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Montgomery, Henry Moorhead, 1863-1932. Henry Moorhead Montgomery papers [manuscript], 1888-1927.
Collection includes: Business correspondence, 1888-1927, regarding a suit for timber lands, construction of Heceta Head Light Station at Florence, Oregon, appointment as a Civil Servant and the location of the Federal Customs House in Portland, Oregon; Manuscript personal correspondence, 1891-1893, with John H. Mitchell and George W. McBride.
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John Hipple Mitchell (1835-1905) was a senator from Oregon. From the description of John H. Mitchell telegram to James Lotan [manuscript], 1890 May 8. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 708374022 From the description of John H. Mitchell letter to Thomas Guinean [manuscript], 1891 May 8. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 708362955 From the description of John H. Mitchell correspondence and speeches [manus...
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Isaac H. Scott was born in Quebec; came to the United States at age 14. Served during the Civil War and was the last surviving member of the crew of the Monitor. He was employed at the Ferry St. U.S. Customs office, Buffalo, N.Y., for 33 years. From the description of Personnel file of Isaac H. Scott, 1915-1920. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 33113607 The establishment of customs districts and ports of entry and appointment of customs officers was...
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Montgomery, Henry Moorhead, 1863-1932.
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Henry Moorhead Montgomery (1863-1932) was a contractor and insurance agent in Portland, Oregon. From the guide to the Henry Moorhead Montgomery papers, 1888-1927, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library) Henry Moorhead Montgomery (1863-1932) was a contractor and insurance agent in Portland, Oregon. He was the son of James B. Montgomery (1832-1900), railroad promoter. From the description of Henry Moorhead Montgomery papers [manuscript...
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Resilience is the ability to recover readily from adversity. This 2-hour workshop will help you create more adaptive coping strategies, create the shifts that can change your behaviors, and help you learn how to rewire your brain thereby increasing your resilience.
Kelly F. Dennis MS LPC is the Facilitator.
Taking care of others can be one of the most rewarding and yet simultaneously stressful undertakings any of us will ever experience.
A caregiver's responsibilities can seem overwhelming at times. It is vital that caregivers don't neglect their own needs when taking care of others.
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Steve Borthwick, Rob Howley and Andy Farrell will be assistants to British and Irish Lions head coach Warren Gatland for the 2017 New Zealand tour.
Howley, who has taken over from Gatland as interim coach of Wales, and Ireland defence coach Farrell have toured with the Lions before, while Borthwick has impressed as England forwards coach.
The Lions will play three Tests against New Zealand in June and July.
It is the first Lions tour to the country since a 3-0 whitewash in 2005.
"I said from the outset it was important to have continuity because we need to hit the ground running, given the limited preparation time," said Gatland.
"In Rob and Andy, we have guys who understand the Lions concept, have worked together and know how to coach a winning Lions team.
"Steve has done a great job in shaping the England pack and played a major role in their recent run of success, so I'm looking forward to working with him."
Borthwick, 37, worked with Eddie Jones during Japan's 2015 World Cup campaign, before joining the Australian's England staff.
Farrell, 41, was one of Gatland's assistants during the Lions' 2-1 Test series victory over Australia in 2013.
Howley, 46, was also part of the coaching staff for that tour and the 2009 series in South Africa, which the Lions lost 2-1.
Former Wales and Lions fly-half Neil Jenkins, who is top points-scorer for his country, is likely to be employed on the tour as a kicking specialist.
Role for Olympic hero Ryan?
Ben Ryan, who led Fiji to rugby sevens gold in Rio this summer, has emerged as a contender for a role on the staff.
There has been no direct contact between the 45-year-old former England sevens coach and Gatland, but the Englishman is thought to be open to a role.
He could be one of the additional support staff announced at a later date.
"We want to add some specialist people," Gatland explained. "There is no rush. It's a question of speaking to the right people to get their release.
"One of the things we learned from the last tour is you're preparing two teams for two games every week, with sometimes two or three training session every day and we need to add to this coaching team."
New Zealander Gatland will announce his playing squad on 19 April.
"I'm looking forward to the potential that's out there," he said. "Some of the names bandied around have been fantastic, I haven't heard of some of them."
Welshman Howley added: "There's a legacy with the Lions and that will be the challenge. The autumn international series put a marker down and now it is the Six Nations for the players to put themselves in the shop window."


