (212 pp.)
Typed manuscript, with handwritten changes and notes, of Wistein's autobiography. Includes brief letter from Bertha Van Hoosen.
Note : Part of AMWA Collection
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Does Lightning Travel up or Down?
Thunderstorms Lightning
Ground To Cloud Lightning
Lightning Pictures
Lightning Information
Heat Lightning
Ground Lightning
This is somewhat of a trick question — technically lightning does both. Let's take a look at the process through which lightning is known to be formed. This phenomenon occurs because of a difference in charge between a storm cloud and the ground.
Positive lightening travels in reverse by going from the ground up into clouds.
First, the base of a cloud sends down a little electric discharge, called a stepped leader. It descends to the ground in steps, each about 50 yards (about 46 meters) in length. This process is extremely fast and impossible to see with the naked eye. Each step is less than a millionth of a second long. The interval between steps works out to about fifty-millionths of a second. This process can only be observed with the assistance of extremely quick-exposure cameras.
Lightning can travel both up and down.
The stepped leader generally moves at about 75 miles per second (120 km/s) towards the ground. A typical trip duration is 20 milliseconds. Atoms pass along electrical charge much more quickly than sound vibrations.
The stepped leader carries tons of negative charge. As it nears the ground, it induces enormous quantities of positive charge in the earth, especially at the tips of tall objects. Because opposites attract, the stepped leader and the negative charge at the ground reach towards each other and quickly meet. The path from storm cloud to the surface is complete and the charge can move.
Because the cloud is filled with negative charge, it has a lot of current to offer to the newly created discharge path. This charge quickly moves from being distributed throughout the cloud to being concentrated at the point where the stepped leader first dropped from the cloud, into the ground or an elevated object. This discharge is called the return stroke, and is what we think of when we hear the word "lightning".
The return stroke takes around 100 millionths of a second to reach the ground. The immense flash generated is enough to leave an afterimage in our eyes for seconds at a time, giving us the illusion that the lightning flash is longer than it really is. In reality, our eyes cannot resolve any of the steps involved. We only see the final product — a lightning bolt.
Storm clouds carry an electrical charge.
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@Leonidas226 – How horrifying! I suppose the charge from your heads was going up to meet the charge in the sky at that time.
I'm amazed that jumping in the van saved you. Did lightning strike the van at all, or did it strike the ground next to it?
I have been at the beach before during a thunderstorm, but the clouds were out over the water, so I thought I was safe. In Florida, there is a thunderstorm over the ocean about every day, and no one thinks much about it. Your story scares me a little.
August 24, 2012 It amazes me how thunder and lightning happen so fast, yet we can't hear or see them until several seconds after they happen. I've always heard that you can tell how many miles away lightning is by counting the seconds between the time you see it and the time you hear the thunder, but I did not know until reading this article that you only see the afterimage of lightning.
I have been in thunderstorms where the sound of thunder happened so quickly after the flash that I knew I had to be right in the middle of the storm. Luckily, I was inside the house.
When you are that close to a storm, you don't stand by the window and watch to see whether the lightning goes up or down. I actually hid in the closet with my terrified Doberman. I have heard stories of people getting struck inside their own homes, and I wanted to get in the spot that was totally windowless and doorless.
I have seen some good lightning photos, but they were only of the actual streaks of lightning in their full glory. I have never seen a photo of a partial streak that has only reached partway from the cloud to the ground, and I probably never will, since it happens so quickly.
FitzMaurice
Thunderstorms are like static electricity on a massive scale. I had a friend who was hit by lightning. Luckily, he survived, but he said it felt like someone whacked him in the head with a massive baseball bat. He was laid out flat.
SilentBlue
Lightning protectors were invented by Ben Franklin. Before them, houses would light on fire when struck by lightning, and the fire department was kept busy during thunderstorms. Small towns would band together to keep fires down. This helped to foster community, but was also highly dangerous.
Leonidas226
I was at a beach recently when my family and friends began to notice that our hair was sticking up in a thunderstorm which had suddenly arrived. Luckily, we were about to get into the van, so we quickly hopped in. This is usually the second stage before lightning hits. It is sometimes best to jump onto the ground when this kind of thing occurs, but often the process is so quick that there is little or no time to react.
hangugeo112
Light is so immensely fast that it goes beyond time. We are still at a loss to understand how it works completely. It is both a wavelength and particles. The electronic function is almost light speed, but not quite. Sound is much slower, being more akin to feeling of the surrounding environment.


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Sanna Lathan Named Jury President of the American Black Film Festival
Actress Sanaa Lathan has been named president of the 2009 American Black Film Festival's (ABFF) Grand Jury. The ABFF celebrates independent films by and about people of color.
Founded in 1997, the ABFF was born out of the need to generate distribution opportunities for independent Black films and promote cultural diversity within the motion picture industry. This year's festival will take place in Miami, from June 24-27.
Lathan can be seen starring alongside Matthew Broderick in the upcoming film "Wonderful World," and lends her voice to FOX's upcoming "The Cleveland Show," a spin-off of "Family Guy." Known for her roles in "A Raisin in the Sun," "Something New," "Nip/Tuck," "Love and Basketball" and "The Family That Preys," Lathan has been in her share of both blockbuster and independent projects.
"I'm thrilled and honored to serve as the jury president for the 2009 ABFF. I've had the pleasure of attending the festival over the years, and have been so impressed by the work they do to nurture and encourage our up-and-coming filmmakers. The world of independent film is key to pushing the boundaries of our industry, and I find lately the films that excite me the most are coming out of the film festivals. I look forward to helping discover and showcase the future artists of Hollywood," Lathan said.
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Malaysia: Buddhist folks in Subang cry foul over town planning
By LIM CHIA YING, The Star/Buddhist Channel, January 30, 2008
Subang Jaya, Malaysia -- Representatives from the four Buddhist organisations - the Subang Jaya Buddhist Association, the Fo Guang Malaysia Buddhist Association USJ branch, the Serdang Buddhist Association in Seri Kembangan and the Kinrara Metta Buddhist Society of Puchong - handed over more than 4,000 signatures to the Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) with regard to the allocation of land for non-Muslim places of worship.
Subang Jaya, a bustling township of 250,000 residents, is situated about 20 km north of Kuala Lumpur, the Malaysian capital.
Group spokesman Loka Ng said that according to the manual guidelines for state planning published by the Selangor Urban and Rural Planning Department in June 2006, provision for places of worship for non-Muslims was one place of worship for every 2,600 devotees or 5,000 residents.
"However, based on the draft local plan, there is no land allocation for the building of Buddhist temples in all areas of planning except for the Small Planning Block 3.4 Puchong where only one temple is being allocated," Ng said.
Subang Jaya Buddhist Association (SJBA) president Chim Siew Choon said he hoped the authorities would seriously consider their objection and take the welfare of the Buddhist community that made up 42.6% of the population in the Subang area.
"There will be urbanization, and more people are expected to stay here within the next few years. Also, our contention is that the Selangor Urban and Rural Planning Depart-ment has allocated for the temple in Puchong to be 1.2 acres, but in the draft plan, the allocation is only for 0.41 acres," Chim said.
"We urged the MPSJ to adhere to the Federal Government guidelines in relation to this and we are prepared to attend the committee public hearing later on," he said.
The Buddhist organisations also submitted their proposal to reserve a piece of land or allocation for the purpose of a crematorium.
Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) deputy president Mohamad Yusoff Ghazali received the submission made during the weekly council's meet-the-people session last Friday.
Residents Committee (JKP) Zone 1 deputy chairman Theresa Ratnam Thong said she hoped the objections submitted by the residents would be considered.
"We have also proposed that once this draft is gazetted, the local council should have a tri-sector dialogue with us so that we could also review the plan's progress," she said.
"This way it would say much about the responsibility and accountability in implementing the local plan," Thong said.


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After installing a fresh copy of Ubuntu or your machine, run following commands to update the packages.
Update package list again & install softether package.
After installing run following commands to check for any errors.
Select option 1. And press Enter for the rest. Then run command check.
If you get output same as above image, then you have successfully installed SoftEther VPN server on your machine.


