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Red File Browser Extensions
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This library and its are being rewritten. It contans various fixes and new features:

* fixed jquery version conflict blocking the widget
* removing crop in the image library and put it directly in the original instance form field
* previous change allows to filter and contextualise better the available list of versions in the select which was way to big and confusing on projects using a large amount of versions
* added some filters to add in the FILEBROWSER_VERSIONS dictionnary in settings see below in 'settings'
* added a templatetag to easily trigger the version filepath plus the dimensions set in the settings. It allows to very easily combine this library with Sorl thumbnail for instance. This change was needed in order to make the library much more flexible. It has 2 major flaws: user had to manually crop the image or it would appear in its original dimensions, and if you need to change the dimension of the version because of a design change, you would have to recrop all the library, yuck!

Crop FileBrowser is an extension to FileBrowser <https://github.com/sehmaschine/django-filebrowser/>` that allows you to use JCrop <http://deepliquid.com/content/Jcrop.html> to create custom crops for your image versions:

Requirements
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* FileBrowser 3.7.*
* Django 1.10 (http://www.djangoproject.com)
* Grappelli 2.9.* (https://github.com/sehmaschine/django-grappelli)
* PIL (http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/)

Installation
------------

python setup.py install

Open settings.py and add crop_filebrowser to your INSTALLED_APPS if you want access to the filebrowser management commands you should include it as well:

.. code-block::  python

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        'grappelli',
        'crop_filebrowser',
        'filebrowser',
        'django.contrib.admin',
    )

In your url.py import the default CropFileBrowser site:

from crop_filebrowser.sites import site
and add the following URL-patterns (before any admin-urls):

.. code-block::  python

    urlpatterns = patterns('',
       url(r'^admin/filebrowser/', include(site.urls)),
    )

Crop versions filter
--------------------

In order to contectualize the cropping options better you can restrict the list of available versions by using 2 news attributes in the FILEBROWSER_VERSIONS dictionnary in settings.

* 'filter_model': is a list or tuple of model names in lowercases (as it appears in the admin urls) to only display the version when its form is triggered from an object belonging to such model.
* 'filter_field': uses the class name of the form to only display the version when its form is triggered from a field named as such.

ie:

.. code-block::  python

    FILEBROWSER_VERSIONS = {
        'admin_thumbnail': {
            'verbose_name': 'Admin Thumbnail',
            'width': 100,
            'height': 75,
            'opts': 'crop',
            'filter_model': ('',)
        },
        'article_detail': {
            'verbose_name': 'Article detail page main image',
            'width': 600,
            'height': 400,
            'opts': 'crop',
            'filter_model': ('news',),
            'filter_field': ('image',)
        },
    }

The exemple above will only be triggered if the crop form is opened from a form of a news object in the field named 'image'.

For inlines, you can use the name of the fields prefixed before the id. On the following exemple, you would use 'news' because the name attribute 'news-0-image' has 'news' before the id / number of the inline:

.. code-block::  html

    <input id="id_news-0-image" class="vFileBrowseField" type="text" value="my-image.jpg" name="news-0-image">

Templatetags
------------

A templatetag has been added to easily trigger the original dimensions set in for versions in settings. The template tag library is called *crop_filebrowser* and the tag *version_object_thumbnail* overwrites the original filebrowser version *version_object* tag. It adds a *version_dimensions* attribute to your generated version object.

An exemple might be more helpful!

.. code-block::  html

    {% load static thumbnail crop_filebrowser %}

    {% version_object_thumbnail news.image 'news_detail' as object_image %}
    {% thumbnail object_image object_image.version_dimensions crop="center" as im %}
        <img src="{{ im.url }}" alt="{{ news.title }}">
    {% endthumbnail %}

This way, the editors dont have to originaly crop all images before they appear at the right dimensions, and you can directly manage them from the settings.

