As a people we tend to blame our tools when we do not perform well. We ask for a law to be enacted or for the existing one to be modified when something goes wrong.
We do not stop to think what we could have done or do to avert unpleasant situations. Time was when the chief rallied the people to assist re-roof a school which had fallen victim to inclement weather.
Today, we appeal to the government to come to our aid or present the begging bowl to NGOs and the representatives of foreign governments.With social problems, our attitude is pathetic. We have over generations come to adopt a way of life and inter-personal and group relationships which were and are suitable for our needs and circumstances.As contacts with other peoples increased, our way of life was modified.
In fact, if the dead of over 20 years were to wake up they would hardly recognise the society they left only a few years ago.In 1945, I made a major tour of the country.Some women in the north went about naked with only a few leaves to cover the private parts.Today, they have changed and take active useful part in the running of the country.And this is for the good of society.But we cannot force participation in governance by law. The impediments which frustrate participation should be removed.
Some minimum education is necessary, if citizens are to participate effectively in governance. Of course, all citizens participate in choosing the government. But we all know that this participation is not full or effective for many. Women generally fall into the category of those denied effective participation. To remedy the situation, some have called for legislation or affirmative action.In my view, affirmative action to give women places in the government structure will lead to a cosmetic change only.It seems to question the capacity of women.
Educated women are as capable as men in the governance institutions. This was recognised long ago and Dr Aggrey went further to say that if you educated a woman, you educated a family and a nation. Since then,the Achimota College has given equal opportunities to boys and girls and other schools have followed the practice. I was fortunate to be involved in this social change which was not welcomed by many who believed that a woman's place was in the home and kitchen. We should fight against this belief which persists in many communities. After school, the girl alone does the household chores while the boy is free to play and to study.
More seriously, the belief that the girl is a plaything must be eradicated by enforcement of the law. Any person, especially a teacher, who puts a student or girl under age in the family way, should be sacked and dealt with according to law. The police should not allow family interventions to halt the legal process.
Girls of 12 to 16 tend to like young, excellent sportsmen such as footballers, musicians, artistes and similar men in the limelight.The teachers are in a special position and if they take advantage of the situation, they should be dealt with ruthlessly.
The reported number of school girls who stop schooling because of pregnancy is large and unacceptable. It should receive more attention than affirmative action. The problem cannot go away by affirmative action later. Of course women have other problems when they have finished schooling and have acquired professions. One of these is marriage and having children.Maternity leave appears to be abused by many, while the needs of those who wish to obtain higher professional training do not receive adequate attention.
If we should have women in Parliament, I would prefer mature ones with professional knowledge and experience and young ones with passion for removing the real impediments to the advancement of women in education and the professions.
Much needs to be improved in Ghana.Sometimes a radical change is needed. The law should assist. But the law is of no avail if the people do not invoke it.There is too much tendency to ask for new laws instead of using existing ones to assist national progress.
We have too much of a tendency to talk and ask somebody else to act instead of doing something ourselves. We must assist progressive social change and invoke the present laws and procedures before we ask for new ones.


According to the 2015 Genworth Financial cost of care survey, the average cost of adult day care in Virginia is $1,408 per month.
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Does the adult day care agency meet Virginia's minimum standards?
These would cover Virginia requirements for having a proper emergency plan, proper nutrition for meals, snacks and beverages, identification of the health needs of the clients and proper social services attention.
What staff are available at the adult day care center?
Does the staff meet the Virginia requirements?
How does the adult day care agency handle medication administration?
Ensure the management of medication by the agency meets Virginia guidelines.
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If so, what type for transportation does the adult day care center offer?
Are there specific dementia requirements for adult day care in Virginia?
Find out if and how the agency serves Alzheimer's and dementia participants.
Does Virginia review and inspect adult day care centers?
If so, what was the latest rating of the center? Have complaints been filed?
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If you cannot afford the service, does the agency accept Virginia Medicaid waivers?
Are you familiar with the Virginia Area Agencies on the Aging and all the assistance they can provide to you?
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By the early 1850s many Norwegians from the parishes of Skånevik, Etne, and Fjelberg immigrated and located in an area centered in Kendall County, Illinois. But government land had been taken up by then. Having learned that government land was available in Iowa for $1.25 an acre, a committee of four men set out in the fall of 1854 to scout out the Iowa land. What they found were extensive prairie lands with timber located along rivers and in isolated groves. While there they purchased land and returned to Illinois.
The actual migration from Illinois began in 1855 and after the Civil War many Norwegians came directly to Central Iowa from Norway. The colonies that developed were centered in the northern part of Story County (Story City and Roland) into Hamilton County, as well as in the southern part of the county (Huxley and Sheldahl) into Polk County. While the first settlers had to endure hardships, their efforts eventually paid off resulting in a comfortable life, and even in prosperity for many. An important part of the lives of these people was their faith as expressed in the Lutheran religion.
As Central Iowa lands became more populated some of the original settlers and many of their descendants moved on into other frontier locations; Northwest Iowa, Minnesota, the Dakotas, and even Canada. Others headed west into Nebraska, Northwestern states, and California. However, many descendants of these pioneers can still be found in Central Iowa.
More history is available on the CINP "About the Book" page, as well as at Elmer Dickson's Kendall County, Illinois USGenWeb site. Many historical references are listed on the CINP "Selected Bibliography" page.


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Give it good support. Use a sturdy bed frame. If it's a queen or king size set, make sure your frame has the adequate center support that will prevent bowing or breakage.
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Out with the old. Now that you've treated yourself to a new sleep set, arrange to have your old bed removed and disposed of. Don't give it to the kids, relatives, guests or neighbors. If it wasn't good enough for you, it isn't good enough for anyone else. Dispose of it!