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An instant online auto insurance quote may seem like something you don't need, but everyone stands to benefit from getting one. While doing something like getting an auto insurance quote online may seem difficult, tedious, and like it could take more internet savvy than you feel like you have, it's actually the easiest way to compare car insurance quotes across companies and to make sure you're getting the best deal for your money. And it's simple to do, requiring only the most basic of internet skills.
It might be tempting to try to get a car insurance quote in another way, but the instant online auto insurance quote is really the most straightforward, streamlined method of obtaining a quote and it will be the best use of your valuable time and energy to use this site to get one. As we evaluate the different methods of getting car insurance quotes, you'll see that this online method is truly the best.
The most common way to get a quote for any kind of vehicle insurance is to contact an agent. You can do this over the phone, but usually the agent will want to meet with you so you can sign the paperwork there and then, in his office, if he can convince you to purchase insurance. Some people prefer this method of finding insurance because an agent is a human being and they feel like the service is more personal and therefore more tailored to their needs. However, most insurance agents are trained to sell, sell, sell. They won't just want to sell you auto insurance, but homeowners insurance, life insurance, and several other types, as well. While you're sitting in their office, the arguments may be convincing, but they might not be as convincing when you get home and realize how much money you've spent. In addition, most agents work for only one insurance company, and so you will not be able to see if you could save money by going with another company. If the agent is successful in getting you to sign papers in his office, you might never know what other companies have to offer.
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A few people like to get their auto insurance quotes via the telephone. Most companies and brokers offer this service, so that if there isn't an office near you, you can still use their services. People who prefer this method like it because they don't have to deal directly with a person, and because phone salesmen can be less pushy than in-person salesmen. In addition, some people find that it is easier to refuse the extra offers that agents and brokers always try to sell if they don't have to look another person in the face while they do it. However, these phone services generally suffer from the same problems that going through agents and brokers for your auto insurance quotes normally do: too few choices, too much selling, and overall not enough information.
Beyond the issues listed above, dealing directly with agents and brokers as well as dealing with their companies over the phone can cost you extra money. While not every agent or broker will charge you for their time when you meet with them, some will. This fee might be worth paying if you got some sort of extra service out of it, but you don't. Thus, it's never worth paying an agent or broker for their time when you're not even sure you're going to use their services in the end.
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After evaluating the options, it seems clear that this site's instant online auto insurance quote is the best way to go when you're looking for new car insurance. You get the best of all the worlds, with personalized service, real human beings only a phone call away, and less hard selling or wheeling and dealing. In the end, there's really not much of a choice: the instant online auto insurance quote is the simplest, fastest, and most efficient way to get a quote for the auto insurance you need.


Two Canadian startups have announced fresh funding rounds to fuel growth. Here's the latest on who raised, how much, and from whom.
Montreal-based Sharebee recently announced that is raised a $400,000 pre-seed investment round. Founded in 2017, Sharebee has been called the 'Airbnb of storage and parking.' It offers an online platform that connects people with unused spaces with people looking for storage or parking.
"Using your computer or mobile device, we envision a future where anywhere around the world, you can rent affordable, convenient, and safe storage spaces in your neighbourhood for half the price of a traditional storage unit," said Max Villemure, co-founder and CEO at Sharebee.
The pre-seed round was led by Toronto-based self-storage company, All Canadian Self-Storage, with participation from Broken Glass Angels, ex-Uber Montreal general manager, JN Guillemette, and a group of independent angel investors.
Sharebee plans to use the funding to help with its expansion into Toronto. It also plans to use part of the $400,000 to "further improve" the renter and host experience on its platform, as well as hire more employees.
The Airbnb-style platform sources and manages more than 5,000 storage spaces in Quebec and Ontario spanning warehouses, garages, basements, vacant rooms, and storage lockers. Similar to the accommodations-rental platform, Sharebee verifies renters to give hosts more assurance. With every rental it also offers a $250,000 insurance policy for civil liability, and a $10,000 insurance policy for goods in storage, provided by Intact Insurance.
In April 2017, Sharebee was one of seven startups chosen to participate in the fourth cohort of InnoCité MTL's smart city accelerator.
SmartCone Technologies is a surveillance technology startup based out of Stittsville, located just west of Ottawa. It recently received a $187,500 repayable contribution from FedDev Ontario to help it accelerate the market entry of its surveillance technology product.
SmartCone calls its device an early warning system touting it as safer, less expensive, and more productive than human or physical barriers. It uses flashing lights, audio, and visual messages that are posted to traffic signs to alert the public about surrounding hazards. SmartCone reportedly works in a number of situations including controlling bicycle lane traffic, managing vehicle fleets, monitoring traffic incident scenes, asset tracking, crowd control, and site security surveillance.
Its website stated that it provides "mission-critical" feedback to people and personnel in the area it is used, and safety personnel are able to get full visibility of the scene, with its remote viewing capabilities.
With the funding, FedDev Ontario stated that the startup plans to expand its presence to new markets and also plans to create eight new full-time jobs in the Ottawa region.


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Genocide Denied
Learn about the history and consequences of denial of the Armenian Genocide.
Taner Akçam: Why is the Armenian Genocide Important?
Taner Akçam discusses the importance of learning about the Armenian Genocide today.
The readings in this chapter describe the difficult struggles toward justice and reconciliation in the aftermath of war and mass violence. But what happens when those struggles never even begin? What happens to a history that has not been judged or even acknowledged?
In April 2015, people around the world marked the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Armenian Genocide (see reading, Genocide under the Cover of War in Chapter 3). Yet in Turkey and the former lands of the Ottoman Empire, where the murder of more than a million Armenians took place, these events have never been officially accepted as true by the government. At the end of World War I, the three leaders most responsible for planning the destruction of the Armenians escaped from Turkey; though they were tried in absentia, they never faced punishment. One of those leaders, Mehmed Talaat, claimed in his memoirs that there were no deliberate plans to massacre Armenians. When those memoirs were published after Talaat's death, they set the pattern for the arguments still used to distort the history: the false claim that the Armenians were traitors who deserved to be deported and who died as a result of a civil war in which both sides committed atrocities.
Introducing the Armenian Genocide
Scholar Richard G. Hovannisian gives an overview of the Armenian Genocide.
Within Turkey, individual citizens and scholars have acknowledged the genocide, holding academic conferences and organizing commemorative events. But despite overwhelming historical evidence, including primary sources, eyewitness accounts, testimony of perpetrators, survivor recollections, and physical evidence, the government of Turkey denies that a genocide took place. Those who deny what happened have used many strategies in their attempt to turn a historical fact into a matter for debate or even a myth. They have funded their own academic centers dedicated to spreading a revised history, and they have intimidated scholars who study and write about the genocide. Some authors who wrote about the genocide have been brought to trial for insulting "Turkishness," which is a crime in Turkey. Turkish officials worked to censor United Nations reports by blocking mentions of the genocide and by countering resolutions in the United States that would have recognized April 24 as a national day of remembrance of the Armenian Genocide. While some countries, including France and Germany, have officially recognized the Armenian Genocide, many others have not. Leaders of many countries, including the United States, have been reluctant to force Turkey to acknowledge the genocide because they don't want to embarrass or alienate an important ally.
Denial has consequences. It prevents attempts to seek appropriate restitution for the victims, and it can undermine the feeling of belonging and security for Armenians still living in Turkey. In 1998, more than 100 prominent scholars signed a petition that opposed denial of the Armenian Genocide. It said, in part:
Denial of genocide strives to reshape history in order to demonize victims and rehabilitate the perpetrators. Denial of genocide is the final stage of genocide. It is what Elie Wiesel has called a "double killing." Denial murders the dignity of survivors and seeks to destroy remembrance of the crime. In a century plagued by genocide, we affirm the moral necessity of remembering. 1
In 2015, on the 100th anniversary of the genocide, journalist Raffi Khatchadourian described how denial of the genocide affects the Armenian community worldwide. He wrote:
Armenians continue to struggle with the official negation: to endlessly combat it is its own form of prison, but to try moving past it unilaterally, abandoning the horrific events of 1915 in the shadows of denial, is to succumb to willful blindness and injustice. 2
Denial, he says, is not just an absence of truth but a "wounding instrument. And, after a hundred years of it, it is hard to feel Armenian in a meaningful way without defining oneself in opposition to it." 3
Historian Taner Akçam has said that acknowledging the genocide matters deeply outside the Armenian world, too. He responded with three key reasons when asked, Why is recognizing the Armenian Genocide important?
One, to respect the victims, to accept their dignity and to give an end to their traumas. Second, it is very important for the reconciliation in a society, for the democracy and for the human rights. If a society cannot face its own history, it cannot establish a democratic future. And the third factor is, related to the second one, if you want to say the sentence "never again," it can only be possible if society faces its past, its history. If a society, if a state, doesn't acknowledge its wrongdoing in the past, this means there is a potential there, always, that it can do it again. 4
What are some of the consequences of the denial of the Armenian Genocide? How does it influence people who have ties to Armenia? Does it matter for people who do not?
What are some reasons why the official Turkish denial of the genocide has persisted for more than a century?
Why did the authors of the petition believe that there is a "moral necessity of remembering"? Do you agree?
How is a nation's identity connected to its history? Why does Taner Akçam say that acknowledging the past is important for democracy and human rights? Do you agree?
1"Statement by Concerned Scholars and Writers," Armenian National Institute, April 24, 1998, accessed June 3, 2016.
2Raffi Khatchadourian, "Daily Comment: Remembering the Armenian Genocide," New Yorker, April 21, 2015, accessed June 3, 2016.
3Raffi Khatchadourian, "A Century of Silence," New Yorker, January 5, 2015, accessed June 3, 2016.
4Facing History and Ourselves, "Taner Akçam: Why Is the Armenian Genocide Important?" (video), accessed June 3, 2016.
Facing History and Ourselves, "Genocide Denied," last updated May 12, 2020.