Daclatasvir plus asunaprevir (DCV+ASV) treatment is a direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy for patients with genotype 1b hepatitis C virus (HCV), and findings from a new study published in the Journal of Viral Hepatitis may help further the understanding of the emergence and persistence of resistance-associated substitutions (RASs).
The development of RASs is an important issue when treatment options are being considered, and identifying RASs after initial treatment failure warrants further consideration when the retreatment options are being considered.
The study cohort included 363 patients chronically infected with genotype 1b HCV who were started on 24 weeks of treatment with DCV+ASV.


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Home Page » Press releases » Press Release: Arab Israeli Women in the Labor Market
Press Release: Arab Israeli Women in the Labor Market
For details, or to arrange an interview
Anat Sella-Koren
Director of Marketing, Communications and Government Relations
Miles: anats@taubcenter.org.il
To read the full publication, click here
*This brief is also available in Arabic. To read the full brief in Arabic, click here
The study shows that Arab Israeli women have improved their academic achievements in high school, are more successful than Arab Israeli men, and are approaching the achievements of Jewish women. In addition, there has been an increase in the share of Arab Israeli women pursuing higher education.
However, alongside these positive trends, there are areas that require further improvement: Arab Israeli women pursue careers in the field of education, which is already saturated with workers, at high rates, and study or pursue work in more lucrative fields such as computers and engineering at much lower rates.
A more balanced distribution of fields of study and employment among Arab Israeli women would likely lead to better integration into the labor market and is a potential source of growth for the Israeli economy in the coming years.
Arab Israeli women are characterized by relatively low educational and employment achievements, but this appears to be changing greatly in recent years. A new study by Taub Center Researcher Hadas Fuchs, with the assistance of Content Manager Tamar Friedman-Wilson, shows that the percentage of Arab Israeli women succeeding on the bagrut (matriculation) exam surpasses that of Arab Israeli men, and is approaching that of non-Haredi Jewish women (as seen in the figure).
It seems that the gap that still exists between the women of the two sectors is attributable to the Arab Israeli population's lower socioeconomic status: when controlling for socioeconomic background, the rate of matriculation eligibility among Arab Israeli women is higher than that of Jewish women.
Another encouraging fact that emerges from the study is that many Arab Israeli women choose science and engineering majors in high school, subjects that are associated with a potential for high future wages. Over 70% of Arab Israeli women who qualify for a matriculation certificate study these majors, compared with only 39% of Jewish women.
The enrollment of Arab Israeli women in higher education institutions rose significantly between 2008 and 2013, while among Arab Israeli men there was almost no change at all. The largest increase, almost 50%, took place among Bedouin and Druze women.
However, despite this increase, gaps still remain between the groups: in 2014, about half of Jewish and Arab Christian women aged 30-33 held an academic degree, whereas the percentage of academics was only 23% among Muslim women, 19% among Druze, and 16% among the Bedouin. However, given the increase in enrollment rates in recent years, the gap is expected to narrow.
The Taub Center study also shows that a large percentage of Arab Israeli women are pursuing degrees in education: 42% among Muslim women and 46% among Bedouin women, compared to about 20% among Arab Christians and Druze and 16% among Jews.
Despite the large portion of Arab Israeli women majoring in science in high school (aside from chemistry and biology), the share of those who continue to study those fields in higher education is 31% among Jewish women, 21% among Arab Christians, 22% among Druze, and only 9% among Muslim women.
The improvement in educational achievements, which has narrowed the gaps between Arab Israeli and Jewish women, is not evident to the same degree when looking at employment. The rise in the employment rate of Arab Israeli women aged 25-54 is not as high as expected: from 21% in 2000 to 35% in 2016, compared with a similar increase among Jewish women that brought their employment rates to 80%.
A particularly significant increase occurred among Arab Israeli women aged 45-54 with no academic education – with employment increasing from 10% to 20%. Among Arab Israeli women with an academic degree, the employment rate stands at about 75% and has not changed much over the past decade.
According to Fuchs and Friedman-Wilson, "The low employment rate among all Arab Israeli women is surprising given their improvements in the realm of education. The employment rate in the 25-64 age group was 34% in 2017, which is still far from the target rate set by the government for 2020 – 41%.