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Slowing Spends Cast Shadow on India's IT Services Industry, Says Gartner
IT services market globally to cross $1 trillion in 2019, but growth rate to slow to 4.7%, says Gartner.
IT services spending worldwide for the first time is projected to cross $1 trillion (Rs 73.5 trillion) — in 2019 — but that does not call for a celebration for the export-driven IT services industry in India as yet.
The reason is, the market, which is bogged down by an anticipated slowdown in global economies and currency volatility, as well as trade wars, is expected to grow at a slower rate of 4.7 per cent in 2019 as compared to 5.9 per cent in the previous year, according to research firm Gartner.
This comes at a time when the Indian IT services industry is putting in all efforts to gain the growth momentum and return to double-digit growth but has seen limited success so far. Other than industry leader Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), none of the leading Indian IT majors is yet to achieve the double-digit growth mark.
According to Gartner, overall IT spends, including spending on IT services software, computer hardware, data centre systems and communications technologies, are expected to grow slower at 3.2 per cent in 2019 to $3,816 billion as compared to 4.5 per cent clocked in 2018.
Within that, spending on IT services, where Indian players such as TCS, Infosys and Wipro play a big role, is the second-largest segment with a share of 27 per cent.
The projection by the global research firm comes at a time when Indian IT industry body Nasscom has given a conservative exports growth guidance of 7-9 per cent for 2018-19, which is not much different from the 8.4 per cent growth the industry logged in the previous financial year. Infosys, India's second-largest IT services company, which delivered better than expected numbers in the September quarter, has still held on to its original guidance of 6-8 per cent (in constant currency).
Even though Indian IT services industry accounts for just around 12 per cent of the overall IT services opportunities with revenues of $126 billion in FY18, the sector still holds the lion share in the global IT offshoring market which is pegged at around $300 billion.
Giving the rationale behind the likely slowdown, Gartner said that dip in global growth rates and cost optimisation pressure on the clients will hurt the IT spends."An expected global slowdown in economic prosperity, paired with internal pressures to cut spending, is driving organisations to optimise enterprise external spend for business services such as consulting," the report said.
A study done by the global research firm also says that 46 per cent of enterprises have indicated to consolidate their IT services supplier base as one of the effective measures to optimise cost.
"All the factors indicate that overall, the market is moving nowhere. It is rather stable. So, the hopes of higher growth in IT spending is not coming back in the near future," said Pareekh Jain, managing director, India, at HfS Research. "Secondly, the digital services pie is also eating into traditional services business while the overall market remains nearly flat."
Besides, some of the global enterprises are also resorting to in-sourcing through their global in-house centres (GICs) which is affecting the overall outsourcing opportunities.
These factors have also prompted both Indian as well as global IT services players to give conservative guidance. For its financial year 2018-19 (follows July-August cycle), Accenture has guided for a revenue growth of 5-8 per cent in constant currency (CC) term, much lower than 10.5 per cent it reported last year, factoring in the impact of a stronger dollar apart from uncertainty around Brexit and trade wars.
However, Indian IT services biggies such as Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Infosys have given no indications of slowing growth in IT spends in coming quarters. Rather, these firms are closely watching the developments.
NG Subramaniam, chief operating officer of TCS, had said that it would be too early to gauge how client spending would pan out in the coming year. "I think our customers are closely watching out what is happening, but at this point in time it is too early to call with respect to how it (trade war) is going to percolate it into the budgets for the next year," he told analysts in the post earnings call.
Some industry watchers say that it may be too early to say that the IT spending will come down in the coming year given the strong growth some of the Indian players have reported in key geographies like the US and Europe.
"When the largest market for IT services, US, is growing at more than four per cent and all IT services firms both in India and globally are reporting sound earnings, we should rather wait for any conclusion," said Mohandas Pai, former CFO of Infosys, and Chairman of Aarin Capital. – Business Standard
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Since I have been spending some time recently on hacking, I wanted to start using custom domains and also start using www.shreeni.info for other things and not just this blog. Hence I am moving away this blog from www.shreeni.info to blog.shreeni.info. Not that it makes much of a difference if you are using the feedburner link to subscribe to the blog or if you are coming to the blog from other places. That said, if you do come to the site directly or use a bookmark, make sure you update those.
Update: All blogs posts from 2003-2011 will continue to work with the previous page urls too (although it will redirect to blog.shreeni.info) - thanks to a quick and dirty hack - I will blog about it later.
The right way to do this would have been to use the twitter firehouse, which of course is not openly available to everybody, or to use the search interface. As I was planning to shift the code to use that, I hit upon this neat little widget from Twitter, which allows me to create a widget to track all the tweets containing my name and allows me to publish this wherever. I am putting this up on this blog. I have taken out the widget showing my tweets to the new widget titled "Chatter about me on twitverse" and its a dynamically updating widget. At this moment, I am enjoying the look of the new widget on my blog.
Update: I have removed the widget from this blog since I have made my twitter stream private. You can still get the widget from the link.
Me, wifey along with fox2mike, hyacie, coolbanno and Rujuta took off for a day long trip to Pulau Ubin, the island off Singapore, and a preserved reserve. I had checked out Leone's blog on how to get to Pulau, but Fox2Mike had a better route in mind - turns out taking 29 from Tampines MRT will get us closer to the Ferry Terminal than taking 9 from Simei. Hence we followed that and he was right - 29 from Tampines is a better idea. You can also take Bus No. 2 from Tanah Merah Interchange.
The short, 10 minute ferry ride from Changi Ferry Terminal to Pulau Ubin was quite fun, specially since you have do it in rundown bumboat with pretty much nothing for safety. It costs it S$2.5 for a one way ticket per person.
Once you have reached there, the next fun thing would you be cycling (or biking to those who are used to that word.) You can get the bicycles at Pulau Ubin for a day rental of anything between S$2 - S$20. I got myself a "Giant" bicycle with 21 gears for $8. After everybody else got theirs', we were off.
We cycled to Chek Jawa Wetlands. Its a relaxing ride with lots and lots of greenery to be seen. The ride itself is fun with a little bit of tarred road, a bit of rough ride with both downward and upward slopes, sometime quite steep.
One at the wetlands, things to do include climbing up a tall observatory and spend a few minutes taking in the air, snapping a few photos, check out the sea from that height and of course do some planespotting - quite a few flights can be seen approaching landing at Changi.
Once you are done with the observatory, walk around and enjoy the boardwalk, checking out some sea vegetation and animals. When we were there, we had lots and lots of wind blowing at us and it was quite a pleasant experience.
Once we were done with it, we rode back our way back to the center of the town (where we started cycling) for lunch. We stopped at Ubin first stop, where my seafood loving friends grabbed crabs, while me, Nidhi and Fox2Mike feasted on Plain rice with veggies and veggie fried rice. You can order Beer if you like.
After a heavy lunch and some much needed rest, we cycled around a bit when we located this secluded spot where some there was nobody else and it was facing the sea. After hanging out there for a while, we headed back to Changi Ferry Terminal. While we wanted to hang out at the Changi beach for a while, we were all too tired and so we all decided to split and head back home.
If you are not used to cycling or physical activity, be ready to face some skin-rashes and cramps, as happened to me and wifey. If you are not careful, you can pass out in the train on your way back, as it happened to hyacie!
All in all, a day full of fun worth spending a weekend day and quite a good break from all the aircon and shopping arcades in Singapore. All the photos from my camera can be found here.
Rahu Kalam, in Indian Astrology, is considered that part of the day which is inauspicious for starting new activities or performing good deeds. More on how to calculate Rahu Kalam at Wikipiedia. Essentially, Rahu Kalam is supposed to be calculated on the basis on the sunrise and sunset times, which in turns depends on where you live. Calculating this is quite tedious.
In India, since it is mostly South Indians who believe in Rahu Kalam, they tend to assume that sunrise and sunset is 0600 and 1800 Hrs respectively. This leads to fixed times of the Rahu Kalam on each day of the week. This, however, could be wrong depending on the seasons. Even more importantly, this would be quite wrong in others parts of the world. In Singapore, sunrise is rarely before 7.00 AM and in Scandinavian counties, sunrise and sunset hugely varies depending on the season. So, I decided to write a hack to automate all this.
The hack itself involves using a bunch of webservices - the Yahoo Maps Webservice for geocoding a location and getting its latitude and longitude. Second, I used the Earthtools API to get the sunrise and the sunset of a given location. Everything else is calculated internally. I have hosted it on Google App Engine.
Please test the tool and give me your much-sought-after feedback/suggestions etc. You may also tell me what you want to see there.
I will clean up the code in a while and post it in public.