Lantip Notes
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patched crop_filebrowser.sites to be able to work with filebrowser 3.5+


I love Thanksgiving. I love that we have a day dedicated to giving thanks for our lives and what we have. I love that I get a break from school so I can come home. And, I'll freely admit it, I like the food. There are a lot of my favorite foods that I only get a chance to eat at Thanksgiving (mainly cranberry sauce and mincemeat pie). Most of all, I love what Thanksgiving means and that it provides us with an opportunity to reorient our hearts to praise God for all that He has given us.
What I do not like is this day: Black Friday. The day when all around the nation stores are trying to make us forget all that yesterday means and teaches. The day when human greed and all ugliness come to the surface and are accepted, celebrated even. And we all so quickly forget what we say around the table. It saddens me that in mere hours we go from marveling that to count our blessings is to number the stars, to this mindset that our lives are incomplete unless we buy more stuff. And yes, said stuff is on sale. Yes, Christmas is coming and it's time to buy presents. Yes, buying things on sale can make it possible to give more generously to those we love. And I'm not condemning everyone who participates.
But I am crying out against the spirit behind "Black Friday." Why, I ask, do we have to have so much stuff right now, on this day? Why do we have to make it this Hunger Games-esch competition where so many people treat each other as nothing more than obstacles between them and their goal? Why do we all forget so quickly the purpose of the day so close behind us? What does it say about our society that we spend more time in this week seeking to increase our earthly treasures rather than giving thanks for what we already have? And, for the vast majority of people who participate in Black Friday, what we have is a lot.
And so, on this day. Black Friday. While thousands of people are racing around buying everything in sight even as I type this post…on this day I give thanks. On this day I thank God for all that He has given me, and I recognize that it is so much more than I need. I praise Him for being so generous that He would grant us this beautiful world and all the blessings that come with it. I thank Him that I am home, that I am with my family in this little valley so far from the chaos of Denver. I thank God that He continues to work in and through me even when I so often fall short. And I do fall short…I fall short in the very area I am currently ranting against. I do have too much stuff, and all too often I forget my overabundance in my desire for more.
But the day we just finished is the example of what I should be like, what we should all be like, and I want to hold on to that for as long as I can. I want to use this time to remind myself of how we should be, and in the midst of praising God I want to ask Him to help us become that. Because we should be people who live with grateful hearts, living in joy for all that we have and even what we don't have. We should be people for whom Thanksgiving is merely an opportunity to gather and feast because we live in such a constant state of thanksgiving it's impossible to express it any further. Every moment of every day we should be crying out with the Psalmist "Praise the Lord! Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever" (Ps 106:1).
And yes, we're all far from succeeding, but why should that stop us from trying and asking God for the strength to keep trying? And maybe the first step toward being thankful in all ways is to hold on to the focus of Thanksgiving even when everything is on sale. Maybe the first step is letting that one person push ahead of you, recognizing that they are a human being with their own life and story and you don't truly need that one thing anyway. Maybe the first step is going without those few new things in order to understand the value of what's already in your home…the value of family and laughter and time spent talking and playing and even just sitting next to each other. Maybe instead of Black Friday we should have Thanksgiving #2.


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#include <avr/interrupt.h>
#include <util/delay.h>

#define New_Line() USART_Transmitchar(0x0A);\
USART_Transmitchar(0x0D);
#define Space(n) for(int i=0;i<=n;i++)USART_Transmitchar(0x20);

