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#if !defined(SIP0X_LOGIC_TRANSACTION_HPP__)
#define SIP0X_LOGIC_TRANSACTION_HPP__

//!
//! Copyright 2014-2015 Matteo Valdina
//!
//! Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
//! you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
//! You may obtain a copy of the License at
//!
//!     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//!
//! Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
//! distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
//! WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
//! See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
//! limitations under the License.
//!

#include <memory>
#include <string>
#include <mutex>

/*
  Documentation from RFC 3261

  Timer    Value            Section               Meaning
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  T1       500ms default    Section 17.1.1.1     RTT Estimate
  T2       4s               Section 17.1.2.2     The maximum retransmit interval for non-INVITE requests and INVITE responses
  T4       5s               Section 17.1.2.2     Maximum duration a message will remain in the network
  Timer A  initially T1     Section 17.1.1.2     INVITE request retransmit interval, for UDP only
  Timer B  64*T1            Section 17.1.1.2     INVITE transaction timeout timer
  Timer C  > 3min           Section 16.6         proxy INVITE transaction bullet 11 timeout
  Timer D  > 32s for UDP    Section 17.1.1.2     Wait time for response retransmits
           0s for TCP/SCTP
  Timer E  initially T1     Section 17.1.2.2     non-INVITE request retransmit interval, UDP only
  Timer F  64*T1            Section 17.1.2.2     non-INVITE transaction timeout timer
  Timer G  initially T1     Section 17.2.1       INVITE response retransmit interval
  Timer H  64*T1            Section 17.2.1       Wait time for ACK receipt
  Timer I  T4 for UDP       Section 17.2.1       Wait time for ACK retransmits
           0s for TCP/SCTP
  Timer J  64*T1 for UDP    Section 17.2.2       Wait time for non-INVITE request retransmits
           0s for TCP/SCTP
  Timer K  T4 for UDP       Section 17.1.2.2     Wait time for response retransmits
           0s for TCP/SCTP
*/

namespace sip0x
{
  class TransportLayer;
  class RemotePeer;

  namespace utils {
    class Logger;
    class Connection;
  }
  namespace protocol {
    class SIPMessage;
    class SIPRequest;
    class SIPResponse;
  }

  enum TransactionState {
    TRANSACTION_STATE_UNKNOWN = 0,
    TRANSACTION_STATE_TRYING = 1,
    TRANSACTION_STATE_PROCEEDING,
    TRANSACTION_STATE_COMPLETED,
    TRANSACTION_STATE_TERMINATED,
  };

  //! A Transaction is a pair of Request and response
  class Transaction : public std::enable_shared_from_this<Transaction> {
  protected:
    std::shared_ptr<sip0x::utils::Logger> _logger;
    std::recursive_mutex _mtx;
    std::shared_ptr<TransportLayer> _transport = nullptr;
    // TODO: Work on ID
  public:
    std::string id;
    // TODO: Revise this comment.
    //! Reference to the connection associated to this transaction.
    //! \remark This connection is not available for UDP scenario.
    std::shared_ptr<RemotePeer> remotepeer;
    //! True if the origin of this transaction is from remote.
    bool origin_remote = false;
    // State machine
    TransactionState state = TransactionState::TRANSACTION_STATE_UNKNOWN;
    std::shared_ptr<const sip0x::protocol::SIPRequest> request;
    std::shared_ptr<const sip0x::protocol::SIPResponse> response;

  protected:
    //! Time point of first request sent/received. Every computation are get as delta from this time.
    long long _T0_ms;

    // Timers ([timer name]_[description]_[units])
    long long const _T1_rtti_ms = 500;
    long long const _T2_maximum_retransmit_interval_secs = 4;
    long long const _T4_TTL_secs = 5;
    long long _TimerA_secs = 0;
    long long _TimerB_secs = 0;
    long long _TimerC_secs = 0;
    long long _TimerD_secs = 0;
    long long _TimerE_secs = 0;
    long long _TimerF_secs = 0;
    long long _TimerG_secs = 0;
    long long _TimerH_secs = 0;
    long long _TimerI_secs = 0;
    long long _TimerJ_secs = 0;
    long long _TimerK_secs = 0;

  public:
    Transaction(std::shared_ptr<TransportLayer>& transport);
    virtual ~Transaction(void);

    //! Update Transaction state machine.
    //! \arg message is the message dispatched to transaction.
    //! \arg forward mean that this message must be forwarded to the transport layer.
    //! \returns true if message was accepted by state machine otherwise false.
    bool on_message(const std::shared_ptr<const sip0x::protocol::SIPMessage>& message, bool forward);
    //! Evaluate all timers for this transaction.
    void process_timers(void);

    //! \returns true if this message was sent/recv on UDP.
    bool is_udp(void) const;
    //! \returns true if it is a INVITE transaction.
    bool is_INVITE(void) const;

    std::string to_string(void) const;

    //! Statics
    static char const* to_string(TransactionState state);
  protected:
    //! Resend
    void resend(void);
    //! Terminate this transaction.
    void terminate(void);

    //! Changes the current state.
    //! \returns true if the state was accepted.
    bool change_state(TransactionState new_state);
    //! Update timers value in base of T0 and kind of transaction (non-INVITE, INVITE).
    void update_timers_value(void);
  };
}

#endif // SIP0X_LOGIC_TRANSACTION_HPP__


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They Slay
When a fashion-minded business professor and an alumna fashionista and entrepreneur come together, the result is a partnership nothing short of fabulous.
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Imani Jones '16, second from left and Prof. Ngoc Cindy Pham, far right, at the Xchange Fashion Show.
Brooklyn College students walk the runway in the Xchange Fashion Show during New York Fashion Week.
It's a funny story how Ngoc Cindy Pham, a professor in the Business Management department, and Imani Jones '16 connected.
Pham had just arrived in Brooklyn in late August to start her new job as a professor at Brooklyn College. While she was waiting to move into her apartment, she booked a Clinton Hill bed and breakfast that is managed part-time by Jones, who helped Pham settle in.
The two began talking and Pham learned that Jones had recently graduated from the School of Business, and had founded her own company, FYID NYC. The global creative agency specializes in marketing, events, branding, and content creation. Jones was in the midst of putting together a fashion fusion show for the upcoming New York Fashion Week.
Pham, it turns out, specializes in fashion marketing and was anxious to jump into things in her new city.
Jones and Pham clicked right away. Within hours of meeting, they hatched a plan to have Pham recruit her business-marketing students to help promote Jones' show, and they even decided to do a Brooklyn College casting call for models and hosts, which was conducted in Pham's Whitehead Hall office.
"It was fate that we met," says Pham.
"Perfect timing," adds Jones.
When Pham came up with the idea to collaborate, she says, "we thought it would be an amazing opportunity to include the students of my alma mater in one of the most busy and exciting events of the year."
The show, called the Xchange Fashion Festival—a cornerstone event for Jones' agency—was billed as a cultural exchange of fashion, art, and music. It was held in the multi-story East Village bar and lounge VNYL. The beautiful people came out for the eclectic affair, which featured a Bhangra dancer, a rap cypher, and an art showcase that included a pair of golden Nike sneakers atop a stack of books. It was quirky, intergenerational, and cosmopolitan cool.
Jones was running to and fro in a black cat suit and a meticulously coifed Afro she has been sporting since her Brooklyn College days. Pham held court with one of the designers from Vietnam, who created the floor-length, split-side tunic and wide-leg pants she wore to the event, and jumped up and down during the rap cypher.
Ten Brooklyn College students walked the runway, one served as a host, and more than 20 worked on the marketing campaign, which relied heavily on social media posts and word of mouth.
Samantha Chan, a senior and business marketing major, was one of the models. She had no modeling experience but she works part-time taking photos for a YouTuber/blogger who is considered a fashion influencer. She hopes to one day work in the fashion industry.
"It was a great opportunity," she said after the show. "Just being around that kind of environment was a good experience for me."
For Jones, who dashed off to Milan just days later to produce a similar event during Italy's fashion week, it was serendipitous to be able to include the students in the multicultural production.
"We aim each year to showcase the most beautiful accents of every culture," she says. "It was great to have found models from Brooklyn College that reflected this goal."
It was so great that Jones plans to recruit Brooklyn College students to create marketing strategies for another fashion show in February. She's asked them to craft a marketing proposal using footage and content from the September show to garner interest, views, and talent via social media and traditional marketing. The best proposal will be used for FYID NYC's 2019 marketing strategy.
Pham, who is teaching courses on consumer behavior and international business, is just glad to get her students out there. "This is part of my teaching philosophy," she says. "I'm constantly reaching out to industry to try to get my students experiences working on real-world projects. For us, this partnership is a match made in heaven."