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RNC Will "Punish" Key Republicans Who Break with Donald Trump
By HEFFX on September 18, 2016
Republicans who abandon the party by refusing to back its Presidential nominee Donald Trump to face opposition if they try to run in the future, the Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Reince Priebus said on TV Sunday.
"People who agreed to support the nominee, that took part in our process, they used tools from the RNC, they agreed to support the nominee," Mr. Priebus said. "We are a private party, not a public entity. Those people need to get on board.
"And if they're thinking they're going to run again someday, I think we're going to evaluate the process of the nomination process, and I don't think it's going to be that easy for them."
Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who ran against and was beaten handily by Donald Trump in the Republican primary, said earlier Sunday chances are "miniscule" he will vote for Donald Trump.
"These are things our party is going to look at in the process," Mr. Priebus said.
"People who gave us their word, used information from the RNC, should be on board.
"People in our party are talking about what we are going to do about this. What the penalty for that? It's not a threat.
"We have a process in place … an agreement with the participants in that process. And those participants do not follow through with the promises they made in that process. What should a private party do about that if those same people come around in 8 to 8 years?"
Also, Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) said Sunday that Donald Trump is being wisely advised to keep his tax forms under wraps during an audit "given the history of the Obama Administration" to use IRS In "as a weapon" against conservatives
Gov. Christie, a former primary presidential candidate who is now one of Mr. Trump's top advisers and surrogates, said most Americans' do not trust the IRS.
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AT&T $55.00 10 - 5,000 Mbps Fiber-optic 45%
Cable - 99%
At 100%, broadband coverage in the 60630 ZIP code is comparable to the rest of Illinois - 95%, and comparable to broadband coverage across the U.S. - 95%.
The vast majority of those living in the 60630 ZIP will have access to DSL, which covers 99% of households. Cable internet is also an option for many, offering service to 99% of the area. Fiber-optic is less available but still a popular internet option for roughly 71% of those living in the 60630 ZIP code.
Average internet speeds in Chicago
Xfinity 71 Mbps 20 Mbps Cable
*Data sourced from M-LAB speed tests taken by real users in Chicago.
Chicago – 128 Mbps
IL – 142 Mbps
Chicago – 35 Mbps
IL – 33 Mbps
The largest internet providers serving the 60630 ZIP code are AT&T and Xfinity bringing DSL, fiber-optic, and cable options to the area.
DSL internet from AT&T is available to nearly all in the 60630 ZIP code, covering 100% of households. Some will also have the option of fiber-optic from AT&T, which covers 45% of the area. Chicago's third most-available internet provider, Xfinity, offers cable to around 100% of residents in the 60630 ZIP code.
Internet prices for AT&T start at $55/mo.*, which is about the same as the average starting price for internet in Chicago, $54.99.
AT&T customers who choose the lowest-priced plan can expect speeds up to 10 Mbps, which comes to an estimated $5.50 per Mbps, significantly higher than the average cost per Mbps for the lowest priced plans in Chicago, $2.04.
For those who value internet speed as much as cost, AT&T offers download speeds up to 5,000 Mbps and upload speeds up to 20 Mbps in 60630 ZIP code. These download speeds are available to 100% of the area, and are much faster than the average max speeds from all Chicago's providers, 528 Mbps.
AT&T fiber-optic internet
Fiber-optic from AT&T offers broadband to about half of households in the 60630 ZIP code, covering 45% of the area.
Fiber-optic service from AT&T is popular for its fast download and upload speeds, even during peak usage times, but may be less available throughout 60630 ZIP code than other internet types.
For those who value internet speed as much as cost, AT&T offers download speeds up to 5,000 Mbps and upload speeds up to 1,000 Mbps in 60630 ZIP code. These download speeds are available to 45% of the area, and are much faster than the average max speeds from all Chicago's providers, 528 Mbps.
Cable from Xfinity offers broadband to all households in the 60630 ZIP code, covering 100% of the area.
Xfinity's cable network is likely to offer faster speeds than DSL or satellite service, but 60630 residents in densely populated areas may experience slowed speeds during peak usage times.
Internet prices for Xfinity start at $29.99/mo.*, which is significantly lower than the average starting price for internet in Chicago, $54.99.
Xfinity customers who choose the lowest-priced plan can expect speeds up to 50 Mbps, which comes to an estimated $0.60 per Mbps, lower than the average cost per Mbps for the lowest priced plans in Chicago, $2.04.
For those who value internet speed as much as cost, Xfinity offers download speeds up to 3,000 Mbps and upload speeds up to 35 Mbps in 60630 ZIP code. These download speeds are available to 100% of the area, and are much faster than the average max speeds from all Chicago's providers, 528 Mbps.
Satellite internet from HughesNet and Viasat offers 100% availability in 60630 and the greater Chicago area. HughesNet starting prices are higher than average in Chicago at $64.99/mo. for speeds up to 25 Mbps. Viasat starting prices are significantly higher than average in Chicago at $69.99/mo. for speeds up to 150 Mbps. Satellite internet is a less appealing option for many in the 60630 ZIP, however, as service typically comes with high latency and low data allowances.
AT&T is the fastest internet provider in the 60630 ZIP code with download speeds up to 5,000 Mbps. These speeds are available to 100% of households in 60630. The next fastest internet provider in the 60630 ZIP code is AT&T, offering download speeds up to 5,000 Mbps to 45% of the area.
Xfinity offers the cheapest internet in the 60630 ZIP with service starting at $29.99/mo. This is significantly less than the average starting price for internet in Chicago, $54.99.
AT&T is the largest fiber-optic internet service provider serving the 60630 ZIP code, covering 45% of the city.
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Q: How do I subtract two date columns and two time columns in sql I have 4 columns that are
Startdate,
enddate,
starttime,
endtime.