However, the increase in the share of Arab Israeli women pursuing higher education likely indicates an improvement in their integration into the labor market in the coming years, since the employment rate of Arab Israeli female academics is much higher than that of women without an academic education."
The Taub Center study also found that a particularly high percentage of Arab Israeli women work in the field of education: over 50% of Muslim, Bedouin, and Druze women who have an academic degree – more than three times the share of Jewish women degree-holders employed in this field. This figure also includes many Arab Israeli women who earned a degree in a subject other than education, but work in the field nonetheless.
The average number of teacher work hours in the Arab education system has risen, accompanied by a decline in the share of part-time workers, indicating that many Arab Israeli women seem to find work in the field and with a large number of hours.
However, in recent years, Arab Israelis who studied education have found it difficult to find employment in the field: as shown in the figure, the percentage of Arab Israelis who received training in education and have since entered the field of teaching declined from 90% in 2005 to 59% in 2015, compared to Jews where those entering the field has remained stable at around 74%.
In addition to the large number of graduates with a degree in education, the supply of teachers in the Arab Israeli sector does not meet regional needs: while more teachers are needed for the Bedouin population in the south, in the north there is an excess of teachers.
The differences between Jews and Arab Israelis are also evident in average wages, both among men and women. Wage gaps are low among those with degrees in the fields of health and education, and large among graduates of engineering, computers, business administration and management.
Among women, the wage gap between Jewish and Arab Israelis with a degree in computers is very high, standing at about 60% (apparently due to differences in mathematical skills, as exhibited in the quantitative section of the psychometric exam).
In summary, the Taub Center's study shows that the employment rates of Arab Israeli women are growing but still remain low, and there is great potential for further growth due to the rise in the share of Arab Israeli women studying in higher education.
There are also several challenges facing Arab Israeli women with regard to employment: low psychometric exam scores, low proficiency in the Hebrew language, and a high percentage of Arab Israeli women working in education rather than in science, high tech and engineering.
It is possible to confront these challenges and promote this population group in several ways, including: improving the Arab education system, advising students to increase awareness of 'in demand' professions and providing guidance as they navigate academic studies and enter the labor market, and increasing employment opportunities for workers in Arab Israeli localities and the surrounding areas.
As Taub Center Executive Director Prof. Avi Weiss explains, "We decided to publish a brief that deals with the education and employment of Arab Israeli women in preparation for International Women's Day and in light of the government goals to promote the Arab Israeli population in the coming years.
Alongside improving trends, there are problematic areas and barriers facing Arab Israeli women, who could be a significant source of growth in the Israeli economy in the coming years. Therefore it is very important to pay attention to this topic."
The Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel is an independent, non-partisan socioeconomic research institute. The Center provides decision makers and the public with research and findings on some of the most critical issues facing Israel in the areas of education, health, welfare, labor markets and economic policy in order to impact the decision-making process in Israel and to advance the well-being of all Israelis.
For details, or to arrange an interview, please contact Anat Sella-Koren, Director of Marketing, Communications and Government Relations at the Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel: 050-690-9749.
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Click "Tools" button, you will get below UI, and select "Extract video and audio from a file" tool.
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I played the Walking Dead: New Frontier by TellTale Games Episode 3 and I am going to say I like it. Characters are still being developed and there are zombies.
The next game I will be playing is Little NightMares and Dawn of War 3.
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Lexipol Acquires Wellness Technology Company Cordico
December 3, 2020	| Lexipol Team
Lexipol has announced the acquisition of Cordico, greatly expanding resources focused on mental and emotional wellbeing for police, fire and other high-stress professions.