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Why am i can't create certificate on lastest version(v4.6.20172.34691)?
I've tried two validation engines(MakeCert,CertEnroll).
This is probably a duplicate of https://fiddler.ideas.aha.io/ideas/FID-I-221. Do you have problems with the CertEnroll engine? Is the error message the same?
A new version of Fiddler was shipped this week, allegedly fixing this bug.
Thanks,the problem has been solved.I changed a certificate engine and I'll do it later,but specific reasons I do not know.


Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc. produces polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, and transportation fuels. Additionally we have a 40% interest in the BASF FINA Petrochemical steam cracker in Port Arthur, Texas, which produces 2.1 billion pounds of ethylene, 1.2 billion pounds of propylene yearly with a 880 million pound annual capacity for butadiene. The Port Arthur Refinery processes 174,000 barrels per day of crude oil with conversion capabilities centering on Coking, FCC and Reforming technologies.
How many sites does Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc. have and where are they?
Port Arthur Refinery produces transportation fuels, propylene, benzene, toluene, xylene, and other products.
Carville, Louisiana produces polystyrene and styrene.
La Porte, Texas produces polypropylene.
We have approximately 1,600 employees.
In what state is Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc. incorporated?
What year was Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc. established?
June 2000. Our name changed to Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc. on January 13, 2012.


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Q: How to list functions present in object file? I am trying to understand the compiling and linking process in C/C++. I know that the source files are first converted into object files by the compiler. The linker then generated libraries or executables from the object files.
I am trying to first read the information in object files. Here is the program I have written for experimentation.
func.h
#include <iostream>

void beautifulprint(char *str);

func.cpp
#include "stdafx.h"
#include "func.h"

using namespace std;

void beautifulprint(char *str) {
    cout << "*** " << str << " ***" << endl;
}

TestApp.cpp
#include "stdafx.h"
#include "func.h"

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
    beautifulprint("Hello, world!");

    return 0;
}

After building the project in VS 2010 I get func.obj. I assumed that somewhere in func.obj there should be a reference for beautifulprint function. I ran the below for both debug and release versions of func.obj
dumpbin /HEADERS func.obj > funchead.txt

Below is the output.
Debug version (Full output not included as it is very large)
...

SECTION HEADER #41
   .text name
       0 physical address
       0 virtual address
      78 size of raw data
    5B94 file pointer to raw data (00005B94 to 00005C0B)
    5C0C file pointer to relocation table
       0 file pointer to line numbers
       A number of relocations
       0 number of line numbers
60501020 flags
         Code
         COMDAT; sym= "void __cdecl beautifulprint(char *)" (?beautifulprint@@YAXPAD@Z)
         16 byte align
         Execute Read

SECTION HEADER #42
.debug$S name
       0 physical address
       0 virtual address
      E8 size of raw data
    5C70 file pointer to raw data (00005C70 to 00005D57)
    5D58 file pointer to relocation table
       0 file pointer to line numbers
       7 number of relocations
       0 number of line numbers
42101040 flags
         Initialized Data
         COMDAT (no symbol)
         Discardable
         1 byte align
         Read Only

...

Release version (Complete output!)
Microsoft (R) COFF/PE Dumper Version 10.00.30319.01
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

Dump of file func.obj

File Type: ANONYMOUS OBJECT

ANON OBJECT HEADER VALUES
               1 version
             14C machine (x86)
        50213733 time date stamp Tue Aug 07 16:41:39 2012
                 ClassID: {0CB3FE38-D9A5-4DAB-AC9B-D6B6222653C2}
             2D1 size
               0 flags

And here are my questions. As expected, func.obj Debug version has a reference to beautifulprint. But to my astonishment there is no reference to beautifulprint in Release version? How would the linker know that this function is present in the object file.
Also why does the debug obj version have functions from iostream? Shouldn't these be present in some standard library instead of this obj?
Edit: I directly opened the release func.obj in VS 2010 in Hex format. I searched for beautifulprint and its  present on the right hand side (ASCII) column. It means the reference is present. Why does dumpbin not show it? I need some tool to view it in human readable format.

A: Dump the symbols instead.  All .obj files have a symbol table.  It will show you those symbols defined internally, and those that need resolution.  The IO symbols you see may be UNDEF symbols, but the symbol table should make it more clear.
DUMPBIN /SYMBOLS func.obj

Keep in mind that /SYMBOLS is not available when the object is compiled with /GL (whole program optimization).  Object modules created with /GL (as well as libraries) are created with a format that is not guaranteed to be compatible from one compiler version to the next.
Whole Program Optimization means that the optimizer can optimize across all modules, as opposed to just within each module.  Functions can become "inline" and other tricks performed that presumably are not very COFF compatible.  It is recommended that deliverable libraries not have the /GL option set unless you are supplying libraries for all supported compiler versions.

A: I used objdump (in gnu c, windows platform).
    C:\...obj>objdump -t winsock001.o

    winsock001.o:     file format pe-x86-64
    SYMBOL TABLE:
    [  0](sec -2)(fl 0x00)(ty   0)(scl 103) (nx 1) 0x0000000000000000 winsock001.c
__main
__imp_WSAStartup
__imp_socket
__imp_htons
__imp_inet_addr
__imp_connect
__imp_closesocket
__imp_WSACleanup
__imp_WSAGetLastError
printf
puts

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Tuesday 21st August was, by any standards, a special night in my life when I celebrated fifty years in the Old Brightonian Lodge. At the Installation Meeting in the Great Hall for our new Masonic year, the Deputy Provincial Grand Master, V.W. Bro. Grahame Carr (A. 1953-56), presented me with a framed certificate from the Provincial Grand Lodge of Sussex to mark the occasion, while at the dinner afterwards a large framed copy of an original painting of the College entrance by former headmaster W.Bro. Bill Blackshaw (Brighton College Headmaster 1971-87), who was present, was presented by our new Worshipful Master , W.Bro. Adrian Latham on behalf of the Old Brightonian Lodge and Brighton College.
The Lodge met in the Horden Room on March 20th when they were both informed and entertained by a short talk given by one of our Honorary members W.Bro Chris Apps (H, A. 1942-46) entitled "Brighton College at war 1940-1945". This talk gave a fascinating insight into college life during the war, combined with some personal memories of the time. The talk was well received by all who were present, and some might have liked to have heard more. After the meeting the members met for pre-dinner drinks in the recently opened Simon Smith building, located in the Woolton Quad and a superb five course dinner served with wines and port, which was rounded off with the usual toasts and speeches that the occasion required.
Having retired in 2004 after 45 years in the Electrical Engineering Industry I decided that the time had come to do something completely different.
Large numbers attended the Installation banquet last August and we were delighted to receive the Provincial Grand Master for Sussex at our meeting, a rare honour. We were most grateful to the catering staff at the College, under the direction of Ben Cable, who turned round the Great Hall from our meeting place to a dining room in a 30 minute transformation without fuss.
The past year has been a difficult time as our meeting places have been of necessity changed several times. For many years the Lodge has enjoyed the hospitality of the College for which we are extremely grateful. However, recently the College has been unable to help due, we suspect, to the huge success of the school and the enlargement of its boarding numbers.
The 2008/9 Masonic year started in September 2008, with the installation of Richard Lynch-White as Master of the lodge.
The Lodge enjoyed an excellent Ladies' evening at the College on Friday 28th March. 73 members and their guests, more than in recent years, sat down to a very good meal excellently served by the College caterers who had really worked hard to make it a special evening for us. The Lodge was particularly pleased to have Mary Rumney as a guest.
W.Bro, John Austin Stone P.Pr.A.G.D.C, P.M.4104 died on the 16th June, 2008, after a very short illness.
W.Bro. Christopher Apps gave an interesting paper entitled "In the beginning..." which traced the history of operative masonry from the 13th century with its lodges until the formation of the present speculative lodges in the 17th century with its culmination in 1717 with the formation of the United Grand Lodge of England which is now a world wide organisation.