I need to get subtractions from the enddate and endtime - startdate and starttime.  I will need that answer from the four columns in sql.
so far I have this I found but dont think this will work right.
SELECT DATEDIFF (day, enddate, startdate) as NumberOfDays
DATEDIFF(hour,endtime,starttime) AS NumberOfHours
DATEDIFF(minute,endtime,starttime) AS NumberOfMinutes
from table;

Thanks for your help

A: EDIT - Now that I realize that the question is for SQL Server 2000, this proposed answer may not work.
The SQL Server 2000 documentation can be found at https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=18819. Once installed, look for tsqlref.chm in your installed path, and in that help file you can find information specific to DATEDIFF.

Based on the wording of the original question, I'm assuming that the start/end time columns are of type TIME, meaning there is no date portion. With that in mind, the following would answer your question.
However, note that depending on your data, you will lose precision in regards to the seconds and milliseconds.
More about DATEDIFF: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189794.aspx

DECLARE @mytable AS TABLE
    (
        startdate DATETIME,
        enddate DATETIME,
        starttime TIME,
        endtime TIME
    )

INSERT INTO @mytable (startdate, enddate, starttime, endtime)
VALUES      (GETDATE() - 376, GETDATE(), '00:00:00', '23:59')

SELECT      *
FROM        @mytable

SELECT      DATEDIFF(HOUR, startdate, enddate) AS [NumHours],
            DATEDIFF(MINUTE, starttime, endtime) AS [NumMinutes]
FROM        @mytable

This would yield output similar to:

A: Assuming you have data like this, you can add the StartDate to the StartTime to get the StartDateTime, same for the EndDateTime
StartDate                StartTime                EndDate                  EndTime
-----------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------
2014-05-01 00:00:00.000  1900-01-01 10:53:28.290  2014-05-07 00:00:00.000  1900-01-01 11:55:28.290

Once you've done that you can get the Days, Hours and Minutes like this:
select
DATEDIFF(minute, StartDate + StartTime, EndDate + EndTime) / (24*60) 'Days',
(DATEDIFF(minute, StartDate + StartTime, EndDate + EndTime) / 60) % 24 'Hours',
DATEDIFF(minute, StartDate + StartTime, EndDate + EndTime) % 60 'Minutess'
  from YourTable

We have work in minutes the whole time in order to prevent problems with partial days crossing midnight and partial hours crossing an hour mark.

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I signed up for Intro to Nosework at bronze with Hazel. My goal is to get her on odor and then join local classes at the intermediate level in January. The local classes start training the dog on food, but I want to go straight to odor this time around.
I also signed up for Cookie Jar Games at silver. I usually don't like silver, but the instructor said there will be a lot of discussion and good value for silvers in this course so I'm going to try it. Still not really sure what we're going to be doing, but it's all about impulse control and delayed gratification which is something Watson has always struggled with. Most of it can be done inside which is great.
@Paviche, I took Engagement the first time it was offered and it was fantastic. It really made me re-think a lot of stuff I do. At its core it's simple, shape your dog to engage with you for longer and longer to earn a reward. But the philosophy of it is really good. It made me much more patient. I think it will be excellent for Stitch.
I haven't taken Rally Skillbuilding, but I just finished my first class with Sue and she is awesome and hilarious so I imagine it will be great.
I could barely justify one class, much less two, so I'm only doing Rally Skillbuilding, but I'm really excited about it!
I signed up for Cookie Jar Games at silver and Nosework 101 at bronze initially. Then yesterday I impulsively signed up for Gun Dog at bronze. Not that I actually want to hunt with my dogs at all, but I think one might actually be good at it, and one just needs control outdoors in general, so I think we can learn a lot from the class even if we don't work the exercises closely.
The lurker groups for Cookie Jar and Gun Dog are both really active!
I'm doing the Gun Dog Foundations .