Lexipol provides first-responding agencies with essential policy insights, training programs and timely content to enable them to best serve their communities. Cordico provides purpose-built, mobile health and wellness applications that deliver high-quality wellness tools, resources and assessments to public safety customers including law enforcement, fire, EMS, corrections and more. First responders can access these mobile apps anonymously and conveniently 24/7 to get the behavioral health support they need.
"Today, it's critical that mental health be a part of every public safety agency's risk management strategy," says Lexipol CEO Michael Davis. "Integrating Cordico's wellness technology into Lexipol's suite of products will help us better address the needs of the men and women on the frontlines and give them access to a wealth of mental health resources, creating a seamless alignment between wellness policy, training and support."
By combining forces, Lexipol and Cordico will enhance support to public safety agencies across the country, deploying resources that help first responders prepare for the rigors of their daily job and operate at peak performance.
Cordico solutions help strengthen workforce engagement, safety and wellness as well as identify individuals for critical roles to accelerate leadership. Trusted by hundreds of organizations, the Cordico wellness app provides confidential, on demand, 24/7 access to wellness tools and support, including self-assessments, access to local mental health providers screened and approved by the agency, and on-demand tools addressing wellness needs.
By combining forces, Lexipol and Cordico will enhance support to public safety agencies across the country, deploying resources that help first responders prepare for the rigors of their daily job and operate at peak performance. The acquisition also creates an unequaled combination of subject matter experts and industry advisors, including psychologists and other mental and behavioral health professionals.
"First responders face enormous stressors and pressures on the job while responding continually to the highest risk events in their communities. This chronic exposure to stress and trauma is associated with numerous physical and mental health risks," says Cordico CEO David Black, Ph.D. "Together, Cordico and Lexipol will provide high-quality, technology-driven solutions to keep personnel healthy and effective at work, sending a powerful message about the importance of protecting the individuals who sacrifice so much to keep our communities safe."
Under the terms of the acquisition, Dr. Black joins Lexipol and will continue to lead the Cordico business, as well as provide guidance to further enhance the company's commitment to first responder wellness and resiliency.
To learn more, visit www.cordico.com.
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Haneen determined to continue her education despite the challenges. © UNDP/PAPP - Ahmad Mashharawi
"E-learning is an opportunity rather than a challenge. As a visually impaired person, I have started to move away from Braille language and use new digital tools such as NVDA, the NonVisual Desktop Access, which is now my eyes to the world of knowledge," said Haneen Sabbah, a 22-year-old from Jabalia camp in Gaza.
Haneen lives in one of the highest populated camps north of the Gaza Strip with her eight family members. She is a very determined young woman, studying English Literature at the Islamic University in Gaza.
"I graduated from high school with an honours degree and a 94% score. I wanted to follow my passion and beat the stereotype of the visually impaired studying Arabic, Islamic Studies or History in Gaza. I had a dream to work in Academia and serve my community, particularly youth, while working on development interventions. I wanted to go into a challenging field where I can show my skills. For me, the English Language is the window where I can see the external world, get to know more about other cultures, societies, people with different perspectives. I still dream of pursuing my Masters and PhD as soon as I complete my university studies," Haneen explained.
Haneen started her last fourth year academic semester in 2020. But, as the COVID-19 pandemic spread around the world, Gaza was no different. Movement restrictions were applied and universities had to shut their doors.
"All of sudden, I felt that my journey was hampered," Haneen points out. "I had to stay at home. An experience that is new to me, after four years of being hyperactive, challenging my advancement, especially as being the only visually impaired person in my college". The University Haneen is enrolled in has a Braille language lab, but she had to pay for having the materials readable in Braille language. "I was able to continue my studies at university because of Al Fakhoora. The also covered the transfer of all my education materials to Braille. I could not have been able to afford the cost nor continue my education without Al Fakhoora's support".
Haneen studying at home during COVID-19 pandemic. © UNDP/PAPP - Ahmad Mashharawi