void USART_Init(unsigned int);
void USART_Transmitchar( unsigned char);
unsigned char USART_ReceiveNonBlocking();
unsigned char USART_Receive(void);
void USART_InterruptEnable(void);
void USART_TransmitString(char *str);
void USART_TransmitNumber(unsigned long);
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Stanozolol(winstrol) Highly Effective Anabolic Steroid Stanozolol Winstrol Powder for Muscle Building Safe Delivery Steroid Hormone Powder Winstrol Stanozolol Best Price and High Quality Stanozolol Winstrol Powder CAS 10418-03-8 High Quality Anabolic Steroid Hormone Winstrol Stanozolol Safe Ship Chemical Name: 5alpha-androstan-17alpha methyl-17beta ol-[3,2-c] pyrazole CAS NO.: 10148-03-8 Molecular Formula: C21H32N2O Molecular weight: 328.49 Standard: USP28/BP2003 Steroid Powders >> Oral Steroids >> Stanozolol Powder Stanozolol or Winstrol Steroid Powder -with Purity 99.20% Stanozolol or Winstrol, we find it readily suits two well-intended purposes; enhancing overall athletic performance and as a cutting agent for the dieting bodybuilder or gym rat. Stanozolol or Winstrol normally made as water suspension 50 mg/ml for injection. In either case the effects of Winstrol can be highly valuable to both purposes and as such we find an anabolic steroid in Winstrol that has a welcomed home in performance enhancement. Data of Stanozolol / Winstrol Powder: Stanozolol / Winstrol CAS ID: 10148-03-8 Stanozolol / Winstrol M.F.: C21H32N2O Stanozolol / Winstrol M.W.: 328.49 Stanozolol / Winstrol Purity: 99.20% by HPLC	Stanozolol / Winstrol Standard: USP28/BP2003 Stanozolol / Winstrol Melting point: 242 °C Stanozolol / Winstrol Appearance: White Solid Powder.


18 great songs from the Fab Four: drive my car - get back - hello, goodbye - help! - i saw her standing there - i'll follow the sun - if i fell - lady madonna - the long and winding road - love me do - nowhere man - octopus's garden - revolution - something - strawberry fields forever - twist and shout - we can work it out - you've got to hide your love away. Includes a chart of strum and pick patterns and chord diagrams.
Easiest keyboard music for the absolute beginner.
20 beloved classical themes arranged for easy guitar in large-size notes (with the note names in the note heads) and tablature. Includes: air on the g string - alleluia - ave maria - carnival of venice - eine kleine nachtmusik - finlandia - fur elise - humoresque - in the hall of the mountain king - jesu, joy of man's desiring - largo - largo from symphony no. 9 ('new world') - lullaby (cradle song) - march - the merry widow waltz - o mio babbino caro - ode to joy - panis angelicus (o lord most holy) - pomp and circumstance, march no. 1 - santa lucia. Ideal for beginning or vision-impaired players.
Features 15 of the best acoustic songs: Barely Breathing · Best of My Love · Blackbird · Dust in the Wind · Fast Car · Love Song · Mr. Jones · Name · Only Wanna Be with You · Patience · Silent Lucidity · Tears in Heaven · Wanted Dead or Alive · Wonderwall · You Were Meant for Me.
At last - rock made easy! This stellar songbook contains 50 top tunes playable after learning only 3 chords on the guitar: G,C and D. Includes favorites such as: All Apologies · All Shook Up · Barbara Ann · Can't You See · Chantilly Lace · Donna · Get Back · Give Me One Reason · Gloria · Great Balls of Fire · Hang On Sloopy · Hound Dog · I Fought the Law · Kansas City · La Bamba · Lay Down Sally · Mellow Yellow · Mony,Mony · Rain · Rock Around the Clock · Rock This Town · Rockin' Robin · Stir It Up · Surfin' U.S.A. · Twist and Shout · Werewolves of London · and more.
If you play rock,blues,country,pop,soul/funk,heavy metal,jazz,or folk,here are all the strumming and picking patterns you need. Over 150 patterns and nearly 100 rhythmic grooves help you cover any musical situation. Styles are cross-referenced. The book includes tablature,music,and a recording of every pattern,plus tips on equipment and effects.
Learn to play your guitar with this innovative and comprehensive song tutor. First, learn to play the featured chords and riffs in each song and then play along in your own time and space. Features 8 classic rock songs: Born to Be Wild · Land of Confusion · My Generation · Paranoid · Smoke on the Water · Space Oddity · Walk This Way · Wild Thing.