Conference Dinner in a unique Arabic Hospitality Venue in the Desert !
All Guests will be picked up in Coaches & 4WD's (4x4's) from Sharjah Conference Hotels. At the campsite the guests can enjoy doing camel riding, Sand boarding, Henna Painting, Tanoora Dance show. After working up an appetite, enjoy a delicious Buffet Dinner and watch a Belly Dance Show before departing the campsite.
Tickets will be sold on-site during the conference.
Experience the new Dubai where the vision is larger than life. Driving down Sheikh Zayed Road admire the glittering high rises en route to Souk Madinat Jumeirah, a beautiful recreation of an Arabian style market place. After a photo stop at the iconic Burj Al Arab Hotel your drive continues to Palm Jumeirah, a fully reclaimed, palm shaped island that is home to the magnificent Atlantis, The Palm. Our tour continues to Ski Dubai, the first indoor ski slope in the region, offering fresh snow all year round. Our final stop will be at the base of what is currently the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa. Here you have time to admire the Dubai Fountain, a spectacle of lights and sound and one of the world's largest performing fountains.


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Blips on a Screen (Kobo eBook)
By Kate Hannigan, Zachariah OHora
An engaging picture book biography based on the incredible true story of a Jewish refugee who pioneered home video games and launched a worldwide obsession.
Do you ever wonder how video gaming was invented? What came before your PlayStation or Xbox? This is the story of Ralph Baer, a refugee from Nazi Germany, who used his skills--and a lot of ingenuity and persistence--to make life a little more fun.
Television was new when Ralph returned from serving in World War II, but he didn't settle for watching TV. He knew it could be even more fun if you could play with it. He tinkered and tested, got help and rejected, but with perseverance and skill, he made his vision come true! This is the inspiring story of a fearless inventor who made TV video games a reality.
Publication Date: May 3rd, 2022
Hardcover (May 3rd, 2022): $17.99
Library Binding (May 3rd, 2022): $20.99


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"We cannot tolerate or turn a blind eye to racism or exclusion in any form and yet claim to defend the sacredness of every human life."
Pope Francis – General Audience, June 3, 2020
We believe racism is an evil affecting us all. As a Mercy school committed to upholding the dignity and promoting the inclusion of every person, we are working to mobilize the Walsingham community in recognizing racism and the role we can play in transforming Walsingham Academy into an anti-racist, multicultural community.
In early June, during the apex of national protests prompted by the killing of George Floyd, Walsingham Academy President Sister Mary Jeanne Oesterle released a statement that, in part, said: "At Walsingham Academy—where the core values of the Sisters of Mercy influence all of what we do—we believe that Black lives matter, and racism will not be tolerated." Staff members began to have conversations with Sister Mary Jeanne and with each other about what the Academy can do to better put those words into action and deepen our commitment to being an anti-racist community. In July, a group of faculty and staff members began to meet weekly, launching the Walsingham Academy Diversity & Anti-Racism Transformation Team. The group consists of: Athletic Director Neil Bailey, Social Studies Teacher Alyson Bergamini, Theology Teacher Jamie Blinn, Marketing Coordinator Ryan Cane, Mathematics Teacher Anthony Green, Theology Teacher Rechelle Ramiro, Music Teacher Kelli Sullivan, and Sister Mary Jeanne.
The team will continue to meet with each other, diversity experts and local leaders to create an action plan. That plan will be shared with the greater Walsingham community once it is complete.
For now, we invite you to fill out the feedback form on the right side of this page. If you have any questions or suggestions, please email the diversity team by clicking the button below.
Reflections, information, and links from the Sisters of Mercy
Sisters of Mercy-compiled reading list
National Catholic Reporter: "We all must say 'Black Lives Matter'"
All Together Williamsburg
Q&A with Bishop Robert Barron: Catholics can dialogue without compromising our beliefs
Toward a Catholic Understanding of the Phrase "Black Lives Matter"
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Stefano Moroni is professor in planning at Milan Polytechnic University. His main research interests include planning theory, applied ethics and philosophy of the law. He is one of the editors of the international journal "Planning Theory". Recent publications: (with G. Brunetta), Contractual Communities in the Self-Organizing City, Springer, 2012; (with C. Basta), Ethics, Design and Planning of the Built Environment, Springer, 2013; (with D.E. Andersson), Cities and Private Planning:Property Rights, Entrepreneurship and Transaction Costs, Edward Elgar, 2014; (with D. Weberman), Space and Pluralism. Can Our Cities Today be Places of Toleration?, Central European University Press, 2016.
Gianfranco Franz is an architect and planner with an extensive experience in policies and practices for sustainability and local development, strategic spatial and social planning, urban economy, and urban creativity. He teachs at the Department of Economics and Management of the University of Ferrara (Italy) and for more than two decades he has worked with municipalities, regional governments, and local communities. In 2012 he founded Routes towards Sustainability, an international university network promoting multi and trans-disciplinary approaches to the development of places, cities, and communities. He has designed experimental postgraduate programmes involving European, Latin-American and Japanese universities, among which the MA MaPaus (School of Architecture of Ferrara) and the MA Ecopolis (School of Economics of Ferrara) which he directed from 2001 to 2013.
Thomas Hartmann is Associate Professor at Wageningen University and Research. He teaches and researches in spatial planning on justice and the city, land and water governance, and he has a special expertise in land policies and planning instruments. He is also affiliated to the Czech Jan Evangelista Purkyne University (UJEP) in Usti nad Labem, where he teaches in the PhD programme. Currently, he is supervising more than 10 PhD students, covering PhDs on research projects, external PhDs, and PhDs funded by individual grants. Most of them work on paper-based dissertations. He is the vice president, former secretary and PhD coordinator of the international academic association on Planning, Law and Property Rights (www.plpr-association.org). Thomas Hartmann is a trained spatial planner (TU Dortmund University) with a political science PhD degree (rer.pol.). Since 2010 he works in the Netherlands – first as a PostDoc at Utrecht University, later as assistant professor and now as associate professor in Wageningen. You may approach him in English, German, or Dutch.
Dr Linda McElduff is a lecturer in the Belfast School of Architecture and the Built Environment at Ulster University, Northern Ireland, where she teaches a range of subjects relating to planning and regeneration including urban resilience, ethics, leadership, place making and research methods; and is also the director of a postgraduate course in housing studies. She supervises a number of doctoral researchers and has experience examining PhD theses. Her key research interests are coastal management and regeneration; urban and community resilience; marine planning and governance. She has published journal articles and book chapters on these themes. Linda is a research associate of the International Centre for Local and Regional Development, and is a member of the Irish Seas Maritime Forum; International Academic Association on Planning, Law and Property Rights, and Association of European Schools of Planning. She coordinates the Planning, Law and Property Rights Thematic Group at AESOP.
Mike Raco is Professor of Urban Governance and Development in the Bartlett School of Planning, University College London. He has published widely on the topics of urban governance and regeneration, urban sustainability, social diversity, and the politics of urban and regional economic development. He is currently leading a team at UCL that is working on a collaborative ORA-ESRC funded project on investment flows and residential development in London, Paris and Amsterdam named WHIG: What is Governed in Cities. Recent works include: The Future of Sustainable Cities: Critical Reflections (with John Flint, Policy Press, Bristol); State-led Privatisation and the Demise of the Democratic State: Welfare Reform and Localism in an Era of Regulatory Capitalism (Routledge, London); and Regenerating London: Governance, Sustainability and Community in a Global City (with Rob Imrie and Loretta Lees, Routledge, London.
Laura Saija has recently accepted a position as Assistant Professor in City and Regional Planning at the University of Catania, Italy, after serving for three years in the same capacity in the School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy, University of Memphis, TN, USA. She earned her PhD in City and Regional Planning and Urban Design at the University of Catania, Italy. Her research interests cross the boundaries of community development, planning and landscape design, and planning theory. Through a Marie Curie Global Research Fellowship in 2011 and 2012 has focused on how universities can play an active role in community development processes inspired by the principles of circular economy and inter- and intra-species solidarity. She is recently researching on how action-research can be used to promote ecological development in the context of shrinking cities and regions.
Federico Savini is Assistant Professor in Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Amsterdam. He combines approaches of Political Sociology, Political Science and Urban Planning and Critical Geography to the study of institutions and socio-spatial change in cities. His expertise ranges across the areas of land policy, land regulations, environmental impact and technology driven urban experimentation. In his works, he studies the change of institutions and regulations that shape the city-regions. He observes a range of objects of study and social practices: the impact of planning regulations and legal frameworks on urban development ; the impact and organization of financial capital on land development; the politics and coalition building for regulatory reform in city-regional governance; the tacit social norms driving contemporary approaches to eco-and smart urbanism. His teaching includes core BA courses in Planning Theory, MA courses on research methods and several thesis supervisions. He is coordinator of the Research and Practice Masterstudio, which takes every year within the MA program in Urban Planning and it is developed in cooperation with the city of Amsterdam.
Ward Rauws (1985) is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Spatial Planning & Environment, Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen, the Netherlands. His research interests include urban self-organization and complexity theories of cities, adaptive planning and governance, and civic initiatives and resourceful communities. He is the coordinator of AESOP's Thematic Group on Planning & Complexity and cofounder of Young Planners Society Ekistics.
Francesca Leder is Senior Lecturer in Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Ferrara – Dept. of Architecture where she also teaches Theory of Urban Planning.
She coordinates "URL – Landscape Research Unit" focused on landscape as spatial policy as boosted by European Landscape Convention.
Her research work is currently focused on community development policy and practices; people-places relationship and community empowerment; gender approaches to urban planning.
As a three days event with plenary and parallel sessions, the workshop will address the main theme of the AESOP 2019 Conference.