Now, I do sell my technical analyses through my two websites including this one, so I'm not free from also being labeled as a marketer, in addition to being a technical analyst and a trader. I have an expressive personality, and putting my analysis skills on the chopping block of the public arena has probably helped me develop even further than had I not done so.
I live in Sweden and 95%+ of my trades are on stocks listed on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm Exchange or on index products linked to the Swedish blue-chip index OMXS30.
I've redacted my full name, my Shareville.se profile name and my account balance in SEK, as well as my amount of followers. The reasons for my redactions are that 1) I'm not comfortable sharing my exact portfolio size for privacy reasons (Sweden these days is infested with prying and envious people), and 2) I do not want other people to be able to find my profile easily on Shareville.se and follow my trades, because I don't want to have what essentially becomes a front-running setup (because then I'll be accused of "only running a front-running thing" and not having any real technical analysis and trading skills…).
As you can see, my portfolio at Nordnet (the brokerage which operates the Shareville social trading site from which I've taken the screenshot of my account), has outperformed the Swedish blue-chip index OMXS30 by +21.66% over the last 6 months. It has the highest 3-star rating at Shareville, which means it's among the best 10% of portfolios on Shareville, which has 80000+ users currently.
An outperformance of +21,66% vs. the OMXS30 index and an actual gain of +19.14% over the last 6 months might not seem like much, but the Swedish stock market has been far weaker than the US stock market during the same period, creating several quite steep swings in both directions, which is not exactly an easy trading environment. But as you can see, I predicted and successfully traded this latest stock market mini-crash during the end of January and beginning of February 2018, making approximately +10% in a week during the crash.
If you subscribe to another analysis service already, can their analysts say the same thing about themselves, and prove it? Most probably, they can't.
Other evidence that I was correct and profitable during the recent market turmoil.
The pattern(s) discussed in the 2nd half of that article, have now been partially confirmed during the mini-crash, and I'm confident that I'll be proven correct with that particular call and Elliot Wave model for the S&P 500.
From the updates published on this website too, it's pretty much clear that I had the right scenario (thus far at least). Even if you went short starting at my first warning on the 10th of January and you scale into positions like I do, you would've been in the money unless your negative positions were so highly leveraged they blew up during the final phase of the advance (which became a bit bigger than I expected, but that's what Double Extensions do…).
This analysis service – EWT Investing – is one of very few run by actual market professionals and successful traders. At only $19 per month for continuous updates on 20 financial markets worldwide, you get far more value from my service than from the absolute majority of overpriced Elliott Wave services. You can sign up for a subscription to the Global Elliott Wave Coverage through this link. Be aware that I'll accept a maximum of 1000 subscribers because I don't want to decrease the efficiency of my Elliott Wave work.
Finally – let noone say "The crash wasn't predictable" – the above text speaks for itself, that at least I got it very much right.


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Rescue Squad gets a puppy in time for Christmas
Published 8:00 am Wednesday, December 22, 2021
By Rachel Austin
Pawamedic Eddie is the newest edition to the Prince Edward Rescue Squad.
The rescue squad has a new member of their team that is spreading good cheer and boosting productivity.
Pawamedic Eddie is a nine-week-old labradoodle that joined The Prince Edwards Volunteer Rescue Squad on Dec. 4. Eddie is a therapy dog who will help by giving emotional support to the squad as the COVID-19 pandemic lingers on.
According to Deanna Lester, executive director with Prince Edward Volunteer Rescue Squad, many studies have shown the negative effects on mental health due to the pandemic, especially for first responders and those on the front lines. Along with studies showing how therapy dogs have a positive impact on helping boost emotional support, getting a puppy seemed like the right next move.
"Being a front line worker can be physically and mentally challenging," said Lester. "Workers feel overwhelmed and under supported. Therapy dogs have shown to reduce stress, lower blood pressure and improve moods and mental state. Productivity also goes up along with mental status. It brings some normalcy to the station life."
Eddie will be present at the station to give workers comfort and support. He will also accompany the squad on mass casualty or fatal calls.
He is currently the only therapy dog adopted by a rescue squad in the area. However, there are others nationwide that have adopted ones, especially in bigger cities.
"Los Angeles has a program and has seen great results from it," said Lester. "Seeing the trend, it seemed like a great idea for us."
As Eddie is still just a puppy, he spends his days taking naps and enjoying the new friends he's made on the rescue team and keeps everyone on their toes. Luckily being so young, he has adjusted easily to the unpredictable life of a first responder, including loud sirens and a stream of changing friends with each shift.
Folks can follow Eddie's adventures with the Prince Edwards Volunteer Rescue Squad on his Instagram @pevrs_pup.
New animal shelter slated for 2024


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Home Other News Botswana and Namibia join forces in Operation Tshwaragano
Botswana and Namibia join forces in Operation Tshwaragano
READY FOR OPERATION: BDF soldiers
About 1 200 troops from Botswana Defence Force (BDF) and the Namibian Defence Force (NDF) are expected to take part in a combined bilateral Battalion level Peace Support Operation Exercise (PSO) code named Exercise Tshwaragano II from 16 to 30 July in the general area of Kang in the Kgalagadi District.
According to a Press Statement from BDF's Director of Protocol and Public Affairs, Major Fana Maswabi, the exercise is a result of an agreement reached at the 22nd Session of the Botswana/Namibia Joint Permanent Commission on Defence and Security of 2012 held in Gaborone. "Exercise Tshwaragano II is reciprocal to Exercise Hanganee I, which was in Gobabis, Omaheke region in Namibia in 2016."
Maswabi said that the overall objective of the exercise is to enhance interoperability between the BDF and NDF in a PSO context at regional level by employing SADC Standby Force within the broader SADC Peace and Security Architecture.
"The exercise objectives are aimed at enhancing further organisational and operational development of training, procedures and multi dimensional capacities of the SADC Standby Force," added Maswabi.
He cautioned the public of large movement of military convoys from both troops along the Trans- Kalahari Highway.
Maswabi said that during the Exercise there will be Outreach Projects and programmes aimed at assisting members of the public.2


The Big Lottery wants to make it easier for smaller organisations to apply, so have done away with the two-stage application form process. In its place, applicants need to contact the Lottery, to give them a brief outline of what you want to do, either through an online form, a phone call, a video, or an email.
Nicholas Timms, Big Lottery Funding Officer for Central London, will outline new guidelines and process of this important funding programme and answer your questions.
NB. Please read the funding criteria before registering for this event to check your organisation eligibility.


In this entry, I will demonstrate the art of concept checking, i.e. using questions to elicit whether students have understood a difficult concept, or are able to distinguish commonly confused concepts.
However, in this entry I would like to show how concept checking can be used for other subject teaching. In every subject there will be terminology that is hard to grasp or is easily confused with a related concept. For instance, how about "Internet" and "World Wide Web"? In everyday conversation they are used interchangeably but they are not the same.
My example concepts are 'plagiarism' and 'copyright infringement'. These two concepts are often confused or conflated no matter how clearly they are presented. On more than one occasion I have been tasked to help university students and lecturers comprehend the difference between them.
It intercepts and corrects misconceptions at an early stage, prior to application of knowledge and assessment.
It informs decisions whether to re-teach the concepts in another way or continue with, e.g., additional input.
It is a tool for formative assessment.
It is a diagnostic tool for differentiation by readiness.
It is a tool in inquiry-based learning and other inductive approaches.
It is a model of effective study skills.