"With COVID-19, universities shifted to e-learning. For a moment, this seemed to be a challenge. I need to rely more on my computer. At that point, I was glad that I received special support in learning computer skills. Looking at the positive side of this, it was much more useful to have the lectures "recorded" so I can refer to and repeat as I wish. Careful listening is my strongest asset. If I need to explore further, I use YouTube". Haneen adds "I am currently reading Novels and other study materials through NVDA; the NonVisual Desktop Access software. It is a challenging experience but I am trying to get used to it".
The flagship Al Fakhoora Scholarship and Empowerment Programme is designed to offer talented young students in Gaza with learning opportunities that meet today's global market challenges with quality and innovative education, and inspire a new generation of young people who are civic- minded, intellectually able, and professional to become community, business, and leaders of the future. The programme, which is worth over US$ 40 million, and targets more than 1000 youth and their families, is currently funded by the State of Qatar's Al Fakhoora - A Programme of Education Above All Foundation.
"For the first time, I feel that I have an equal opportunity. During university, professors were showing slides, and I was getting peer support on the content. I feel more capable to explore at my own accelerated pace. I am more confident now to finish university with great academic success. At the same time, I am grateful for the additional support received by Al Fakhoora online services, particularly academic counselling, where I was able to discuss all my concerns. I admit this helped me to avoid having a negative perspective, and be more positive in my studies and life," Haneen stated.
Since November 2019, Haneen volunteered with "Global Shapers", a network of young people driving dialogue, action and change. About her experience, she says "Currently I am joining the efforts to develop a social media campaign to make people aware of the risks of COVID-19 and how to protect themselves. We use WhatsApp, Zoom and other social media platforms to interact. I feel, giving back to my community after the beautiful learning experience with Al Fakhoora, and the skills that I have acquired are truly enabling me to be an active person, helping and supporting others".
Haneen concludes "While at home, I am also working to develop my e-work and freelancing skills to use in my future career. While I also develop my skills working with youth and awareness campaigns and will pursue working with youth organizations in the future".
In its Human Development Report, UNDP has warned that the digital divide is re-opening gaps that had closed in the education sector taking us back to a time before the Sustainable Development Goals or even the Millennium Development Goals, and threatening the hard work of the past 30 years. As part of their response to COVID-19, Education Above All (EAA) Foundation's programme Al Fakhoora, with the support of its strategic partner Qatar Fund for Development, and in partnership with UNDP's Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People successfully conducted the first completely student-led virtual conference, "Rethinking Higher Education: A New Way of Learning to Become" The aim of the conference was to address key aspects of Higher Education that have been affected by COVID-19 in the MENA region, specifically related to marginalised youth.
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This blog post is for those persons who want to keep up to date on Montone news. If you are food obsessed, the only thing I can say is that after the ceremony on Sunday, there was free panzanella for everyone. Panzanella is the summer bread salad that uses up all the left over salt free Umbrian bread. I love it, and it's a great way to feed the masses. Maybe you remember the parable about Christ feeding the masses with 5 fishes and loaves of bread, he probably made panzanella.
Every year, the Umbria Film Association, or whatever it is called, gives out keys to the city. It's an honor, but at the same time, it's a little too self-serving for my taste. The only time keys are handed out is during the film festival. Personally, I'd like to honor the street sweepers who keep this town remarkably clean. (Anyone who visits always comments on how clean the streets are. Maybe….a little too clean….). This year they gave out two keys: one to the British director Ken Loach, and one to an Iranian S'unni director, Barman Ghobadi. Mr. Ghobadi spoke long and eloquently about how his films are banned in Iran, the difficulty of making films in his country and about how he might leave and go to Canada.
My favorite part of the final key ceremony is the award for best animation. The feature films are not awarded any prizes, only the animated shorts, and the judges are some of the local Montonese schoolchildren. Every night, they troop out to the piazza, with their clipboards and make their notes; and on Sunday, they announce the winner, and why they chose the winner. I don't know who won this year, but it seemed to be a unanimous decision.
There is never a dull moment in town (except in the doldrums of February), and next week the battle of the bands commences. These are orchestras from different towns that put on concerts in the piazza, and its one of my favorite events. Alas, no food is served.