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An evidence-based approach to fighting COVID-19
Associate Professor Luke Wolfenden, Career Development Fellow at the University of Newcastle, Program Manager at Hunter New England Population Health and HMRI-affiliated researcher, has received a funding grant from nib to deliver their 'Fast Facts' project - arming health officials more quickly and effectively with up-to-date evidence to better inform the public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Working with the HNE COVID-19 Public Health response team, Associate Professor Wolfenden will collaborate with international communicable disease expert and Hunter New England Health public health physician, Associate Professor Craig Dalton, to address COVID-19 health questions utilising the latest global health evidence.
The team will work closely with Cochrane Australia and Cochrane International, the largest producer of systematic reviews internationally to access a living register of COVID-19 studies.
Associate Professor Wolfenden is the international co-lead of the Cochrane 'Public Health' review group, and notes that this project allows the team to access the infrastructure of Cochrane, which includes its living register of COVID-19 studies, bank of research questions and access to experts.
"This funding from nib will enable us to establish a research team that can take the best Australian and International evidence and apply it locally, nationally and globally," Associate Professor Wolfenden says.
The COVID-19 global health emergency provides new challenges to our communities, and utilising the latest studies to inform best practice across the Hunter New England region – and beyond will deliver the best outcomes for our communities.
"Given the novelty of the virus, early responses to the disease outbreak were based on similar viruses such as SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) and MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome)," explains Associate Professor Wolfenden. "However, while COVID-19 is related to these viruses, it is genetically, epidemiologically and clinically distinct."
One of the questions this project may address is: What is the incubation period and how does this impact quarantine? To date, a number of small studies have been done, so if their data is pooled, it can provide a far more precise and reliable estimate of the incubation period.
HMRI Institute Director Professor Tom Walley emphasised the importance of a cohesive approach to applying evidence-based research in times of a global health crisis. "COVID-19 has affected communities across the world, so it's vital that we have the ability to rapidly assess all the available evidence when it comes to translating research into effective health policy and practice."
"This is a time when we need evidence and research, rather than opinion, to inform our actions," Professor Walley says. "This work will make the best evidence available quickly to enable clinicians and policy makers to use it for patient benefit."
Other important issues this project will examine include assessing the risk of infection and transmission among healthcare workers, and identifying the frequency and virus attach rates in schools.
nib Group Chief Medical Officer, Dr Mellissa Naidoo, said the $126,000 research partnership is important given there is still no vaccine or treatment for COVID-19.
"It's vital that clinicians can access the most up to date research and evidence to inform patient care and community health," Dr Naidoo said.
"We're proud to partner with HMRI, in delivering the Fast Facts project, to enable best practice in clinical decision-making and the public health response to COVID. Until a vaccine is available, this project helps put the best evidence available at the fingertips of those looking after the short and long-term health of our community," she added.
"We already have the expertise at a local level so we can move quickly to start work on the project," Associate Professor Wolfenden says. "We'll be working together over the next 6 – 8 months to ensure that the COVID-19 response is produced rapidly to a scientifically rigourous standard."
Luke Wolfenden
HMRI Researcher Showcase 2020 - Virtual Event Recap


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Q: Button stays hidden after app closes When my application loads up, it acts as an installer. When you tap the "Install" button, the application does it's task. It installs what is needed, and then you can carry on throughout using the app. My app is working fine, but whenever I close out the app of the multitasking bar, the app loads like the original installer again. Thus, the user having to keep reinstalling every time the app is loaded again. I want the user to only have to install the items once, be able to close the app, then use the content again without having to re-download. I know that I will be needing to use NSUserDefaults for this, but I also want the "Install" button to permanently disappear along with the installer. NOTE THIS IS NOT A STORE. This is just a test app for installing content that I may use further down the road. How would I be able to do all of this? Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

A: Having implemented something like this a few times, it's best to detect first launch, and show the installer screen based on that.  However, there are cases where the user doesn't quite finish installation, and the app is somehow backgrounder or killed.  In which case, you need to store another variable that records whether the user has completed the install.
The simplest way is to present a modal view controller as a sort of wizard if setup isn't initially completed, and just load the main screen as usual if it is.

A: Just query user defaults before you install. If it comes up not installed, then install whatever is needed and then set the user defaults!
NSUserDefaults *defaults = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
NSString *isInstalled = [defaults objectForKey:@"installed"];
if( ![isInstalled isEqualToString: @"true"] ) {
    //do installation here

    NSString *hasUserInstalled = @"true";
    NSUserDefaults *defaults = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
    [defaults setObject:hasUserInstalled forKey:@"installed"];
    [defaults synchronize];
}

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Q: Kubernetes: Failed to install alpha and beta projects
I was installing Google cloud platform on my centos 7 machine. I am reading the commands from a book and it says that I should create a Project_ID, so I put proj1, then it says that as a verification step I could type:
gcloud alpha projects list

To check the projects I have, but then I got this:
  $ gcloud alpha projects list

``ERROR: (gcloud.alpha.projects.list) INVALID_ARGUMENT: Project id 'proj1' not found or invalid.
- '@type': type.googleapis.com/google.rpc.Help
  links:
  - description: Google developers console
    url: https://console.developers.google.com
I thought I could skip this, so I move to the installation of kubernetes, but when I execute this script:
kubernetes/cluster/kube-up.sh

Now it asks also for the beta projects list. I already tried to execute the commands that it suggest:
gcloud alpha projects list
gcloud beta projects list

It shows like this

And it gives me the same error message:

Maybe there is a step in beetween, but the book didnt say anything. Can someone please assiste me? Im totally new to Kubernetes
Regards

A: Errata...
Yes... I didnt double check, and there was a missing command, prior setting up the project, the command is:
gcloud config list project

and then
gcloud config set project PROJECT_ID


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We had a very good Paralympics. 3 of the athletes that came to Berlin won medals. 1 x gold, 2 x silver. Berlin was a great preparation for us, so please let me know when you will have competitions next summer especially if they are before the World Championships in Lyon on July 20-29th.
Das freut uns ja besonders und wir gratulieren zu diesen Erfolgen.