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Fighting the Criminalisation of…
Fighting the Criminalisation of Homelessness in Hungary
On 15th October, the new provisions of the Act on Petty Offences entered into force, which renders living in a public space illegal anywhere in Hungary.
It means that the homelessness is punishable by community service work or by confinement, depending on the decision of the court. People can be penalised if they "use the public space habitually" (meaning that the person lives, or carries out his/her everyday activities there), and they do not leave the public space after the police orders them to do so, or if they do not accept to be taken to an over-crowded homeless shelter, or if it is already the third time this happens to that person.
The Streetlawyer Association (Utcajogász Egyesület) is committed to fight against this regulation, which results in the criminalization of homeless people and people without adequate housing.
So far less than ten people have been known to be prosecuted in offence proceedings until the day of publishing the article; and the attorneys of Streetlawyer Association provided legal representation in two cases until the beginning of February.
In the first case (on 19th October) the "perpetrator" was a 61-year-old woman, Anita, who lost her residence after the death of her partner, half a year ago. At the end , the court opted for "warning", which means that in a following case the punishment may be confinement. (After two warnings, the court must make a decision of either confinement or community service work.) The decision was made in spite of the fact that Anita did not exhaust the legal requirements of the regulation. She emphasized that she is committed to find a house to live and does not plan or want to stay on public places. The Streetlawyer Assocation appealed against the decision of the court.
The right of a fair trial and the right to defense have also been violated during the procedure. The court did not allow Anita to be personally present in the courtroom, even though she stayed in the same building as the ongoing court proceeding. She had to participate in the procedure through a telecommunication tool, which made difficult for her to understand and answer the questions of the judge, as well as to communicate with the attorneys. In practice, it meant that she only could follow the proceedings on a screen, while her attorneys could consult her only through phone calls. Besides this, the court did not hear the witness of the defense, as she would have brought "mitigating circumstances".
In the second case (on 21st October) the court suspended the procedure due to the medical situation of Zoltán, the subject to the procedure. It has to be emphasized that the procedural circumstances were the same as in the previous case (regarding the presence of the detainee), with the small difference that one of the Streetlawyer Association attorneys was permitted to stay with him in the same room that he was following the procedure from.
The Streetlawyer Association thinks that the applicable law is in conflict with international law conventions recognized by Hungary as well as with the provisions of the Fundamental Law of Hungary. Therefore the attorneys requested the court to suspend the procedures and refer the Act to the Constitutional Court before the decision, which could revise the laws to be applied in these cases . The court, however, rejected this proposal.
After exhausting the Hungarian legal opportunities, Streetlawyer Association is ready to bring the cases in front of the European Court of Human Rights. The Streetlawyers continue to be ready to provide assistance and legal representation in future cases, and to consult with attorneys providing defence to other people affected by this law.
The Streetlawyer Assocation (Utcajogász Egyesület) is a group of volunteer lawyers who work for the rights of homeless people. They offer free legal assistance service in Budapest, Hungary and provide legal counsel and legal representation for people without homes or in need of adequate housing. More info about the Association at http://utcajogasz.hu/en/


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No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger
This was Twain's last book and, in terms of prose, was his best; yet, it remains relatively unknown. Set in an imaginary village in 1490, in medieval Austria, Twain crafted an intriguing psychic adventure, The Mysterious Stranger (TMS), full of phantasmagoric effects, which had a profound message: The only reality may be thought!
Therein, a penniless printer's apprentice, with the curious name of "44", reveals his supernatural powers – and suggests the hidden possibilities of the human mind. Twain implies that the Mysterious Stranger may be all of us, if we can tap the potential of the human mind. Twain lived in Lucerne, Switzerland, while he wrote this novel, his last, which was published posthumously in 1915, a poor interpretation of his manuscripts with liberal additions by his then biographer. The current book was redone in 1969 and has been extensively republished from the 1980's to the present. The plot occurs in ancient, "moldering" castle, with hundreds of rooms, many unoccupied (possibly suggesting the millions of unused cells in the human mind), all cobwebbed and unkempt. Therein, the plot evolves from a print shop in 1490 (just 48 years after Guttenberg invented the printing press). Twain, himself, had apprenticed in a print shop.
TMS is written in a markedly different style than that for which Twain is known, from Tom Sawyer, Huckelberry Finn and such. His prose in TMS is clearly better, and, in many ways, more enjoyable to read. His theme is intellectually challenging and well beyond its time. In ways, he seems to be saying that all that is real is the unseen, the immaterial, or possibly only thought itself. He cites Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910), and Christian Science, which Eddy introduced in the late 1800's. Interestingly, Edgar Allan Poe said much the same: "Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream?" Einstein tip toed around this concept. Stephen Hawking, in A Brief History of Time, implied it more forcefully: At the core, the atom seems empty, and it is the component of all matter. So, Twain used TMS to urge the world to consider these possibilities. He believed that the human mind was vastly underutilized and offered the key to reality.
Among the last words in the book, his lead character said, "There is no God, no universe, no human race, no earthly life, no heaven, no hell. It is all a Dream…Nothing exists but thought…"
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Margaret Atwood Is Writing a Sequel to The Handmaid's Tale
By Natalie Flores | November 28, 2018 | 12:43pm
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On Wednesday morning, Margaret Atwood, author of the best-selling novel The Handmaid's Tale, announced that, nearly 34 years after the first novel's release, she will write a sequel. The Testaments will be published on Sept. 10, 2019.
Atwood announced the news via Twitter, writing, "Yes indeed to those who asked: I'm writing a sequel to The #HandmaidsTale. #TheTestaments is set 15 years after Offred's final scene and is narrated by three female characters. It will be published in Sept 2019."
Yes indeed to those who asked: I'm writing a sequel to The #HandmaidsTale. #TheTestaments is set 15 years after Offred's final scene and is narrated by three female characters. It will be published in Sept 2019. More details: https://t.co/e1umh5FwpXpic.twitter.com/pePp0zpuif
— Margaret E. Atwood (@MargaretAtwood) November 28, 2018
"Everything you've ever asked me about Gilead and its inner workings is the inspiration for this book. Well, almost everything! The other inspiration is the world we've been living in," Atwood adds on her website.
The Handmaid's Tale, which was published in 1985, solidified Atwood's reputation as a prominent writer of the 20th century. While the book was critically acclaimed and praised for how it explores the themes of women's rights, the subjugation of women who inhabit a patriarchal and totalitarian society, and women's independence, it was Hulu's 2017 TV adaptation of the novel that caused a resurgence of fame and acclaim for the novel and its story.
Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale has achieved massive critical acclaim. Its first season won eight Primetime Emmy Awards out of 13 nominations, among them the award for "Outstanding Drama Series," making it the first show produced by Hulu to win that award. It is also the first series exclusively on a streaming service to win an Emmy award for "Outstanding Series." The show has been renewed for a third season. In 2017, the novel was on the Sunday Times bestseller list for 16 weeks.
Atwood states that The Testaments will not be connected to the TV adaptation of The Handmaid's Tale.
Again, The Testament arrives on Sept. 10, 2019. In the meantime, revisit Paste's favorite quotes from The Handmaid's Tale here.
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The Sunday races are the only ones shown on TV, but there will be live results for all races on Cycling Australia's site. We can also follow the other racing live with the #RoadNats twitter hashtag, and various twitter accounts, including @CyclingAus and @SummerofCycle. My podcast-partner-in-crime, Dan, will be at the road race, so check out his twitter for his special unique insights – and we'll podcast after it too, of course. There will be various periscopers showing live clips of races – I'd start on the twitter hashtag for that, and the Specialized women's team will be on periscope in the feedzones – follow their twitter too.
The Sunday Road Races will be shown on 9 GEM, with the last hour of the women's race shown "as live" during the men's race coverage – so 3 hours after the racing. Basically, if you want to watch it as if it were live, stay off social media! The tv coverage starts at 1pm AEDT on Sunday (03:00 Euro CET, 2am UK GMT, 9pm Saturday USA EST) with the "as live" women's race starting half an hour later. If you google GEM live streaming, you can find streams, and you can look for streams here and here. There's some promo about what the women's tv means here on Ella Cycling Tips, and their Road Nats coverage is here.
There is a huge amount of really fantastic content about the National Championships on the Cycling Australia Road Nats portal, with tons of rider profiles, race previews, videos about what the Nationals mean to riders, former winners, journalists and much more. They're very good at race highlights videos, too, so I'll be looking for video highlights on the Cycling Australia YouTube.
The Road Nats are always toughly contested, but this year, with the ITT and Road Race results contributing to Olympic selection, there's even more riding on it. If you want to find out more about the context, the races, and women's cycling in Australia, listen to my recent podcast on the Aussie Summer of Cycling with Monique Hanley.
If I've missed anything, let me know here, or on twitter – and I'll pull together a collection of videos and media after it's all over.