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Kordeš je priimek v Sloveniji, ki ga je po podatkih Statističnega urada Republike Slovenije na dan 1. januarja 2010 uporabljalo 11 oseb.

Znani nosilci priimka
 Leopold Kordeš (1808—1879), publicist, pesnik in pripovednik
Karel Kordeš (1927-1991), pedagog, ravnatelj
 Melita Kordeš Demšar, ustavoviteljica in vodja Montessori inštituta v Sloveniji
Štefka Kordeš (*1927), direktorica, amateska slikarka
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Home » News » Square Enix embraces NFTs in New Year's letter – disappoints everyone
Square Enix embraces NFTs in New Year's letter – disappoints everyone
2022 has barely started and Square Enix has upset its fans by announcing plans to get involved with NFTs.
Despite their infamous, if not outright toxic, reputation, it seems more and more video game companies are welcoming NFTs with open arms. Ubisoft announced its own Ubisoft Quartz NFTs and Square Enix is ready to do something similar.
In a letter published to the company's website on New Year's Day, Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda wrote about the potential of NFTs and blockchain technology, which he sees as new major trends worth pursuing.
He is fully aware of the complaints directed towards NFTs and even acknowledges that their detractors form the majority, but he offers a far more optimistic take on their implementation and sees the concept of play-to-earn as something that can only improve games.
'I realise that some people who 'play to have fun' and who currently form the majority of players have voiced their reservations toward these new trends, and understandably so,' says Matsuda.
'However, I believe that there will be a certain number of people whose motivation is to 'play to contribute,' by which I mean to help make the game more exciting. Traditional gaming has offered no explicit incentive to this latter group of people, who were motivated strictly by such inconsistent personal feelings as goodwill and volunteer spirit.
'This fact is not unrelated to the limitations of existing UGC (user-generated content). UGC has been brought into being solely because of individuals' desire for self-expression and not because any explicit incentive existed to reward them for their creative efforts. I see this as one reason that there haven't been as many major game-changing content that were user generated as one would expect.'
Matsuda effectively wants to turn the act of play into work, something that has unsurprisingly not resonated well with audiences. Many have found his comments to be out-of-touch, if not condescending towards those who do play games just for fun.
His letter also fails to address the environmental impact of NFTs, which is one of the main complaints against them. The irony of one of Square Enix's most iconic and profitable games of all time, Final Fantasy 7, having a very blunt message about protecting the environment, has not been lost on fans either.
Stalker 2 developer GSC Game World justified its NFT implementation as a means to raise additional funds for development, but fans raised enough of a stink to force the studio to abandon those plans.
While the likes of Square Enix and Ubisoft are so far committed to NFTs despite vocal pushback from their own consumers, it remains to be seen if NFTs in video games will be a short fad or as commonplace as microtransactions. Hopefully, it won't be the latter.
Games are not meant to be enjoyed or provide means for creative expression. They exist for people to be dedicated to grind for near useless tokens we can will into, and out of, existence.
– Signed, Square Enix.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are in a statistical dead heat in Ohio, Virginia and 10 other states up for grabs in the 2012 election, according to a poll released on Monday.
The poll by Gallup Inc. and USA Today showed Obama with 47 percent support in the 12 states and Romney with 45 percent, well within the survey's margin of error of 4 percentage points. That is a tighter race than in March, when it found the Democratic president with 51 percent and Romney with 42 percent.
Behind the numbers, however, Obama supporters appear to show stronger support and more enthusiasm for their candidate than backers of Romney, a former Massachusetts governor and business executive who had to fend off a handful of more conservative challengers during his party's nominating process.
Fewer Romney supporters in the 12 "swing states" polled - which also include Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin - said they were certain they would vote for the presumptive Republican nominee. They were also less enthusiastic.
"Romney's position does not appear quite as competitive, however, when one considers that his support is a bit softer than Obama's," Gallup, a national polling firm, said in a statement.
The findings come as Obama officially kicked off his re-election campaign with rallies in Ohio and Virginia six months before the vote. Other polls have also shown a tightening race in some swing states.
Gallup's findings, which did not provide a state-by-state breakdown, also showed more steadfast Obama supporters. About 36 percent of voters in the 12 states said they will certainly vote for Obama on November 6 election, compared to 32 percent for Romney.
The poll, which surveyed a random sample of 951 registered voters between April 26 and May 2, also found that 55 percent of Obama's supporters are extremely or very enthusiastic about voting in the election, up from 49 percent in March.
In comparison, 46 percent of Romney supporters said they were extremely or very enthusiastic about the same as in March, when 47 percent expressed enthusiasm.
Gallup said the findings show a switch from January, when 55 percent of Romney voters were extremely or very enthusiastic compared to 50 percent of Obama voters.
Additionally, the survey found that 11 percent of Obama supporters and 13 percent of Romney voters said they may change their mind before the election. Another 7 percent were undecided.
That leaves 31 percent of swing-state voters at play in the competitive states, Gallup said.
"If Obama's advantage on enthusiasm continues, it could benefit him in voter turnout on Election Day. The key to these patterns, of course, is if they continue," it said.