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Visit to Huye/Nyanza EBU...
On Friday, August 6th, 2010, I visited the Huye/Nyanza EBU located in the southern part of Rwanda. Huye is the district but also is the second largest city in Rwanda. Huye is the home for National University of Rwanda, the largest national university, thus being called the Rwanda's intellectual capital. It also has the head office for National Museums of Rwanda.
UOB's Nyanza/Huye EBU (Entrepreneurial Business Unit) consists of four offices in Huye, Nyanza, Ntyazo and Nyamagabe. It covers the largest geographical area. It had been struggling in 2009 with poor performance and rising PAR. Thus, we had to change the leadership at the EBU early this year and I wanted to empower the new leadership in front of the staff. The new EBU leader is Olivier who has been transferred from Musanze. A total of 9 people report to him and he in turn reports to Joyce, Director and Bugesera EBU Leader. Joyce is a specialist in a turnaround situation. I trust that they will together turn around the Nyanza/Huye EBU.
Also, I visited a trust group, called Dutezanyimbere. It was started in September 2008 and was about to begin its fifth cycle with 21 members. Its membership has fluctuated widely from 38 in the first cycle to 34, 32 and 39 in its subsequent cycles. In the last cycle, the group had some serious problems among some members and they had to regroup them by dropping many defaulting members and adding new members, like many other groups that are sufferring due to the slow economy.
Some members shared their transformation stories, including Domithele, Vice President of the group. She joined the group from the inception with the primary purpose of helping their grand children go to their secondary schools. She has nine children and six grand children. Her micro business of selling grocery items has grown faster than expected and she feels confident that she will be able to help her grand children pay for their secondary school fees. She was grateful to UOB and we praised the Lord who was gracious to her.
Other members also shared testimony. One young lady testified that with the micro credit, she was able to buy a cow to feed her young baby as well as to use the cow manure as fertilizer. Another young man completed his third cycle and is building up his small retail business with the micro credit. He was hoping to get a loan to buy a motorcycle for a motor taxi business. We explained about our plan to roll out motorcycle loans soon and agricultural finance later this year. They welcomed our plan and invited us back in four months when they would expect to perform better than last cycle. We also shared our plan to roll out micro insurance and micro leasing.
We shared goat brochette, Rwandan's popular food, and fried bananas over soft drinks. It was a simple meal, but it served as our lunch and probably their lunch as well. It cost us approximately $37 in total to feed us all, 27. - Jeffrey
Poverty tries friends...................................................................
Women Enterpreneurs in Burera District...
Alliance Agreement with KCB Rwanda Singed!
A Premier Micro Individual Loan Case...
Presidential Election in Rwanda...
But Will It Make You Happy?


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import argparse
import collections
import hashlib
import operator
import os
import re
import sys

SCRIPT_NAME = "generate_ui_string_overrider.py"

# Regular expression for parsing the #define macro format. Matches both the
# version of the macro with allowlist support and the one without. For example,
# Without generate allowlist flag:
#   #define IDS_FOO_MESSAGE 1234
# With generate allowlist flag:
#   #define IDS_FOO_MESSAGE (::ui::AllowlistedResource<1234>(), 1234)
RESOURCE_EXTRACT_REGEX = re.compile('^#define (\S*).* (\d+)\)?$', re.MULTILINE)

class Error(Exception):
  """Base error class for all exceptions in generated_resources_map."""

class HashCollisionError(Error):
  """Multiple resource names hash to the same value."""

Resource = collections.namedtuple("Resource", ['hash', 'name', 'index'])

def HashName(name):
  """Returns the hash id for a name.

  Args:
    name: The name to hash.

  Returns:
    An int that is at most 32 bits.
  """
  md5hash = hashlib.md5()
  md5hash.update(name.encode('utf-8'))
  return int(md5hash.hexdigest()[:8], 16)

def _GetNameIndexPairsIter(string_to_scan):
  """Gets an iterator of the resource name and index pairs of the given string.

  Scans the input string for lines of the form "#define NAME INDEX" and returns
  an iterator over all matching (NAME, INDEX) pairs.

  Args:
    string_to_scan: The input string to scan.

  Yields:
    A tuple of name and index.
  """
  for match in RESOURCE_EXTRACT_REGEX.finditer(string_to_scan):
    yield match.group(1, 2)

def _GetResourceListFromString(resources_content):
  """Produces a list of |Resource| objects from a string.

  The input string contains lines of the form "#define NAME INDEX". The returned
  list is sorted primarily by hash, then name, and then index.

  Args:
    resources_content: The input string to process, contains lines of the form
        "#define NAME INDEX".

  Returns:
    A sorted list of |Resource| objects.
  """
  resources = [Resource(HashName(name), name, index) for name, index in
               _GetNameIndexPairsIter(resources_content)]

  # Deduplicate resources. Some name-index pairs appear in both chromium_ and
  # google_chrome_ header files. Unless deduplicated here, collisions will be
  # raised in _CheckForHashCollisions.
  resources = list(set(resources))

  # The default |Resource| order makes |resources| sorted by the hash, then
  # name, then index.
  resources.sort()

  return resources

def _CheckForHashCollisions(sorted_resource_list):
  """Checks a sorted list of |Resource| objects for hash collisions.

  Args:
    sorted_resource_list: A sorted list of |Resource| objects.

  Returns:
    A set of all |Resource| objects with collisions.
  """
  collisions = set()
  for i in range(len(sorted_resource_list) - 1):
    resource = sorted_resource_list[i]
    next_resource = sorted_resource_list[i+1]
    if resource.hash == next_resource.hash:
      collisions.add(resource)
      collisions.add(next_resource)

  return collisions

def _GenDataArray(
    resources, entry_pattern, array_name, array_type, data_getter):
  """Generates a C++ statement defining a literal array containing the hashes.

  Args:
    resources: A sorted list of |Resource| objects.
    entry_pattern: A pattern to be used to generate each entry in the array. The
        pattern is expected to have a place for data and one for a comment, in
        that order.
    array_name: The name of the array being generated.
    array_type: The type of the array being generated.
    data_getter: A function that gets the array data from a |Resource| object.

  Returns:
    A string containing a C++ statement defining the an array.
  """
  lines = [entry_pattern % (data_getter(r), r.name) for r in resources]
  pattern = """const %(type)s %(name)s[] = {
%(content)s
};
"""
  return pattern % {'type': array_type,
                    'name': array_name,
                    'content': '\n'.join(lines)}

def _GenerateNamespacePrefixAndSuffix(namespace):
  """Generates the namespace prefix and suffix for |namespace|.

  Args:
    namespace: A string corresponding to the namespace name. May be empty.

  Returns:
    A tuple of strings corresponding to the namespace prefix and suffix for
    putting the code in the corresponding namespace in C++. If namespace is
    the empty string, both returned strings are empty too.
  """
  if not namespace:
    return "", ""
  return "namespace %s {\n\n" % namespace, "\n}  // namespace %s\n" % namespace

def _GenerateSourceFileContent(resources_content, namespace, header_filename):
  """Generates the .cc content from the given generated grit headers content.

  Args:
    resources_content: The input string to process, contains lines of the form
        "#define NAME INDEX".

    namespace: The namespace in which the generated code should be scoped. If
        not defined, then the code will be in the global namespace.

    header_filename: Path to the corresponding .h.