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Viva La Bam is an MTV television series that followed Bam Margera and his crew as they undertook challenges, performed stunts and traveled the world. The show ran for five seasons between 2003 and 2005, concluding with a total of 43 episodes, three of which were unaired.

Series overview

Episodes

Season 1 (2003)

Season 2 (2004)

Season 3 (2004)

Season 4 (2005)

Season 5 (2005)

Specials

References

External links
Viva La Bam from MTV
All Viva La Bam episodes from MTV
Skatopia.org referenced from 2.5 Mardi Gras Pt.2

CKY

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I am hosting the Magic City Magic Hour at the Hatch in Bristol.
Dan Davine, Matt LaRocca and me have been exploring some improvised music.
We call ourselves House Ways and Means. Our first show will be at the Lamp Shop in May.


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Q: Can I convert my KDE Neon system to regular Ubuntu Bionic without reinstalling? I have Neon. I've noticed certain packages are missing. do-release-upgrade -d doesn't work because "Upgrades to the development release are only available from the latest supported release.", but I can't switch because do-release-upgrade thinks I'm on the latest version. I actually only have the Xenial packages.
➜ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=neon
DISTRIB_RELEASE=16.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=xenial
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="KDE neon User Edition 5.12"

➜ cat /etc/apt/sources.list | grep "deb http://ca.ar"
deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial main restricted
deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates main restricted
deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial universe
deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates universe
deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial multiverse
deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates multiverse
deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-backports main restricted universe multiverse

➜ sudo do-release-upgrade
Checking for a new Ubuntu release
No new release found.

➜ sudo do-release-upgrade -d
Checking for a new Ubuntu release
Upgrades to the development release are only
available from the latest supported release.

Can I turn my system into Bionic somehow instead of having broken Neon packages?

A: No, you cannot.
A release-upgrade is NOT like a clean-install.
Release-upgrades simply update your Ubuntu sources, and then pull updated packages from the new repositories. If you have version conflicts, file conflicts, held broken packages, or other common apt problems, a release-upgrade rarely fixes the problem. Indeed, it often makes the problem worse.
If your system can do a sudo apt update and sudo apt upgrade without any errors, and your system has no software from non-Ubuntu sources, then a release-upgrade is a fast, convenient way to migrate your system to the next release of Ubuntu.
If you wish to fix your system, then the usual method is to methodically uninstall all software from each non-Ubuntu repository until the error messages cease. One PPA or non-Ubuntu repository at a time. Several apt commands (policy, 'depends', and 'rdepends') are very helpful tracing the dependencies and versions. Software in the Ubuntu repositories is versioned and tested to prevent those common apt errors, and usually does not need to be removed.
If time is short, or fixing looks too difficult then backup your data and do a clean install.

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I just played with TheMytho, who lives in Florida. (I live in NJ.) The framerate was low, but not as low as I expected. It seemed to be running at 1/2to 2/3 of the original speed. I wasn't dissappointed by the lack of performance, because I had already read this thread, and I was playing more for the sake of just testing it than actually playing it.
perhaps we should all record our speeds and see if the framerate has improved with age.