Birchwood Foods brought me in to amp up the branded products for their frozen burger patties. The original packaging had a very safe design and wasn't standing out well on supermarket shelves compared to name brand and store brand competitors.
I started by creating a layout to work with a variety of flavors. A hero image of the burger patty stretches out at the bottom of the package and I used colored flames up the sides to add some movement and interest. The flame texture was created to accept a multitude of colors, so adding new flavor lines would be a snap.
The package was finished off with a hearty slab serif font and gold trim to compliment the Birchwood Brand and theme of the new packaging.
The improvement was a massive success over the previous design and stands out beautifully against Birchwood's competing brands.


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Q: How to skip over CORS in angularjs (no access to server side) I am trying to get a JSON from my angularjs (v1) client website. My code:
$http.get('https://usernamexx:passxx@backend.sigfox.com/api/devicetypes');

I am getting:
Failed to load https://backend.sigfox.com/api/devicetypes:
Response to preflight request doesn't pass access control check: No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource.
Origin 'http://localhost:3000' is therefore not allowed access.

That domain is not mine and I can't enable CORS on that backend.
If I go to https://usernamexx:passxx@backend.sigfox.com/api/devicetypes in any browser I get the JSON without any CORS problem. If I use Postman app I get the JSON without problems too.
How can I deal with this issue in angularJS?

A: Unfortunately there is no way to omit this restriction purely with JavaScript on client side. You can however temporarly disable this security mechanism by installing plugins for some of the browsers ie. Chrome that will automatically add Acess-Control-Allow-Origin:* to all responses to requests that browser made. This plugin for Chorme is available
here. Obviously won't expect each client to install this plugin just to make your application work in their browser
There are 3 ways to resolve CORS problems permanently:

*

*Create a backend middleware that would automatically add relevant headers to each request you make to an external domain (Possible)

*Add server side code that will return header Acess-Control-Allow-Origin  in the response to request you make with your application (Not possible in your case)

*Put your application in the same domain as the external domain (Perhaps possible, CORS won't be applied)

A: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/allow-control-allow-origi/nlfbmbojpeacfghkpbjhddihlkkiljbi?hl=en
This is the link to an extension in chrome that adds to response
Allow-Control-Allow-Origin: *


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Tata Nexon EV max: AC stops working on the second day of ownership
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Home » Car Reviews » Check Out The CYC Photon, A Powerful Electric Bike Conversion Kit
Check Out The CYC Photon, A Powerful Electric Bike Conversion Kit
When it comes to getting into e-bikes, a lot of cyclists go ahead and shop for a brand-new electric bicycle, usually a budget-focused model that retails for around $1,000 USD. While there's nothing wrong with this—indeed, we've talked a lot about awesome budget-oriented electric bikes—there is another route to take for those looking to get in on the e-bike fun. This is especially true for those who are more mechanically inclined.
That's right, I'm talking about none other than the e-bike conversion kit way. Over the years, we've seen a lot of electric bike conversion kits that claim to have the ability to transform your standard bicycle into an electrified two-wheeler. Options for kits like this range from the non-committal seatpost-mounted setups like the Livall Pikaboost, to powerful kits from the likes of Bafang.
Not only do conversion kits like these eliminate the need for purchasing another complete bike (an issue for those with limited garage space), they also have the potential to save you quite a bit of money, while delivering similar performance as purpose-built e-bikes. Take, for example, the new Photon e-bike conversion kit from Hong Kong-based company CYC. The brand has proven itself as an up and coming player in the e-bike system game, and has been in operation since 2018. CYC claims that the Photon weighs just 3.3 kilograms—marginally lighter than those from its competitors.
On top of that, it also returns the highest claimed output given its weight: 750 watts and 110 Nm of torque. Indeed, a glance at the electric motor makes it clear that this thing means business, as it has a lot of cooling fins to maximize surface area for efficient heat dissipation. While the Photon's performance is impressive in and of itself, what makes it even better is its compact packaging. Thanks to its proportions, it can be fitted on mountain bikes with a chain ring of as small as 34 teeth, making for quite the off-road climber. Furthermore, it's compatible with bottom bracket widths ranging from 68 to 120 millimeters.
Given the Photon's powerful 750W output, it's clear that CYC is targeting the U.S. market, which to date still has some pretty lax e-bike regulations. However, CYC also develops the controller for its motors, and boasts that the motors are fully configurable meaning that they could be tuned to produce a much lower 250W output, putting it well within e-bike regulations for Europe.
At present, the CYC Photon e-bike conversion kit retails for $950 USD, but seems to be sold out for the time being.
Sources: CYC Motor, E-Bike Tips, Electric Bike Report, Electrify Bike
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'Constant evolution': Clemson OF Seth Beer's drought a distant memory during torrid streak
Clemson's All-American outfielder Seth Beer's cold streak in mid-March is now a thing of the past after he worked his way out of a frustrating slump.
'Constant evolution': Clemson OF Seth Beer's drought a distant memory during torrid streak Clemson's All-American outfielder Seth Beer's cold streak in mid-March is now a thing of the past after he worked his way out of a frustrating slump. Check out this story on independentmail.com: http://www.independentmail.com/story/sports/college/clemson/baseball/2018/04/02/constant-evolution-clemson-seth-beers-drought-distant-memory-during-torrid-streak/478323002/
, Orange and White Published 1:24 p.m. ET April 2, 2018 | Updated 3:16 p.m. ET April 2, 2018
Clemson Tigers right fielder Seth Beer (28) rounds the bases following his two-run homer against the South Carolina Gamecocks during the sixth inning at Founders Park.(Photo: Jeff Blake, jblake@thestate.com)
Clemson All-American outfielder Seth Beer looked poised for an impressive month during the first 10 days of March. He recorded a hit in each of his team's first eight games of the month — all wins — and throttled Georgia Tech during a three-game series, finishing 4-of-11 (.363 avg) with three home runs and four RBI.
His fortune at the plate took a turn for the worse over the team's next eight games, however, when he went a combined 3-for-26 (.115) and failed to drive in a run. Baseball is often a streaky game, so cold stretches like Beer's aren't a complete anomaly, but it's not the level of production expected from a former National Player of the Year.
Baseball is also a game known for its superstitions; Clemson second baseman Jordan Greene said Beer likes to look at the foul pole before every at-bat to get himself dialed in. But Beer's go-to move during a cold spell is hardly a gimmick at all — he just constantly works on his game. As head coach Monte Lee puts it, it's probably the most superstitious thing about the junior from Georgia.
"I think there's some players that will look for answers and then I think there's some guys who will really try to spend a lot of time looking within themselves," Lee said. "I think Seth's one of those guys, Seth's going to watch his videos, Seth's going to continue to work — whether he's hitting well or he's struggling. The one constant with Seth is he's constantly going to work on his swing. If his swing's in a good place, he wants to keep it there, and if he feels like it's not, he's going to find something that works for him."
Clemson junior first baseman Seth Beer (28) hits a ball against William and Mary during the bottom of the fourth inning on Saturday at Doug Kingsmore Stadium in Clemson. (Photo: KEN RUINARD/GANNETT USA TODAY NETWORK)
So Beer kept at his craft, powering through a 1-for-9 performance during the North Carolina State series and a 1-for-12 performance against Louisville. His vision remained intact through the eight-game stretch, helping him draw seven walks, but it felt like something was missing in both his approach and his swing mechanics.
Whatever it was, Lee said Beer started to figure things out in Louisville even if the box score doesn't necessarily show it.
"He even told us at Louisville, 'I feel it, I can start to feel my swing coming together,'" Lee said. "So again, as a hitter, it's a constant evolution of trying to work on different things, different drills, different timing mechanisms until you find what works for you. Once you find it, you've got it. The key after that is just keeping it."
Two days after the final game of Clemson's series with Louisville, Beer "found it" with his best game of the season — a 3-for-3 performance against Furman with a home run and five RBIs. That game seemed to ignite a torrid stretch for Beer, who's now 8-for-13 with 12 RBIs in his past four games, with a home run in each of them.
Part of his turnaround is a more humble approach to the plate. With the exception of his four home runs, each of his hits have been singles as part of his effort to do whatever it takes to get on base — especially when opposing defenses attempt to contain him with an alignment shift.
Clemson's Seth Beer at bat during the 1st inning against South Carolina on Sunday in Clemson's Doug Kingsmore Stadium. (Photo: DAVID GROOMS/Contributor)
"I'm starting to see the ball better. I'm starting to relax and look for pitches in certain spots and trying to lay off tough pitches I can't do anything with," Beer said. "I think the biggest thing for me was if the defense has a shift and they're going to pitch inside to the shift, not to try to do too much and force it the other way.
"You kind of have to swallow your pride and say, 'well maybe if I hit a soft ground ball to the left side, it's going to be a hit every day of the week.'"
Beer capped off this past weekend's three-game sweep of Boston College with a 1-for-3, two-RBI day, in which he clubbed a solo home run off lefty Joey Walsh.
The way he broke down the at-bat makes it sound like his cold streak is officially a thing of the past.
"When (Walsh) threw that cut fastball, which is a really good pitch, when it came out of his hand it looked like with was going to be right at me and was going to hit me," Beer said, "and I was like, 'that means it's going to cut right back over the plate.' I was just looking for something that I could put the best swing I could off of a tough lefty like that; luckily I found the barrel."
"We've seen it time and time again. When he gets hot, there's not a better hitter in the country," Lee said. "Right now he's locked in and seeing the bat well. It just puts a lot of pressure on a pitching staff … it's tough, especially when you've got guys behind him like Chris (Williams) who can drive in runs and (Robert) Jolly after him who can put together good at-bats - you just can't not pitch to him."
Clemson currently holds a 22-6 record this season and its 8-4 conference record is good for third place in the ACC behind N.C. State and Duke. Beer's .284 season average and 24 RBIs are slightly off pace from the numbers he put up in his freshman and sophomore campaigns, but his 10 home runs are on pace for a new career-high.