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Writing, etc.
All the books I read, by year
I blame the software
7 April, 2009 ~ Sarah Ditum
The PCC is a pretty scary institution. "Nothing makes editors scream louder than when they know a complaint is going to go to a formal adjudication", says outgoing PCC chairman Sir Christopher Meyer: "I tell you, this really concentrates the mind – to be named and shamed in their own newspaper." So, when the PCC tells a newspaper to do something – like, say, removing an excessively intrusive and graphic story from their website – you'd expect the terrified publication to comply.
Well, obviously that didn't happen. But I bet the PCC has got some eyewatering punishments in place for those recidivists who fail to comply. I bet they fine the hell out of anyone who's guilty of that sort of thing. So, I emailed to find out and this is the PCC's description how the case proceeded:
The Daily Telegraph piece was initially removed when the Commission investigated the matter. It reappeared due to a software error and has now – following our contact with the paper – been removed once more.
Software errors do happen, and maybe that really is how the Telegraph's article came to be available on the internet even though the PCC requested that it be removed. But if I was an editor in the process of withdrawing something potentially harmful from circulation, I'd probably try pretty hard to ensure it was permanently erased: partly from wanting to repair the original error, and partly because I'd expect an extraordinary bollocking if I didn't comply. Apparently, that didn't come into the Telegraph's thinking – reasonably enough, it seems, because the PCC aren't going to do anything about it.
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Harpactea sturanyi är en spindelart som först beskrevs av Josef Nosek 1905.  Harpactea sturanyi ingår i släktet Harpactea och familjen ringögonspindlar. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Q: Error executing CustomAttributeBuilder with type XmlDocument I have the following code as part of a system for generating interfaces using reflection.emit
class Class1:Attribute
{
    public Class1(XmlDocument doc)
    {
    }
}