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English Premier League Collective Bargaining Agreement - Flash by Kristen Weaver
English Premier League Collective Bargaining Agreement
Even the amateur leagues have all been cancelled. No final results have been established, nor will there be any ascent or descent. At the collective level, no decision or agreement has been reached. The president of the Paraguay Players` Union (FAP) advises the players, but as mentioned above, all decisions are at the club level, between players and clubs. As a general rule, negotiations take place between each club and the respective team captains and other players acting on behalf of the group. Once an agreement is reached, each player signs it. In 1978, the PFNC was created under the same representation of the PFA and the Football League under an independent president in order to meet regularly, and all issues concerning the game and players are discussed under this commission, and no changes can be made under a player`s terms without a pfa agreement. This committee was renamed in 1992 pfncc (Professional Football Negotiating and Consultative Committee), which includes the Football Federation and the newly created Premier League. Only a small number of clubs decided to negotiate with each player (fc Viitorul[56]) and reach an agreement, most of them having adopted only the legal provisions allowing clubs to unilaterally suspend the player`s contracts. Most player contracts in India contain a standard force majeure clause, which in some cases provides for the option of suspending the contract due to the impossibility of delivery due to an epidemic.
Some clubs can be expected to attempt to invoke such clauses in order to be exempt from liability for paying their salaries to players during the period during which football activities are suspended. The FBO is currently in talks with the players` union for possible action at the collective level. These include possible pay cuts. In some cases, clubs have approached the players individually. However, I have received several reports on players trying to negotiate with their employer for future salaries and possible comparisons. It is not possible to unilaterally terminate an employment contract when there has been a case of force majeure. On the merits, the suspension of salary is not legitimate and, furthermore, part of a club`s payroll will probably be taken over by the government. A legal reduction in wages can be an ultimum remedium (last resort) in case negotiations, both at the collective and individual levels, do not lead to a successful solution.
According to the Dutch Civil Code, a unilateral reduction in the employer`s salary is only legitimate if certain strict criteria are met. It is not yet clear whether and when an appeal against this article of the Dutch Civil Code can succeed. Currently, all sports activities, leagues and competitions in Ukraine remain suspended. Footballers now train individually at home or under the control of club staff in small groups of 2-4 players on the field, keeping a distance of at least 1.5 meters between each other. In England, the terms of an employment contract can only be changed amicably. The situation is similar. As with dismissal on the back of force majeure, the principles of suspension and/or modification of employment contracts in Spain are enshrined in national labour law (the ERTE system), which generally prohibits workers from renouncing the rights recognized by law. It is also possible that the second division (3rd division) will not continue competitions for economic (low finance) and sporting reasons (third division teams play together in three rounds, as all teams have already played twice against each other and the competitions could be fair from a sporting point of view).

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The EFF could double its support in next year's general elections by shaving 10% off the support base of the ANC.
This is the finding of a survey released by the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) on Sunday.
"The ANC's strategic decision to nullify the EFF by attempting to pander to and adopt its policies has backfired dramatically and around 10% of alienated black ANC voters are now being won over by the EFF on the back of its ability to dominate the ANC'" wrote IRR head of politics and governance Gareth van Onselen.
This means the ANC looks set to get just over half the vote (52%)' the DA 23% and the EFF 13% next year. In the 2014 general elections' the ruling party received 62% of the vote' the DA 22% and the EFF 6%.
"The EFF has used the lack of any compelling vision on any of the biggest issues on the part of the ANC – decline' economic regression and ubiquitous corruption – to dominate the national debate. The EFF's ability to use land reform in this way – both to drive national debate and to dominate the ANC – has seen its share of the vote spike'" Van Onselen wrote.
Victory Research conducted a poll for the IRR between August 22 and September 4. Using random telephone numbers' 978 people were questioned.
The issues that mattered the most to participants were jobs and unemployment (47%)' drugs and drug abuse (23%)' and crime and insecurity (20%). Land reform was the least of their concerns with 6%. These concerns differed little between rural and urban survey participants.
Van Onselen said there was a "public debate vacuum" on the issues that mattered the most to voters.