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Newborn baby found dead inside women's restroom at Amazon fulfillment center in Phoenix
By FOX 10 Web Staff
PHOENIX (FOX 10) -- Phoenix police say an investigation is underway after a newborn baby girl was found dead inside the women's restroom of an Amazon fulfillment center.
"I won't quote hours, but it had been some time," Sgt. Vince Lewis said.
Sgt. Lewis could not say how much time passed before the dead baby was found inside a women's restroom at the building on Lower Buckeye Road and 55th Avenue.
He did elude to the fact that the mother may have worked there.
"In working with the evidence that we had, circumstances surrounding it and then of course the business, we were able to locate mom," he said.
Police were called out after 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday night. Phoenix fire arrived on the scene and confirmed the baby was dead.
Questions remain as to whether the dead newborn was born in the bathroom or if the body was placed there.
"We're going to be working with the office of the Maricopa County medical examiner," Sgt. Lewis said. "Hopefully they will have those answers."
Investigators at the Phoenix Police Department are asking anyone who may have seen or heard or know anything to call them.
Amazon released the following statement to FOX 10:
"This is a terribly sad and tragic incident. We are working with local authorities to support their investigation. The safety and wellness of our team is our top priority."
Crisis Pregnancy Response Team
Phone: 1-866-707-BABY (2229)