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Dell reworks sparse Ubuntu offerings
According to Dell's Ubuntu page in recent months, the number of machines that Dell has offered in the UK with Ubuntu Linux instead of Microsoft Windows has dwindled from three (a netbook, laptop and desktop) to, apparently, none. Meanwhile the news from Dell US is that there is a new version of Ubuntu coming for the Dell Mini 10 netbook.
The new Dell Ubuntu release is still based on Ubuntu 8.04 and has had some user interface changes to make it more "visually appealing" on the Mini 10. According to Dell US, the new Mini 10 comes with 1GB or 2GB of RAM and 32GB and 64GB SSD options.
The larger memory and SSD options are not available for the Windows based Mini 10 due to Micrsoft's licensing restrictions on the hardware capability of netbooks. The US posting says the revised Mini 10 is available in the US and Canada at the moment and talks about a new Mini 10 for Europe "in the near future" with an optional DVB-T tuner.
Dell suggest Ubuntu is made by Microsoft on it's specification sheet for the new Mini 10v In the UK though, Dell have started listing the Mini 10v with a starting price of £199, 1GB of RAM, 8GB of SSD and Ubuntu. Dell are still working on figuring out how to present Ubuntu in their specification sheets; the Mini 10v has an entry for "Microsoft Operating System", below which Dell has listed "Ubuntu 8.04". Dell also still offer the Dell Mini 9 and 12 with Ubuntu as an option. The lack of updates to the Dell UK Ubuntu page, despite a new machine being launched, does leave some doubt over Dell's commitment to Linux. If you search for Ubuntu on the Dell site, you are directed back to the Dell UK Ubuntu page. On the Dell UK site there is still no desktop or traditional notebook listed with an option to use Ubuntu.
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This video clip was sent to me by the folks at Dvids. It is some good footage of 2/12 Infantry from the 4th BCT of the 4th ID trying to keep polling places secure on August 20th . This is part 2 of the footage. Part 1 is mostly them talking with ANP and ANP shooting from the back of their trucks. Nothing really exciting per se.
This 2nd part however show our boys full engaged, cross-talking and then the best part…calling in some 2000lb bombs on some enemy hilltop positions. As you will see in this footage, our troops are professional, calm and effectively communicating during the fight.
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Those Accused of Drug Crimes Guilty Until Proven Innocent, Florida Supreme Court Decides
Rich Abdill July 16, 2012 1:21PM
Good news, Florida druggies! You're no longer burdened by that whole "innocent until proven guilty" thing -- the Florida Supreme Court last week upheld a 2002 law that forces some defendants caught with drugs to prove their innocence, rather than placing the onus on prosecutors to prove anything. Phew!
Oh, wait -- that's terrible and makes things way easier for prosecutors when they want to chuck people in jail -- which Justice James Perry took issue with in the dissent:
"What will become of the innocent?" Perry wrote, per the AP. "Under the majority's decision and the above examples, the innocent will from the start be presumed guilty."
It deals specifically with the defense used by defendants who say they didn't know they were carrying drugs -- it deals with it by saying "Prove it." In most, normal places, prosecutors have to prove the defendant knew what he was carrying was illegal. Under this law, defendants have to prove they didn't know it was drugs.
From the Reuters story on the decision:
Derek Byrd, president of the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, said the Florida law flies in the face of the concept of criminal intent, a "bedrock principle" of criminal law in the United States.
"In essence, someone could be given hydrocodone, be told it was a Tylenol and be guilty," Byrd said. "I'm a lifelong Floridian. It's embarrassing."
Justice Charles Canady said the law doesn't violate a defendant's right to due process because, hey, why not:
"Isn't the reality here that these drugs that are illicit are valuable and the people who own them don't just go casting them about at random?" he said.
Good idea, Charlie -- just base your opinion on what you think drug dealers do.
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Melania Trump Discovers a Flair for Government Waste
The First Lady dropped nearly $100,000 at a hotel where she didn't even stay the night. Scott Pruitt who?
By Bess Levin
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In the Trump administration, there exists a grand tradition of spending ridiculous amounts of taxpayer money on travel and expenses, lest anyone suffer the grave indignity of flying coach or sleeping in a non-five-star hotel. Some might even say that Cabinet members have been engaging in an unspoken-yet-very-real competition to see who can blow the most cash on luxe airfare, accommodations, and work trips that somehow turn into full-on vacations. Former Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, for example, expensed taxpayers for a 10-day jaunt to Europe with his wife that naturally included a day at Wimbledon. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin used a private jet to get a better shot of the solar eclipse. Former Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price spent more than $1 million between chartered and military flights for excursions that included, among other things, lunch with his son, and a visit to an island where he and his wife own land. And then, of course, you have ex-E.P.A. chief Scott Pruitt, who had to fly in the part of the cabin where the champagne is free in order to avoid people being mean to him, and allegedly insisted on staying in hotels that far exceed the U.S. government's per diem, sometimes by as much as 300 percent.
All of which is to say, First Lady Melania Trump apparently took one look at others' ridiculous waste of taxpayer money and said: Pshhh, I can beat that.
Melania Trump's stay in Cairo during her October trip to Africa cost taxpayers $95,050, according to federal spending records.
The U.S. First Lady and her entourage racked up the tab at the Semiramis Intercontinental Cairo, which offers rooms starting at $119. The hotel's presidential suite can be rented for $699, which includes $156.50 in taxes, per the property's Web site. . . . Payment was made to the hotel in Cairo on Sept. 30, about a week prior to the first lady's arrival on Saturday, Oct. 6. The description of the expenditure reads simply, "FLOTUS visit hotel rooms." No detailed breakdown of the payment, or how many rooms were rented, are provided in the data but ostensibly the tab includes the cost of the First Lady's Secret Service detail and various support staff.
And that's not even the best part! The best part, according to an editor's note by Quartz, which originally reported the news, is that Melania didn't even stay at the hotel overnight, a point that was clarified by her own spokeswoman. Meaning the First Lady, who supposedly runs "one of the leanest East Wing operations in recent history," dropped nearly $100,000 at a hotel she stayed at for six hours. Scott Pruitt, take a seat.
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Astrum Solar Announces Hiring of Tom Sinnott as EVP and Chief Financial Officer
Award-winning CFO brings high-growth expertise to leader in home and business solar installations
May 07, 2014 05:00 ET | Source: Astrum Solar Astrum Solar
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Annapolis Junction, MD, May 7, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Astrum Solar announced today that the national full-service solar installer serving homeowners and businesses has added Tom Sinnott as its newest EVP and Chief Financial Officer. Tom brings a significant amount of financial and operational experience in helping companies with national footprints grow their top and bottom lines through optimizing management of their corporate, sales and operational teams.
"I am extremely pleased about joining Astrum Solar, a top-tier performer in the enormous and rapidly growing residential solar industry," Sinnott stated. "Joining a team of this caliber is exciting and I look forward to contributing to Astrum's sales and operational expansion plans and solidifying its position as a market leader."
"Tom's has contributed to dramatic revenue and profit growth in virtually every assignment he has had for three decades," said Vadim Polikov, Astrum Solar's co-founder, and CEO. "His experience in high-growth environments will help drive Astrum Solar to higher levels of operating efficiency and profitability and strengthen our position as a market leader."
Prior to joining Astrum, Tom had a history of success over his 30 year career. Early on he worked as an auditor at Deloitte, Haskins and Sells, then as a Controller at Jiffy Lube International, McGill Development Company, and Fair Lanes. Later Tom was named the CFO at Ajilon Consulting, an IT consulting and staffing firm that grew tenfold to $700 Million in revenue with over 5,000 employees across 40 branches during his 13-year tenure. For the following three years he was the CFO of Atlantic Industrial, a private equity owned company with revenues of $230 million that provided in-plant services to Fortune 100 companies and had 2,000 employees across nine branches. Afterwards, Tom became the CFO at Cornerstone Records Management, a private equity owned company that grew to over $60 million in revenues and 370 employees in just a few years. Most recently, Tom was the CFO for at Tate Engineering Systems, an engineering and service company with projects spanning two to four months in duration.
Tom has a Bachelor's degree in Accounting from the University of Notre Dame, an MBA from Loyola University in Maryland, and a CPA in Maryland. In March 2012, Tom received the Mid-Atlantic CFO of The Year Award by Smart CEO Magazine and he also sits on the board of directors of two Maryland-based companies.
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Astrum Solar is a leading national full-service residential solar provider, serving homeowners and small businesses in California, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, DC, and West Virginia. Astrum Solar's mission is to spread solar power to the rooftops of America and to ensure that its customers get the most out of their solar panels: the most energy generated, the most electricity savings, the most beneficial environmental impact, and the most joy each time they see a sunny day. Astrum Solar was on the Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Companies List in 2012 and 2013. (http://www.astrumsolar.com)
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The Embassy of Israel in Greece and Industry Disruptors – Game Changers (ID-GC), a Greek organization established with the vision of creating an ecosystem that fosters and promotes innovative entrepreneurship, are organizing a competition for Greek start-uppers. The "StartTel Aviv 2016" is organized for the second time in Greece and aims at promoting start-ups and the cooperation between Greece and Israel on innovation.
Last's year's event was also a success with 44 participant companies, from the fields of medical technology, mobile phone applications, computer schience and others. Start-up companies should submitt their applications by May 20th, 2016. The winner will be unvailed during an event on June 15th in Athens, with the participation of members of the jury from Greece and Israel. The winner will participate in a five day professional international start-up seminar at the DLD Tel Aviv Innovation Festival, which will take place between September 25-29, 2016 in Tel Aviv.
During a press conference on Tuesday, the Ambassador of Israel in Athens Her Excellency Irit Ben-Abba spoke of the advanced level of start-ups in Israel, a country that currently includes 5 thousand start-ups and hundreds of Reasearch and Development centers operated by multinational companies. She also said that Israel was seeking ways of expanding its collaboration with Greek start-uppers, while the Embassy has been supporting entepreneurship by organzing various events, workshops, conferences and meetings between Greek and Israeli experts.
For more information on the "StartTel Aviv 2016" competition visit the Israeli Embassy's web site. Companies can apply here.