  Returns:
    .cc file content implementing the CreateUIStringOverrider() factory.
  """
  hashed_tuples = _GetResourceListFromString(resources_content)

  collisions = _CheckForHashCollisions(hashed_tuples)
  if collisions:
    error_message = "\n".join(
        ["hash: %i, name: %s" % (i.hash, i.name) for i in sorted(collisions)])
    error_message = ("\nThe following names, sorted by hash value, "
                     "had hash collisions (One possible cause: strings "
                     "appear in different orders for Chrome and Chromium):"
                     "\n%s\n" % (error_message))
    raise HashCollisionError(error_message)

  hashes_array = _GenDataArray(
      hashed_tuples, "    %iU,  // %s", 'kResourceHashes', 'uint32_t',
      operator.attrgetter('hash'))
  indices_array = _GenDataArray(
      hashed_tuples, "    %s,  // %s", 'kResourceIndices', 'int',
      operator.attrgetter('index'))

  namespace_prefix, namespace_suffix = _GenerateNamespacePrefixAndSuffix(
      namespace)

  return (
      "// This file was generated by %(script_name)s. Do not edit.\n"
      "\n"
      "#include \"%(header_filename)s\"\n\n"
      "%(namespace_prefix)s"
      "namespace {\n\n"
      "const size_t kNumResources = %(num_resources)i;\n\n"
      "%(hashes_array)s"
      "\n"
      "%(indices_array)s"
      "\n"
      "}  // namespace\n"
      "\n"
      "variations::UIStringOverrider CreateUIStringOverrider() {\n"
      "  return variations::UIStringOverrider(\n"
      "      kResourceHashes, kResourceIndices, kNumResources);\n"
      "}\n"
      "%(namespace_suffix)s") % {
          'script_name': SCRIPT_NAME,
          'header_filename': header_filename,
          'namespace_prefix': namespace_prefix,
          'num_resources': len(hashed_tuples),
          'hashes_array': hashes_array,
          'indices_array': indices_array,
          'namespace_suffix': namespace_suffix,
      }

def _GenerateHeaderFileContent(namespace, header_filename):
  """Generates the .h for to the .cc generated by _GenerateSourceFileContent.

  Args:
    namespace: The namespace in which the generated code should be scoped. If
        not defined, then the code will be in the global namespace.

    header_filename: Path to the corresponding .h. Used to generate the include
        guards.

  Returns:
    .cc file content implementing the CreateUIStringOverrider() factory.
  """

  include_guard = re.sub('[^A-Z]', '_', header_filename.upper()) + '_'
  namespace_prefix, namespace_suffix = _GenerateNamespacePrefixAndSuffix(
      namespace)

  return (
      "// This file was generated by %(script_name)s. Do not edit.\n"
      "\n"
      "#ifndef %(include_guard)s\n"
      "#define %(include_guard)s\n"
      "\n"
      "#include \"components/variations/service/ui_string_overrider.h\"\n\n"
      "%(namespace_prefix)s"
      "// Returns an initialized UIStringOverrider.\n"
      "variations::UIStringOverrider CreateUIStringOverrider();\n"
      "%(namespace_suffix)s"
      "\n"
      "#endif  // %(include_guard)s\n"
      ) % {
          'script_name': SCRIPT_NAME,
          'include_guard': include_guard,
          'namespace_prefix': namespace_prefix,
          'namespace_suffix': namespace_suffix,
      }

def main():
  arg_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
      description="Generate UIStringOverrider factory from resources headers "
                  "generated by grit.")
  arg_parser.add_argument(
      "--output_dir", "-o", required=True,
      help="Base directory to for generated files.")
  arg_parser.add_argument(
      "--source_filename", "-S", required=True,
      help="File name of the generated source file.")
  arg_parser.add_argument(
      "--header_filename", "-H", required=True,
      help="File name of the generated header file.")
  arg_parser.add_argument(
      "--namespace", "-N", default="",
      help="Namespace of the generated factory function (code will be in "
           "the global namespace if this is omitted).")
  arg_parser.add_argument(
      "--test_support", "-t", action="store_true", default=False,
      help="Make internal variables accessible for testing.")
  arg_parser.add_argument(
      "inputs", metavar="FILENAME", nargs="+",
      help="Path to resources header file generated by grit.")
  arguments = arg_parser.parse_args()

  generated_resources_h = ""
  for resources_file in arguments.inputs:
    with open(resources_file, "r") as resources:
      generated_resources_h += resources.read()

  if len(generated_resources_h) == 0:
    raise Error("No content loaded for %s." % (resources_file))

  source_file_content = _GenerateSourceFileContent(
      generated_resources_h, arguments.namespace, arguments.header_filename)
  header_file_content = _GenerateHeaderFileContent(
      arguments.namespace, arguments.header_filename)

  with open(os.path.join(
      arguments.output_dir, arguments.source_filename), "w") as generated_file:
    generated_file.write(source_file_content)
  with open(os.path.join(
      arguments.output_dir, arguments.header_filename), "w") as generated_file:
    generated_file.write(header_file_content)

if __name__ == '__main__':
  sys.exit(main())


BRASELTON, GA. (October 7, 2017) — The final results of the Motul Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta left both Lexus RC F GT3 cars, No. 14 and No. 15, with a formal finish in the top ten. But it wasn't the finish anybody was hoping for, and certainly not what the performances in the early hours of the race seemed to promise.
During the 10-hour endurance race, three of the four main 3GT Racing team drivers ran in the lead of the GTD class. Scott Pruett, Sage Karam and Jack Hawksworth, all were leaders, but only the No. 15 crossed the finish line. With less than two hours to go, and in about five minutes, both cars were involved in incidents.
Robert Alon in the No. 14 car had contact with the tire wall in turn 12. Alon was uninjured, but was evaluated by IMSA medical staff and released. The damage to the car was not repairable in the time remaining. The reason for the incident is still under assessment.
Other drivers of the No. 14 Lexus RC F GT3 included Sage Karam and additional endurance race driver, Ian James.
Minutes after Alon's incident, Hawksworth, who had spent two minutes and 44 seconds in the penalty box, had to have help from the crew to get the No. 15 started and back on the track. Before he'd completed his return lap, the front end of the car was damaged.
The No. 15 was repaired by the 3GT Racing crew and returned to finish the race in 8th-place.
3GT Racing Technical Director, John Gentilozzi called the race "an unfortunate end to our season." This was the last race in the 2017 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season.
"We ran very well with both cars throughout the entire race. We led some laps, led some good chunks of laps and were in the hunt, up until the contact with the wall," Gentilozzi said.
It was a tough ending for Pruett, Hawksworth's co-driver alongside Austin Cindric. Like the rest of the team, Pruett said he had hoped for a strong ending to the Lexus RC F GT3 inaugural season. "We were hopeful about finishing on the podium" he said.
3GT Racing was formed to race the Lexus RC F GT3. Owned and operated by five-time Trans-Am Series Champion, Paul Gentilozzi and his longtime partners, Tony and John Gentilozzi, the East Lansing, Michigan-based team principals have been involved in motorsports for more than 46 years and have claimed more than 75 victories and 15 manufacturer and driver championships.
BRASELTON, GA (October 6, 2017) – With Jack Hawksworth behind the wheel, the Lexus RC F GT3 No. 15 qualified P3 during a 15-minute qualifying session at Road Atlanta. Sage Karam, who drove the No. 14 Lexus RC F GT3, qualified to start P9 on the grid tomorrow during the Motul Petit LeMans.
Karam's fastest lap was 1:21.115 and Hawksworth's fastest lap was 1:20.798.
The Motul Petit LeMans is the final race in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season.
The weather forecast for Saturday's 10-hour race calls for a chance of rain and Hawksworth, who has often said he loves to race in the rain, said he hopes it stays away tomorrow.
Because it is an endurance race, each team has an additional driver. Austin Cindric joins Hawksworth and his co-driver, Scott Pruett on the 2.54-mile, 12-turn track.
Ian James will be the third driver in the No. 15, Lexus RC F GT3, teaming up with Robert Alon and Karam. Karam feels a little differently about the forecasted rain.
"Bring it on," Karam said.
Rain or no rain, 3GT Racing Technical Director, John Gentilozzi said he was a little surprised at the outcome for the No. 14 during today's qualifying session.
"We thought we had a set up on the No. 14 that was going to work really well, based on what we saw this morning during practice," Gentilozzi said. "But I think Jack was able to put together a little bit better lap and maybe the changes made on the No. 15 were enough to counter the track changes that followed the Continental Challenge race that was right before we went out to qualify.
The 10-hour race is scheduled for a green flag at 11:05 a.m. (ET) on Saturday. Live coverage of IMSA's 20th Anniversary Motul Petit Le Mans from Road Atlanta will begin on FS1 at 10:30 a.m. (ET) and move to FS2 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. with live coverage continuing from 2:30 to 5 p.m. on FOX Sports GO and from 5 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. on FS2.