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Q: error can't String to boolean when trying to use variable as String i'm trying to make a simple code and this point in the code generates an error in the script saying String can't be used as boolean even though i'm not using it as boolean
String wc = Mt.input("asks for input") /*i have a class called Mt that basically just makes writing lines and asking for input easier*/
if (wc = "a possible input for wc") {//error occurs here
    Mt.s("words");
    Mt.input("");
    System.exit(0);
}

the error is
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.Error: Unresolved compilation problem:
    Type mismatch: cannot convert from String to boolean

    at Main.main(Main.java:20)//line of if statement in full code


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Etikett: contemporary native american art
Publicerat november 18, 2020
National Native American Heritage Month
November is National Native American Heritage month in the U.S. hence native art figures more frequently in the news than it usually does. To honor the month Rice University´s student newspaper, The Rice Thresher, has a list of "5 Native American Artists you should know" complete with decent introductions. There are some names that are new to me, particularly some musical acts I need to check out.
Give it a read here
Publicerat december 12, 2017 december 18, 2017
How contemporary Native American artists counter cultural appropriation with artistic appropriation
Google "Native American appropriation art" and the first five pages of results or so are all about negative cases of cultural appropriation. On these pages we can read about how outsiders misuse Native American images and cultural heritage, such as the infamous feathered headdress on a lingerie clad model in a Victoria's Secret show five years ago. Cultural appropriation, of course, continues to be a problem and something that should be addressed and discussed. However, when typing in that search term I wasn't looking for Native Americans as victims. I wanted to read about how appropriation is used as a strategy within contemporary Native American art. I was looking for Native American artists as agents of empowerment. To find such results buried under droves of articles about how Native American iconography has been mistreated must feel like a double slap in the face. First whites steal Native cultural practices and use it in a distorted way, then this act of appropriation steals the attention away from Native artists who use appropriation as a way to symbolically fight back.
This makes it very difficult to place the aesthetic tactics of many Native American artists into proper art historical perspective, which is a shame, especially considering how significant appropriation is for many Native artists. Appropriation is, after all, a genre of contemporary art that has perhaps been the most important hub for questions concerning artistic authorship and originality and the contextual relativity of the meaning of images. It is perhaps within the Native art community that the legacy of appropriation art today finds it's firmest stronghold. At first sight it may come as a surprise to learn how popular Andy Warhol is in this community. I can tell you that it is not because of his "Cowboy and Indian series", but rather because of how Warhol demonstrated that the specialness of a sign – for instance a Campbell's soup can – can be emptied by the act of repetition and how the meaning of a pre-existing image or object can be altered by placing it within a new context.
Warhol himself was not a particularly political figure, but the strategy of appropriation, of "copying" images and making them your own, has a history of political uses.
Dara Birnbaum and Sherrie Levine used appropriation to feminist ends. By repeating and recontextualizing imagery by male originators they questioned the authenticity of representations of gender. Appropriation has also been employed to question the commodity value of art and its underlying economic structures.
Even before it was a genre of art, Raphael Montanez Ortiz performed a case of appropriation aimed at exposing the misrepresentation of Native Americans. In 1957 he used a Tomahawk to chop up Anthony Mann's western Winchester '73. He then put the pieces back together at random, resulting in a complete scrambling and disruption of the original narrative. "Ortiz considered his shaman-like process resonant with his indigenous heritage. His destructive act also criticized media depictions of Native Americans."
As a genre, Native American appropriation art comes across as something self-evident and completely natural. Artists are simply taking images back that were stolen from them. Artists such as Douglas Miles, Jaque Fragua, Steven Paul Judd, Ryan Singer, among many others, consider appropriation a way to take repossession of images that they have lost control over. In short, one might say that appropriation art is a means to combat cultural appropriation.
We've written about the importance of graffiti for contemporary Native artists many times here on the blog. In the hands of Native artists, painting with spray cans in public spaces is no petty act of vandalism but a profoundly political gesture. This is clearly demonstrated by Jaques Fragua who wrote "This Is Indian Land" in giant letters on a construction site in Downtown Los Angeles. The act of appropriation is performed in a spirit kindred to graffiti. For Native American artists it is about re-claiming what is rightfully theirs by symbolically taking back their land by illegally writing on it, or redefining images that have been made from an external point of view.
We haven't written about Jaque Fragua on the blog before, so let's continue on him. Besides graffiti, Fragua considers appropriation one of his artistic go-to's. "The Big Chief" is for instance a commercial symbol that has become a recurring character throughout Fragua's work. Fragua explains: "He's a chief from a sign that's near my reservation, at Big Chief Gas Station. If you've ever watched Breaking Bad, you've see that gas station. I lifted him and I've been putting him everywhere—he's the Big Chief, right? When you put a mirror against another mirror, you start seeing the core of the truths."
In another interview, Fragua explains the appeal of appropriation more in depth: "Simply, it's about imagery that continues to colonize us. By creating fine art out of these visuals and emphasizing the images ad nauseum, it creates the opposite effect. Sort of like Warhol's soup cans." Fragua thus reappropriates his culture's iconography in a way that conceptually subverts our overconsumption of misappropriated Native American images that has turned into stereotypes.
Some critics fear that appropriation as a artistic gesture has lost some of its meaning in a time when borrowing, quoting, stealing and copying is everyday practice to the point of being ubiquitous. However, for Native American artists, appropriation simply follows the rules of the game set by a white hegemony. It is the answer to a signifying practice already put in place. As such, appropriation is important now perhaps more than ever. With a president that casually refers to people of Native American heritage as "Pocahontas", and a culture at large that hold it's racial stereotypes dearly, appropriation as artistic weapon offers a way to strike back. Contemporary Native American artists turn to appropriation not to be trendy or edgy but out of urgency. It opens a line of dialogue that lets Native Americans have the last word on images that they were not in charge of in the first place and thus to let the public know what they think about them.
Further reading about cultural appropriation:
https://unsettlingamerica.wordpress.com/2011/09/16/cultural-appreciation-or-cultural-appropriation/
https://jezebel.com/5959698/a-much-needed-primer-on-cultural-appropriation
http://nativeappropriations.com
About appropriation art:
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-the-art-of-copying-ten-masters-of-appropriation
https://www.thoughtco.com/appropriation-appropriation-art-183190