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Q: chown failed: Operation not permitted (permission related) It is my first day at Ubuntu, so I beg your pardon if I am asking a very basic question.
I have installed Ubuntu in a VirtualBox.
I am trying to run a basic command and follow instructions from here.
Even realizing that running the following command as it is not  possible and took me an hour
ext2rd  system.img  ./:savedir

So i ran it like this
./ext2rd  system.img  ./:savedir

And I got this error
chown failed: Operation not permitted
savedir/./xbin/taskstats

I realized it is a permission issue.
I tried changing the permissions by right click and properties but it didn't help
Any help on how to do it through terminal would be appreciated
I have added this image for reference for better understanding of what's going on

A: It fails because it tries to change ownership of those respective files. It has nothing to do with permissions on the current directory.
Run the command as a root or use sudo.
You can change ownership after it gets extracted if you so desire using chown -R <username>:<group> <path> again as a root or using sudo.


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George Faucett Pitts Abbott, GC (18 September 1897 – 10 June 1977) was a British sailor and a recipient of the Albert Medal, later exchanged for the George Cross.

Early life
Abbott was born in Nelson, Lancashire, educated at Whitefield School, and was working in a textile factory on the outbreak of the First World War, eventually enlisting into the Royal Naval Reserve (Trawler Section)  in August 1916.

Albert Medal
On 14 December 1917, dated 12 December 1917, Abbott was gazetted for his actions on 14 September 1917. His citation read:

Abbott was presented with his medal by the King at Buckingham Palace on 16 February 1918.

Post-war life
After the war Abbot moved to Coventry, and during the Second World War worked in a munitions factory. He married Alice Emily Harris in 1946, and had a daughter. He ran a fish and chip shop in Northfleet, Kent, before moving back to Nelson in 1961 to run a grocery shop. He died in Higham, Lancashire, in 1977.