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Letter: Recent articles underscore why mistrust of police and government exists
Two of four articles on the Aug. 7 Front Page involved the police.
One article, "State Police probe faulted," stated the state inspector general's office issued a report that was "highly critical" of a state police internal investigation into the actions of state police troopers assigned to a federal task force. The troopers repeatedly committed multiple serious misconduct actions but were only penalized with slaps on the wrist.
The other article, "Calls for Essex DA to seek justice," concerns the actions of a Cohoes police officer who, in Essex County, illegally discharged his firearm, made numerous false calls to 911 claiming he was being attacked by Black men and lied to investigators about what had occurred. This police officer received absolutely no punishment by the Cohoes police department or the city of Cohoes. In addition, the Essex County district attorney has refused to prosecute the police officer or even disclose if she knew the police officer and thus should have recused herself from the investigation.
So, 50 percent of the articles on that Front Page dealt with police officers committing possible illegal acts that ordinary citizens would be indicted/punished for yet those officers received no or no real punishment. And the powers that be wonder why people don't trust or believe the police leaders and other authorities.
Barry Uznitsky


I have been climbing primarily in Five Ten shoes for the past five or more years, being converted instantly by the properties of the now-extinct V10. For my money, the Dragon is one of the very best bouldering shoes ever made. Recently Five Ten sent me a pair of their new trail-running shoe, the Dome, to try out. I put the shoes through their paces this spring and into the summer, beginning pretty much out of the box in North Wales. I wore these shoes on everything from the approach to Rainbow Slab in the slate quarries, where they were super-reliable on the slippery sharp talus, to a run/hike up Mount Snowdon where they proved comfortable and reliable on varied and steep terrain, even when I was very tired. They required no breaking in and worked well right out of the box.
The Dome passes muster on the street as well, proving up to the task of roving London for hours of sidewalks, the Tube, and a lot of museum walking. The understated style and natural colors of gray and green go well with normal street clothing and are inconspicuous outside while hiking.
The real acid test for me has been the numerous hikes this year to Mount Evans. Those who have completed the three mile hike to Area A know that comfortable durable shoes are a must. If you are packing close to 30 pounds of pads and other stuff, a stable solid shoe is even more important. They have been great in the early summer snow, mud and talus and I have not even come close to blisters or other foot pain. The breathable upper has been super comfortable on some pretty hot days recently.
The fit is generous but not sloppy and can be tightened down easily with the handy doubled lacing over the instep. While I wouldn't recommend the shoe for hard climbing or bouldering, they proved solid enough on a V4 I did in them recently at Flagstaff. The rubber is Five Ten's Stealth S1 which is very sticky but also shock absorbent, making it a good choice for talus-hopping down from Upper Chaos or the approach to Lincoln Lake.
Although I haven't been in them too long, only a few months, the finish and durability seem excellent and I look forward to seeing how they handle the steeper and more rocky approaches in RMNP. I unhesitatingly recommend this shoe for any hiking application where you need a solid but not too heavy trail shoe with sticky rubber. For bouldering in the Colorado high country they are perfect.
Pretty glowing review there. So much so that it's not particularly useful. Not a thing you would change? What are they best/worst at? Personally, I'd find that type of info a lot more useful.
Hi Doug, Seriously not a thing to change. They have done really well at everything I have thrown at them, which I detailed in the review. They are not going to be great at technical terrain (which I mentioned) but otherwise they are really good shoes. Sorry to disappoint!
Thanks for the real-time real-use pics Peter. Easy to get carried away in the glitzy advertising shots. Nice write up, wish I had saved my money and went with these instead of the WAY too stiff La Sportiva Boulder X's.
Thanks for the comment Micah. I thought a couple of shots of the shoes after a few months of pretty heavy use would give readers a good idea of how they perform. Re: Boulder X's, the Sportiva approach shoes seems to focus more on climbing performance and maybe not so much on the walking part. Since I am doing mini-backpacking trips every time I am out and am not tackling class 4 approach sections, I am not as worried about technical performance. Instead I need something that holds up under weight, feels comfy and speedy, and is reliable on talus. I haven't tried Five Ten's other approach shoes so can't comment there.
good lord. they are paying you way too little to be writing this crap. i hike all summer in a pair of friggin flip flops, and hey, i can wear them to the louvre if i wish.
Anon, join me on a hike to Upper Chaos in your flip-flops.
Good lord, these people are uptight. Nice review, I'm pretty sure they are great shoes, as Five tens usually are. I wear a 13 in Solomon, and I got a pair of these in 12 and they felt a little odd, to much play, they felt a half size to large for me and gave me bad blisters. Super bummer.I think my experience is an exception to what I've been hearing.
Nice review. I've been told that 5.10's run a little wide. Is this true?


The latest products, mobile system access, and much more – experience Phoenix Contact on your smartphone or tablet.
With the new catalog app, you can access our complete product range by navigating through the familiar Phoenix Contact product structure.
Intuitive navigation and different wish lists will make it a lot easier for you to place your order: find the information you are looking for and the right contact every time and anywhere.
The new CLIPSAFE app enables you to select your terminal box quickly and easily from our product range.
All the information on the selected housing, such as drawings, certificates, and data sheets is available to you after intuitive product selection.
The magazines app offers you multimedia publications about the latest products and innovations.
Experience the interactive world of Phoenix Contact.
Which marking suits your requirements? Find out with the MARKING system app.
Quickly and easily find the right solution with either the search assistant or the integrated product scanner. With the material editor, you can create the required markings directly in the application environment.
The MINI Analog Pro allows you to access your signal conditioners via Near Field Communication (NFC).
This means that, depending on the module type, you can implement complete configurations or a DIP switch setting aid and access information such as block diagrams or data sheets.
Use the PLC logic app and the corresponding Bluetooth adapter to quickly and wirelessly access the process data of your logic modules.
You can adjust parameters and monitor your application.
The protection app explains how to protect your own electrical devices against surge voltages in an easy-to-understand manner.
Design an extensive protection concept and keep an eye on the the status of your surge protection.
Use this app to individually parameterize your QUINT POWER power supply via NFC.
This app supports you in using the TC MOBILE I/O X200 SMS relay (firmware version 2.0 or later).
It indicates the device status, and sends the switching commands – the manual writing of SMS is no longer necessary.
Extend your system visualization to smartphones or tablets with the Visu+ mobile visualization app.
You can design flexible operating and monitoring concepts, as the Visu+ mobile app allows you to access your system at any time and from any location. The app is the flexible addition to the Visu+ visualization software.


Since Bernanke first uttered the word "tapering" back in May this year, the yields on U.S. treasuries have increased significantly, with the 10-year yield having climbed 122 basis points, or 73.5% (from 1.66% to 2.88%).
On average, the treasury yields depicted in the chart below have increased 75.3% basis points, or 57.4% (from 1.31% to 2.07%) since the beginning of May to 13 December this year.
So, whether Bernanke and the FOMC decide to taper or not this week, the steepening of the yield curve since May indicates that at least some tapering is already priced in.


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NGC 7556 ist eine elliptische Galaxie vom Hubble-Typ E/S0 im Sternbild Fische auf der Ekliptik. Sie ist schätzungsweise 341 Millionen Lichtjahre von der Milchstraße entfernt und hat einen Durchmesser von etwa 250.000 Lj.

Im selben Himmelsareal befinden sich u. a. die Galaxien NGC 7544, NGC 7546, NGC 7554, NGC 7566.

Das Objekt wurde am 20. September 1784 vom deutsch-britischen Astronomen Wilhelm Herschel entdeckt.