var type = typeof(Class1);
var ctore = type.GetConstructor(new[] { typeof(XmlDocument) });
var cab = new CustomAttributeBuilder(ctore, new object[] { new XmlDocument() });

For reasons unknown to me, the program generates an error:

In an argument, field, or property used designer custom attribute type is invalid.

A: See remarks section of CustomAttributeBuilder documentation:

The elements of the constructorArgs array are restricted to element
  types. They can be byte, sbyte, int, uint, long, ulong, float, double,
  String, char, bool, an enum, a type, any of the previous types that
  was cast to an object, or a single-dimension, zero-based array of any
  of the previous types.

You cannot use XmlDocument type as a constructor argument, because its not in list. This restriction goes from C# attribute parameters restriction. See 17.1.3 Attribute parameter types section of C# specification for list of acceptable parameter types:

*

*One of the following types: bool, byte, char, double, float, int, long, short, string.

*The type object.

*The type System.Type.

*An enum type, provided it has public accessibility and the types in
which it is nested (if any) also have public accessibility (Section
17.2).

*Single-dimensional arrays of the above types.

Constructor public Class1(XmlDocument doc) is completely valid for regular C# class, and you can declare it in attribute class. But you can't use it when you'll apply attribute to your code. And this is goal of any attribute class. So, despite you can declare such constructor, it makes no sense for attribute class.

A: I found a workaround. I will use the class XmlAttributeAttribute. Thank you.

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Description: This was the entrance to the London Docks, designed by John Rennie in 1805.
The docks were given a 21-year monopoly of all imports of tobacco, rice, wine and brandy, except those from the East and West Indies.
Daniel Alexander built the yellow brick houses on either side of the entrance in 1813 for dock officials. They were converted into luxury homes in the 1970s after the closure of the London Docks in 1969.
The dock entrance and two of the three dock basins were covered over during redevelopment in the 1970s.
Just up Wapping High Street you can see the pub sign of the Town of Ramsgate, showing a picture of Ramsgate harbour in the nineteenth century. The pub is named after the fishermen from Ramsgate who came to sell fish at Wapping Old Stairs.


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Q: Using authentication with Proxy Sorry for the double post: a friend of mine asked this on the mailing list but no one answered.
I would like to know how to correctly use the ProxyAuthenticationRequired event of an HTTPSocket. I mean, how can I pass the login/password if the proxy asks for the authentication?
Thanks!

A: I've never used a proxy with the HTTPSocket class, but I think this is how it works.
The ProxyAuthenticationRequired event passes four parameters, the proxy realm as a string, the HTTP headers as an InternetHeaders object, and the username and password as strings. The username and password are passed ByRef, so I believe the idea is for you to set these parameters yourself and then Return True from the ProxyAuthenticationRequired event:
Event ProxyAuthenticationRequired(Realm as String, Headers as InternetHeaders, ByRef Name as String, ByRef Password as String ) As Boolean
  Name = "MyUserName"
  Password = "MyPass"
  Return True
End Event


Transient killer whales are generally afforded a wide berth during feeding events, which are spectacularly brutal when they involve separating a gray whale mother and calf.
But on Monday in Monterey Bay, after a pod of killer whales had logged its sixth calf kill in 12 days, several nearby humpback whales lashed out in apparent rage.
The accompanying rare footage, captured via drone by Monterey Bay Whale Watch, shows the humpback whales trumpeting angrily and swiping at the orcas with powerful tail thrusts, seemingly to prevent them from reaching the submerged calf carcass.
This was one of several remarkable encounters logged by boaters recently in Monterey Bay. On Sunday, whale watchers watched in awe as a mother gray whale successfully defended her calf against the same killer whales.
On Monday, the calf had already been killed when the Monterey Bay Whale Watch vessel arrived. The mother had fled and the humpbacks appeared to be trying to protect the calf from the black-and-white predators.
Alisa Schulman-Janiger, a killer whale researcher who was present, along with fellow researcher and captain Nancy Black, said such behavior by so many humpback whales is rare, and to capture it on video is even more unusual.
"Humpbacks are coming in more often to kills," she told GrindTV. "But usually as a pair, with a bit of trumpeting and a few tail slashes. This time there were multiple groups of humpbacks: five whales abreast at one point."
The killer whales were obviously distracted, but easily managed to stay clear of the larger whales as they circled the calf, which they eventually consumed.
Transient killer whales prey almost exclusively on other marine mammals. Each spring they gather in Monterey Bay and use its deep canyons to ambush migrating gray whale cow-calf pairs. The fatty calves provide more sustenance than smaller prey such as dolphins and sea lions.
Thankfully for gray whales, many seasoned mothers know to stick close to the coast in this area and usually advance safely through the gauntlet.
Adult male gray whales do not accompany cow-calf pairs during the migration from Mexico's breeding and nursing grounds to Arctic feeding grounds.