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WBHE BRINGS VIEWERS AN ALL-NEW ORIGINAL ANIMATED FILM WITH THE RELEASE OF "SCOOBY-DOO! RETURN TO ZOMBIE ISLAND"
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Pack your Scooby Snacks and join the Mystery Inc. gang as the teen sleuths embark on a wild and spooky vacation with zombies and cat people on "Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island," an all-new, original film. A follow-up to the classic, best-selling "Scooby-Doo!" film, "Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island," this new animated adventure finds Scooby-Doo and his pals taking a much-deserved vacation to a tropical island. Instead of getting rest and relaxation, however, they find themselves wrapped up in one of their biggest mysteries yet! Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, the animated film arrives from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on Digital starting September 3, 2019 and on DVD October 1, 2019.
"Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island" will be available on Digital ($14.99 SRP) and DVD ($19.98 SRP). Order due date is August 27, 2019.
On "Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island," Scooby-Doo and his pals win an all-expense paid vacation and embark on a trip of a lifetime to a tropical paradise. Their destination however, turns out to be Zombie Island. As soon as they arrive, they realize the place looks strangely familiar and is reminiscent of a trip they took years ago, in which they became wrapped up in a mystery involving zombies. The gang soon learns that their trip to paradise comes with a price when the zombies re-emerge and attack their hotel. Will Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang finally solve the mystery behind Zombie Island?
"Zombies are a very popular theme in entertainment now and we wanted to create a fun, family-friendly version of this genre for 'Scooby-Doo!' fans. So we brought back a 'Scooby-Doo!' classic and continued the original story but created a captivating new plotline," said Mary Ellen Thomas, Vice President Family & Animation Marketing. She added, "'Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island' is an entertaining, original film that will appeal to a wide audience. It's classic 'Scooby-Doo!' with a contemporary look and feel, a fun storyline and engaging characters. This release is a must for your home entertainment library."
"Scooby-Doo Return to Zombie Island" features the familiar voice talents of Frank Welker as Scooby-Doo/Fred Jones, Grey Griffin as Daphne Blake, Matthew Lillard as Shaggy Rogers and Kate Micucci as Velma Dinkley.
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There's been no shortage of news and speculation this week surrounding the Galaxy S III -- or whatever Samsung ends up calling it. Mostly folks have been discussing whether this or that rumored spec will turn out to be accurate, but just as intriguing is Samsung's choice of branding for its new flagship smartphone.
Samsung Galaxy S III is the obvious choice, as it indicates a clear successor to last year's Galaxy S II. But it's just as likely Samsung may drop the roman numerals, or follow in Apple's footsteps by eliminating numbers altogether with a "new Galaxy" or "new Galaxy S". We've seen leaked images in the past week showing a "Samsung Galaxy S i9300" splash screen, so that's certainly a possibility.
There's been at least one rumor this week that suggests Samsung may be having second thoughts about calling this thing the Galaxy S III, so anything's possible at this stage. Be sure to let us know what you think in tonight's Android Central late-night poll, and keep following all our coverage in the lead up to the May 3 announcement!
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Skylar Williams, OSU student, kidnapped and killed by ex-boyfriend
Allison A.
On Monday, Feb. 11 Ohio State University student Skylar Williams was abducted at gunpoint from the OSU Mansfield campus by her ex-boyfriend, Ty'Rell Pounds.
According to OSU Mansfield campus security, Williams was standing in a parking lot in the late morning when her ex-boyfriend, Pounds, approached her with a gun and forced her into a vehicle.
Later that day, a call was made from a gas station in Kentucky after a man saw a woman being forced into a minivan. The witness believed that the woman was in need of help and dialed 911. The witness described the woman as Williams.
State troopers located the van on Interstate 71 just minutes after the witness dialed 911. The van did not stop when troopers attempted to pull it over, which began an approximate 20-mile chase on the highway.
Pounds was finally stopped at an exit ramp after state troopers blocked him from re-entering the interstate. A trooper heard a gunshot from inside the vehicle, leading him to draw his gun and fire toward Pounds, killing him on the spot. Williams was taken to the University of Louisville Hospital where she died.
On Wednesday, Feb. 13 Kentucky State Police confirmed that Pounds' bullet killed Williams after it passed through her arm and to her chest.
"This senseless and shocking incident has left our campus shaken," said Michael Drake, Ohio State University President.
Counseling services are available to the students and staff of Ohio State University regarding the loss of Williams.
Family and friends of Skylar Williams have set up a GoFundMe account to raise money for her one-year-old son. People who do not even know Williams are donating diapers, sippy cups and toys for Williams' child. To learn more about what is still needed for her son, visit: https://www.gofundme.com/f/skylar-williams-and-kylo
If you need help, please call The National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233.
Tags: Domestic Violence, OSU
Allison A., Editor-in-Chief
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It's called "Belgian or Swiss" (or French or Dutch) chocolate, but in fact there is no such thing. The main ingredient in chocolate, cocoa beans, does not grow in Belgium, Switzerland, France or Italy and never has. all these countries have ever done is add sugar and a few other ingredients, to make it more palatable to European and North American tastes. It would be more accurate to refer to the stuff as Ghanaian, Ivory Coastal or Cameroonian Chocolate. Originally a equatorial Latin American product, today it grows largely in West Africa, East Asia and a bit in Mexico and Central America.
"It's white people who eat chocolate, not us" commented a cocoa farmer from the Ivory Coast.
In recent years, the price of cocoa beans – the main ingredient in chocolate – hit its high point on in January of 2010 when a metric ton of cocoa sold for $3520 per metric ton (pmt). Since then its price has fluctuated wildly dropping to $2,110 pmt in May of 2012, rebounding in December, 2015 to $3350 pmt before collapsing again to under $2000 pmt in the Spring of 2017. After dropping even lower, the cocoa commodity prices have slightly rebounded to $2040 pmt now, in late September, 2017, still far below its highs of several years go. In fact, measured from the January 2010 high point, the price of cocoa has dropped some 40%, a decline which inevitably has profound economic and social consequences for the world's main cocoa producers.
The world's ten top cocoa producers include Ivory Coast, Ghana, Indonesia, Ecuador, Cameroon, Nigeria, Brazil and Papa New Guinea. Cocoa exports account for $9.5 billion in all. Of these Ivory Coast and Ghana alone produce nearly half of the world's cocoa beans. Ivory Coast alone produces some 35% of global production, and these past few years – only adding to the global crisis of overproduction – Ivory Coast has had bumper crops. In good years – where demand for chocolate is on the upswing – such bumper crops would be nothing short of a national blessing for Ivory Coast, but in the current situation, with demand stagnating, it is unfortunately a curse, a heavy burden on a country in which a full two thirds of all employment is in cocoa production related fields and accounting for half of the country's exports.
Cocoa producers are largely caught in a typical commodity bind.
They produce the raw material, in this case the cocoa bean, but are iced out of whole sale bean buying, transport, refining and retailing for the most part accounting for the bulk of profit-making in what are referred to as "commodity chains." The overwhelming percentage of cocoa bean producers are "Third World" although the market for the end product is largely in the core countries of the global economy. In fact there is not much – if any – market for chocolate in the African cocoa producing countries. It what is a classic core-peripheral relationship, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria and Cameroon are thus dependent upon sales – and the ups and downs – in core countries of the global economy.
Per capita consumption leader by far is Switzerland, which in 2015 led the world, with each Swiss citizen consuming nearly 20 pounds of chocolate annually (only 19.8 pounds to be accurate). Germany (17.4 lb), Ireland (16.3) and the United Kingdom (16.3) aren't that far behind. Per capita U.S. citizens only gobble down a mere 9.5 pounds annually. Major cacao importers (in bulk terms) are Netherlands (23%), USA (15%), Germany (9.3%), Malaysia (7.7%), France (4.4%), Spain (3.4%), Italy (3.2), Russia (2.3%), Turkey (2.9%)Canada (2.2%). Put another way some 65% of all cacao imports go to Europe and North America.
This situation puts the major cocoa producers – Ivory Coast and Ghana – in a classic bind. There is no domestic nor regional market for their main export product. West Africans are not bitten by the same "chocolate bug" as Europeans, North Africans. Thus the producers are dependent upon the economic vagaries of far away regions. Their fragile economies based upon the production of a few commodities (Ivory Coast – cocoa, coffee, pineapples and rubber; Ghana – gold, cocoa, timber, tuna, bauxite, aluminium, manganese ore, diamonds and horticultural produce) whose value fluctuates depending upon the market for these products in the world's rich, core countries.
Furthermore, encouraged greatly by international institutions like the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, the production of such commodities is encouraged in such a way so that globally, they overproduce the product, be it cocoa, coffee beans or whatever. As a result, there is a tendency among many commodities – certainly cocoa and coffee – to overproduce globally – and by so doing, drive down the price of the raw commodity. This is exactly what has recently happened to world cocoa production. The market is glutted and the price producers can get for their unprocessed bean has plummeted, sometimes – as happened to Ethiopian coffee production a few years ago, falling below the production costs. Yet the way that global commodity chains are structured, that raw cocoa bean prices have collapsed hardly impacts on the profitability at the far end of the chains (refining, distribution, retail) where profit levels are hardly effected.
Environmental Impacts of Ivory Coast Cocoa Production.
If declines in global chocolate demand have slowed cocoa sales and triggered growing economic woes in the Ivory Coast, overall, dependence on cocoa farming for the nation's income has had negative environmental effects for the country as a whole and beyond. To add to its problems of cocoa production dependency, there are reports that the extension of cocoa plantations in Ivory Coast has destroyed some 80% of the country's rainforests. "The world's chocolate industry is driving deforestation on a devastating scale in West Africa, the Guardian can reveal," a September 13, 2017 article in The Guardian announces. The article went on, "Ivory Coast is losing its forests at a faster rate than any other African country – less than 4% of the country is covered in rain forest. Once, one quarter was." This environmental crisis has included the destruction of some of the country's national parks. "In recent years, the annual rate of deforestation inside parks has doubled, and in both Ivory Coast and Ghana, it is going twice as fast as deforestation in unprotected areas" the article notes.
At the current pace, it is possible there will be no forests left in Ivory Coast by 2030.
For years the world's major chocolate companies have been buying cocoa grown through the illegal deforestation of national parks and other protected forests, in addition to driving extensive deforestation outside of protected areas. In the world's two largest cocoa producing countries, Ivory Coast and Ghana, the market created by the chocolate industry has been the primary driver behind the destruction of forests.
Among the main beneficiaries of Ivory Coast's deforestation are some of the world's biggest chocolate companies. Cocoa traders sell to Mars, Nestlé, Mondelez, Cargill, and other big brands. They buy beans grown illegally inside the country's protected areas. All the companies know about the environmental damage cocoa production produces and, at least "in principle" what to do something about it…and yet little has been done to stem the tide of destruction.
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People grow cocoa — incidentally usually with hired labor which they pay just as little as they can — for their benefit, not ours.
We buy it for our benefit, not theirs.
Both sides in the transaction, as in any economic exchange, buy for as little as they can and sell for as much as the market will bear; Economics 101.
In other words, the economics aren't fundamentally different from growing wheat and canola in Saskatchewan; I've got relatives who do that for a living, and they can tell you all about commodity price fluctuations.
Nobody makes the Ivory Coast planters grow cocoa; they do it because the profits are higher than any alternative crop. If it was a more profitable to grow coffee or yams, they'd grow those — again, Economics 101. If it paid them to go into processing the stuff themselves, they'd do that too, but it doesn't. The terms "division of labor" and "comparative advantage" come to mind.
As for encroachment on forest preserves, that's the Ivory Coast government's problem and their responsibility; they don't need Europeans and North Americans in pith helmets to tell them what to do about it.
As an aside, if they were growing food crops on that land there would be a lot more encroachment; the per-acre yield is so much lower than you need a lot more acres to get by, and their population is growing rapidly.
Malaysia used to be a poor country dependent on exporting plantation crops; now they aren't. There are lessons there.
Well I don't see it quite the way you do. The cocoa growing system was imposed upon the people of the Ivory Coast during the colonial period. They were discouraged from using their land for anything other than producing commodities for (mostly) European consumption. That system has continued until the present…It isn't really a matter of "free choice" as you suggest. As for the profitability of the product…like many commodities, it varies, sometimes yes, sometimes no. The main problem is producing a product that has no domestic (or hardly) or regional market base and places the Ivory Coast economy at the mercy of foreigners. There are other forms of "not so subtle" pressure that maintain the system in place.
Yet again, a wonderfully written and informative article. Thanks for keeping us updated on these important global topics, Prof. Prince!