Weblinks
 SIMBAD Astronomical Database

Einzelnachweise

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


It's an only-in-L.A. kind of thing: A multimillion-dollar new club, smack in the middle of the West Hollywood neighborhood known as Boys' Town, that's become a total (female!) babe magnet. Moomba, housed in what was formerly Luna Park, is a rambling, multilevel venue that caters to the beautiful people, with a top-rated restaurant, lounges wired for video and surround sound, a patio, and a cozy performance space with a high-quality sound system.
In L.A.'s trendy and competitive club scene, celebrity sightings are the name of the game. Moomba's buzz was enhanced when it hosted Elton John's Oscar night post-awards party, where a Yorkville Sound TX Series P.A. debuted in the main club space.
Seemingly, no expense was spared to outfit the audio/video elements of the club. Panasonic Plasma screens and DVD players abound; monitoring in the sound booth is on Genelec 1031As; and there's even a digital audio recording system for the bands. The main console, a Sony DMX-R100, is set up for 24 mic inputs and eight monitor mixes; in addition to routing FOH sound, monitors and various feeds throughout the complex, the desk also sends signal, via ADAT Lightpipe, to a Pro Tools MixPlus|24 system archived on removable Glyph drives housed in a four-space Glyph Trip rack. The extensive mic collection, all by Shure, includes wireless, SM44 and the complete Beta Series.
According to Andrew Lunsford, Moomba's perpetually-in-motion sound technician, the club hosts all sorts of events, and the 200-capacity performance room, with its corner stage, is readily reconfigured. Some nights, carpet and couches appear and a digital video projector drops down, creating a viewing room for 5.1 DVD movies. For DJ nights, it becomes a dance floor with a lounge and mirror balls. There are private events, and sometimes the room gets transformed into a small theater — complete with a runway — for fashion shows.
Moomba's complicated routing was provided by Anaheim Communications. All feeds run through the Sony desk, where Lunsford decides what will be piped where. Sometimes, the performance onstage goes everywhere; other times, it's different for each room, or a DJ working in the downstairs "pool hall" lounge may have cuts playing throughout. Boston Acoustic speakers are arrayed around the outside patio; M&K monitors, including powered mini-subs buried underneath the couches, rock the lounge; and there's even a subwoofer in the restaurant. Each room has its own satellite dish, and, besides the setup in the main sound booth, there are DJ booths in the lounge and restaurant.
The nightclub's P.A., designed and built by Yorkville, and including cabinets, power amps and processors, has proved a boon in working with such a wide variety of shows. The two main TX8 three-way cabinets, which move onstage for club nights and off for bands, are enhanced by two TX9 subwoofers and three TX3 two-way cabinets for center-fill. Four TX4 two-ways handle corner and backfill. Stage monitors consist of four TX2Ms and four TX5Ms.
Powered by a combination of 20 Audio-Pro amplifiers, the system boasts an output of an astonishing (for the size of the room) 18,000 watts. One might expect trouble, considering all those DJ-driven shows, but all enclosures in the system are protected by proprietary Yorkville-designed TX Series processors.
Great sound, beautiful people and a buzz; the word is that "moomba" is Australian Aborigine for, "Let's get together and have fun." From the looks of the crowd at Moomba L.A., that invitation's working.


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Kankakee, Illinois Student Interns In Durbin's Washington, DC Senate Office
WASHINGTON, DC] – Kankakee native Lakeisha Steele spent two months this summer interning for U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), working behind the scenes in the Senator's Capitol Hill office. Each year, close to 50 interns work in Durbin's Washington, D.C., office. Judiciary Interns help committee staff and Senator Durbin prepare for hearings while also assisting with other legislative duties. During that time, they gain firsthand knowledge of the legislative process, learn about the inner-workings of the federal government, and develop valuable research skills.
"Forty-five years ago, I started my career on Capitol Hill as a college intern for Senator Paul Douglas (D-IL)," Senator Durbin said. "I will never forget that day in February of 1966 when he agreed to hire me as an intern to work in his office. It was one of the most exciting things I had ever done; a student from East St. Louis, Illinois was going to work in the office of a U.S. Senator. I know what a valuable experience it can be and we strive to make sure all of our students get a glimpse into the workings of the United States Senate."
After eight years of working in the private sector, Steele decided to follow her passion of pursuing a career in public service. She recently graduated from American University with a Master of Public Administration concentrating on national security.
"I pursued an internship with Senator Durbin's office in order to have an opportunity to experience our government in action. I am excited to use my knowledge and skills to serve the public interest and the people of Illinois," Steele said.
The internship program is designed to provide interns with experience in the core functions of a Senate office and allow them to gain a better understanding of the federal legislative process. Their responsibilities include assisting full-time staff in responding to various constituent requests, assisting with information inquiries, attending committee and agency hearings and briefings, researching legislative issues and policy questions, observing floor proceedings, and attending meetings related to specific legislation.


This grouping takes a vintage angle with Great G.W.P. concepts. The American flag art is always included but it is a great idea to make some of the art less literal, this will broaden the target customer.
Copyright © 2019 Human Resource Design Studio. All Rights Reserved.


With full size wheels and standard components, Montague bikes not only deliver the best ride quality and performance of any folding bike on the market, they also allow for complete customization. Montague riders from all over the world express themselves through their bikes with aftermarket parts, colorful accessories, and even complete builds from our individual framesets.
Here are some of our favorite custom folding bikes.
Why dont you make a FATBIKE version of THE PARATROOPER? JUST DO IT!!!!!
how about a touring bike, complete with racks.


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I don't know what you are trying to do. I don't know what you are trying to show. But I doubt you're feeling the same way as I...
I hate the fact that Im thinking about you all the time.
I don't know what you are trying to do. I don't know what you are trying to show.
But I doubt you're feeling the same way as I do.
Hey all. :D
Right, I don't have much time to blog cos there're truckloads of homework awaiting me, and that I still have that stupid geog DRQ test to study for that's on Friday.
So I went out with the guys to catch fireworks on Monday. Twinnie couldn't make it cos she didn't feel well, but we thought that she went out w her boyfriend.
Really sorry! :/ And get well soon ok!
Met up with the guys at City Hall for dinner first and headed over to Esplanade area. Couldn't get through there, so we had to like squeeze to the place beside the floating platform instead. Took eons just to cross the road, and could see that many many people were very unhappy. Mad squeezy I tell you.
Kinda like lost the guys after I crossed the road, since I crossed it first. Managed to contact Abra first, but I think Arsyad was still far behind. :/
Anyways, managed to squeezed through the crowd w him and got a spot like between everyone and the fireworks started just at that time. So we didn't need to smell all the weird kinds of smell that was around us for long. But super duper squeezy, and we were sweating like pigs.
Fireworks were awesome. :D Very very pretty. I think it was much better than that in 2008. Since I think they added new designs to it or smthg.
Managed to meet up with Arsyad after the fireworks ended, cos the crowd started to disperse. Camwhored a pretty lot, and walked on the helix bridge to the IR. Managed to walk into the IR for the first time. :D
Continued walking, saw many pretty night spots, took photos again but somehow, Arsyad's camera didnt really manage to capture the pretty lightings. Haha.
Walked quite a distance to Raffles Place MRT and headed home. Was glad that the train wasn't crowded at all. But got conned by the guys and looked like some retarded kid trying to press the MRT buttons. ><
Yup so that was it. :D
I have tons of things to do, but so little time.
kthxbye.
Please, I rather you just tell me off.


Nextbit is a mobile company based out of San Francisco, United States.The company's saying : The future doesn't just arrive. It's built—by people who choose to. Here Comes Nextbit Robin: A Cloud Storage Smartphone!! Nextbit launches a phone named "Robin" in US and few days after launching in the US. Nextbit decided to move out from its territory and thus launches in India . A Ultimate Smartphone which uses Cloud Storage to its potential. The company says it believes in seamless connectivity and therefore it comes with different approach as Storage Fixer. The Motive of Nextbit is that user should not worry about the storage. User should have good amount of storage on his smartphone.
Robin sells in India via flipkart for Rs. 19,999 which is aggressive as compared to US $399 which rougly comes to Rs. 26,733. The Nexbit Robin is a single SIM smartphone which uses Regular SIM card. Nextbit Robin runs on Nextbit OS on top of Android 6.0.1 which has many good features and its USP is it uses Cloud as a storage.
Nextbit named its phone as Robin, Let's see if phone has some superhero powers or the company is unable to power its potential.