Niikura K, Alam S, Naruse M, Jimbo M, Moriyama H, Reich A, Wessel GM, Matsumoto M (2017). Protein Kinase A Activity Leads to the Extension of the Acrosomal Process in Starfish Sperm Molecular Reproduction and Development Jul;84(7):614-625. doi: 10.1002/mrd.22824. Epub 2017 Jun 19.
Schudrowitz N, Takagi S, Wessel G, Yajima M. (2017). The germline factor DDX4 functions in blood-derived cancer cell phenotypes. Cancer Science Aug;108(8):1612-1619. doi: 10.1111/cas.13299. Epub 2017 Jul 11.
Oulhen N, Wessel GM (2016). Albinism as a visual, in vivo guide for CRISPR/Cas9 functionality in the sea urchin embryo. Molecular Reproduction and Development 2016 Dec;83(12):1046-1047. doi: 10.1002/mrd.22757.
Oulhen N, Heyland A, Carrier T, Zazueta-Novoa V, Fresques T, Laird J, Onorato T, Janies D, Wessel GM (2016). Regeneration in bipinnaria larvae of the bat star Patiria miniata induces rapid and broad new gene expression. Mechanisms of Development 142: 10-21. doi: 10.1016/j.mod.2016.08.003.
Dresselhaus T, Sprunck S, Wessel GM (2016). Fertilization mechanisms in flowering plants. Current Biology 26(3):R125-39. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.12.032.
Swartz SZ, Wessel GM. (2015). Germ Line Versus Soma in the Transition from Egg to Embryo. In "The Maternal-to-Zygotic Transition" (Ed. H. Lipshitz) Current Topics in Developmental Biology V. 113. Elsevier Press, Amsterdam. Chapter 32.
Kelel M, Abera G Yisma A, Molla B, Gebre N, Adugna T, Wessel G (2014). Isolation of phosphate solubilizing bacteria from Acacia tree rhizosphere soil. Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology Research 4: 9-13.
Kelel, M, Temam S, Mandefro A, Asfaw F, Wessel GM (2014). Bovine Tuberculosis Prevalence in Slaughtered Cattle at Gondar Elfora Abattoir, Based on Meat Inspection and Microscopic Methods. American-Eurasian Journal of Scientific Research 9 (5): 114-119.


In Ch.3, s.1 ["Tribunals: Overview"] I make the practical distinction between the presiding tribunal and the managing tribunal, a distinction little acknowledged in law. In addition to the authority of a presiding tribunal to make orders in any particular proceeding to control it's procedures and practices [SPPA s.25.0.1(a)] and to maintain order [s.9(2)], the managing tribunal may also make s.25.1 rules with respect the procedures and practices of the tribunal generally (applicable to all presiding tribunals) [SPPA s.25.0.1(b), 25.1].
Note that all of the above-mentioned authorities are distinct from the SPPA's similar-sounding "abuse of process" jurisdiction [s.23(1)] that is discussed in Ch.10, s.5 ["Abuse of Process"]. While the legal doctrine of 'abuse of process' is a developing and flexible one, in this context it likely relates more to situations where the bringing of the proceeding itself (rather than any specific behaviour or conduct within it) is legally problematic (eg. a prior proceeding has already resolved the issues in dispute, creating a 'cause of action' estoppel).
As per the discussion of the MTHA v Godwin Court of Appeal case in Ch.1, s.2 ["Tribunals and Their Rules"], all these authorities will likely be interpreted broadly.
In Nyonzima v Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario 2012 ONSC 5120 (CanLII) the Divisional Court considered a judicial review application from an HRTO applicant whose case was not only dismissed, but held to be an abuse of process. The HRTO finding of abuse of process (rather than a simple dismissal) appears to have been motivated by a finding that the applicant had attempted to introduce forged letters into evidence. The court, citing the high level of review deference to be accorded to the HRTO both by reason of it's institutional expertise and that it was engaging largely in fact-findings in reaching it's conclusions, dismissed the judicial review.
In Dai v. Presbyterian Church in Canada (Ont Div Ct, 2013) the court held that a tribunal's authority to control it's own processes extended to the ability to declare an applicant a vexatious litigant and bar him from commencing future proceedings before it without the consent of the tribunal. The court did not address which specific SPPA provision grounded this authority, nor whether it was a general SPPA authority or one that required s.25.1 rule-making by the tribunal - which is unfortunate given the several potential statutory sources for such authority.


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"In the Germany of Himmler, should one not be permitted to play Beethoven? People never needed more, never yearned more, to hear Beethoven and his message of freedom and human love, than precisely these Germans, who had to live under Himmler's terror. I do not regret having stayed with them."
Those are the words of Wilhelm Furtwängler, a conductor who chose to stay in Nazi Germany and conduct the Berlin Philharmonic when many of his colleagues fled or were forced to leave — or worse. Furtwängler was never a member of the Nazi Party and was exonerated by a postwar tribunal, but his name will forever be connected with that painful and tragic era.
On this week's Learning to Listen, join me to commemorate the 130th anniversary of the birth of Wilhelm Furtwängler and the legacy he left — while also listening to some of the conductors who did not stay in fascist and Nazi Europe. They instead made the United States their home and shaped an American symphonic sound — often using the podium and baton as tools for their personal dictatorship.


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Tina Turner: "I had a terrible life. I just kept going"
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Tina Turner has had amazing career success, but most fans also know of the abuse she suffered at the hands of her late ex-husband and musical partner, Ike Turner. Now, in a new interview with The New York Times, Turner says despite the hurdles she overcame, she doesn't feel like she's a role model for women, even though many fans view her that way.
"I don't necessarily want to be a 'strong' person," she says. "I had a terrible life. I just kept going. You just keep going, and you hope that something will come."
Tina also doesn't consider herself a feminist icon and she has no interest in trying to, as The New York Timesputs it, "recast her life through #MeToo."
"I identify only with my life," she says, noting that when others were holding her up as an example, "I was busy doing it. Doing the work."
Now, however, she relishes her retirement from showbiz. "I was just tired of singing and making everybody happy," she tells The Times. "That's all I'd ever done in my life."
Meanwhile, her life continues to inspire, as the subject of a Broadway musical that starts previews October 12 before officially opening November 7. And while Tina wasn't able to watch her biopic What's Love Got to Do With It?, finding it too painful, she has no problem watching Tina: The Tina Turner Musical.
As The Times notes, when the show opened in London, Turner even came onstage during the curtain call and told the actor who played Ike, "I forgive you." That's something she didn't do in real life.
"I don't know if I could ever forgive all that Ike ever did to me," she tells The Times. But, she laughs, "Ike's dead. So we don't have to worry about him."
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