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Opening Reception—Youth Art Month 2023
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Opening Reception—Youth Art Month 2023 FebruaryFeb 26 2023 01:30pm - 03:00pm225 Nebraska Street, Sioux City
The opening reception celebrating the 34th Annual Youth Art Month Exhibition will be Sunday, February 26, 2023, from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m., with an awards presentation at 2:00 p.m. This year's exhibition features work by middle school students, from grades 6 through 8. This year's exhibition is juried by Morningside University professor Shelby Prindaville.
Youth Art Month is an annual, nation-wide observance celebrating art education for children and encourages public support for quality school art programs. Created in 1961, YAM began as Children's Art Month for the purpose of emphasizing the value of all children participating in art.
Image: Emma Steele, Untitled, 12th Grade (2022 winner)


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In our school, our administration wants every child to have a hall pass when he or she leaves a classroom. I find that I could spend my entire period writing passes, so I have the kids do it themselves. Here's how: I have a clip board with a piece of paper that has columns labeled name, destination, time out and time back. When kids ask me, I give them permission at a good transition point, and they fill everything out and take the pass to their destination. They're very good about completing the form because they know I check it.
You can tell by the spelling and grammar errors that these kids should have stayed in the class instead of getting hall passes.
I apologize to any person that I may offend. I go to Chisholm Trail High School, I am currently in a education and training class to train to be a teacher. Anyone who says that hall passes are "stupid" or "pointless", I strongly disagree. A hall pass lets any authority know where one student is going, who they are, and where they are coming from. Hall passes are used for safety reasons they're more important then you'd think. Students can come and go in the school as long as the doors are open. When a student is in your classroom you as the teacher become liable for the student. If you let your student go to the (this is just an example) bathroom without a pass and they go to the courtyard to "jump" someone, they could lie and say that they do not attend school on this campus etc, the school has no way of knowing if this person is being honest, they also have no idea who this person is. Something could happen at any minute during class you should know where your students are at all times. Unfortunately some students can not be trusted with out a hall pass, because they are not mature enough to handle the privilege of being alone in the halls of their school.
I don't think we should have hall passes beacause it is too much to keep up with.
Who thinks no hall passes and why?
I LOVE hall passes! They're the bomb!
HALL PASSES ARE FOR MORONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No one is suggesting students hold it in. Class time is not the only time during which students can go to the bathroom. Students have a decent amount of time between classes for that. The system most of these teachers are suggesting is designed to help students make the responsible choice of making every effort to go to the bathroom at the least disruptive time. Not to mention, students at the middle and high school level -- left unchecked -- will leave for the restroom just to get to leave class. There needs to be a system to curtail that.
I wonder how often principal is allowed to go to restroom with his morning coffee on his desk? Also, what are the students holding poop and pee in learning? Reward for non human behavior? Disgraceful!
Inhumane. My dogs cats rabbit fish and Ialways have access to water and bahroom.
I have used a system similar to gbal. I use a pass with 9 options for 18 weeks. My "desire" is that they don't use it at all, then are rewarded. If they don't have it, they don't get to leave. If they don't have it when I decide to collect it for the reward,they don't get the reward. It works fairly well. I even had students use most of their pass quickly and lived with it for the rest of the semester. It was also signed if they were tardy.
I taught for many years in a large high school (3,000 students). NO HALL PASSES! Go to the bathroom during passing time and be a FEW minutes late (while I'm checking attendance) rather than leaving during the middle of the lesson.
My high school students get 3 passes per 9 weeks. These passes get them anywhere but the nurse (she is a free pass). At the end of the 9 weeks, any unused passes can be turned in and extra credit awarded. If they lose the passes, no credit. What if they lose the passes and HAVE to go? They can take a tardy or lose their participation points for the day.
I used to use the hall pass "sheet" also, but then our principal said the students had to do something academic for extra credit or to earn a homework pass.
I like gbal write up. This makes more sense to me. Nice idea.
I use kind of a combination. I give them passes (high school) that last the quarter and they get 3, 2, or 1 point their final grade. They pay attention to that! Then if they use up their 3, I have them sign the clipboard with where and when. Then, when I want to say, "You go every other day" or "always at 12:20" I have proof. I'm not sure why, but they don't like writing their name and time. This has been my pet pet peeve for 25 years. I just can't understand how they can not be en rapt and have to drag themselves away :D.
I must admit that they almost never ran out. If they did, I gave them a way to get another one, such as I would ask: what is you fav class? or your fav teacher? So of course they said math or my name. It wasn't a do or die rule, but it controlled alot of their behavior. My main focus was teaching bell to bell and eliminate the interruptions but you have to have have everything all planned out in your classroom management, grading system. Of course, in an emergency, they were allowed to use the rest room.
What did you do when they ran out? Did you tell them they could not go? I have tried this and even with 10 or more passes a quarter one or two kids use them up right away then wiglle and squirm and act like they are gonna have an accident---6th graders! So, I gave up! Yes, I also had a good incentive- a can of pop and other items for x number of remaining passes.
I used Homework Passes. I made up a sheet with 4 on it and a place for students to write their name, date, time and destination. If they needed to use the restroom, go to locker, etc as long as new work was not being taught, they raised their hand and I signed off on the pass, no tearing up or cutting it off. They had one sheet per quarter to use up, or turn in for a few points if not used, wrinkled, clean etc. This cut down on students leaving the room ALOT as they wanted the points so unless it was an emegency, most students chose NOT to use up the passes. Worked like charm. Then the next quarter, they got a new sheet, different color made record keeping easy. I share this all the time with new teachers I mentor.