I am 20 weeks pregnant I am having a girl. I really need some inspiration on unique and unusual names. I am from South Africa and my first language is Afrikaans. Afrikaans is a Germanic language originating from the Dutch spoken by settlers in the seventeenth century. I really want to stick to an Afrikaans name even though I live in the UK. I like simple names but also biblical names or maybe longer unique names.
I hope you can help me. Looking forward to hear from you.
Congratulations on your pregnancy. It is such a special time in your life (especially if it is your first) so just enjoy it now whilst you can and I think it is admirable that you want to honour your heritage with an Afrikaans name for your little girl (when she comes). The only advice I have for that is to make sure that you are choosing a name because you love it. If there is a name you really, really love don't discount it just because it isn't Afrikaans. Likewise, don't choose an Afrikaans name that you aren't absolutely in love with.
From your list I am loving Fleur. She is so pretty and delicate - however french she might be. Perhaps you might consider choosing a name you love as the first name regardless of origin, and bestowing a middle name upon your little girl with origins in Afrikaans?
I have complied what I think is a pretty solid list of Dutch/Afrikaans names for your little girl. In fact, I might have to pinch a few of them for myself (Wilhelmina for example).
I hope you like them. Remember to tell us how you go - we love hearing how our posts influence naming decisions!!
Saskia - Simply meaning "Saxon Woman". There is some flexibility in pronunciation. SAS-kee-ah allows you to fit into your English surroundings (ala Sarah, Sophia, Sascha) where as ZAS-kee-ah gives you that international edge. LOVE it!
Marieke - A biblical name with great nickname flexibility meaning "Bitter".
Petra /Petronella - Technically the Dutch feminine form of Peter is Peta, but Petra or Petronella adds that bit of femininity that come through all of the names you said you liked with a splash of international charm. Plus, Petronella is a really sweet way to get Nel.
Nelleke - Another sweet way to get Nel meaning "a Horn".
Geneva - Meaning "Juniper Tree" who in old Dutch/Afrikaans was "genever". Could easily shorten to Gen, Eva, Eve, Gene, Evie, Genny, Neve or Neva.
Evelein - I love the look of Evelein. She looks so bubbly and suave. This is the darling Dutch form of Evelyn meaning "Life".
Jan - Short, sweet and understated.
Minuit - A little Minnie would be just delightful. This french name means "midnight" but is also the surname of the 17th century Dutch explorer famous for buying Manhattan Island from the Indians. Would make a really cute middle name too. Think: Fleur Minuit.
Lieve - I really like this delicate little name. She would fit right into a crowd of Lily's, Lila's, Leah's and Layla's. She is the short form of Godelieve and a possible feminisation of Levi.
Lorelei - The German Mermaids known as Loreley were legendarily known for luring sailors into the rocks to ultimately meet their death. Whilst this connection may seem dark the Loreley were renowned for their beauty, as I'm sure so will your little girl.
Anja - a variant of Anne meaning "Full of grace"
Skylar - A Dutch name meaning "Fugitive" with a touch of hippie flair.
Adelheid - The Dutch form of Adelaide. Adelke is the diminutive form. However, Ada, Elke, Elka, or the cutesy Addie all vaild nicknames. For you, its seems like Ada combines the simpleness you like with the heritage to boot.
Aia - "Eternal Mother". Aia could be used as the diminutive form of many other names.
Betje - A biblical name meaning "Devoted to God". I think we are to see the return of Bet- names in the near future. You could be setting a real trend with this one.
Ottoline - I thought I might try and suggest this one and see whether or not she is the type of longer unique name you are after. I personally think Ottoline or Ottilie is an adorable name. She is, of course, the feminine form of Otto or Otis, meaning "Wealth, Fortune". Whilst Otto may conjure up images of the stoner bus driver from 'The Simpson's', Ottoline is prim and sophisticated.
Sybella - We have talked about Sybella here before. Since then, a friend of the family bestowed this appellation on her brand new baby. It means "oracle" or "prophetess".
Wilhelmina - I LOVE this name. She was a front runner for Rosemary for a while. She perfectly fits into your category of longer, more unique names and is ever so regally girly. A little Wilhelmina would certainly stand out from the crowd and offers an abundance of the most perfect nicknames; Willow, Willa, Mina, Minnie or Billie. In my opinion, you would be CrAZy not to love this girly version of the German name Wilhelm, meaning "Helmet, Protection".
Arabella - Although popular, this flighty, happy-go-lucky appellation would add a bright and "Prayerful" aura to any girls day.
Rosalie - This could be a neat way to get Rosa. Needless to say, I love the name Rose. Be warned though, this has the potential to start riding its 'Twilight' fame and start rising on the charts.
Anika - Last but not least, Anika. A very "Sweet-faced"' name indeed.
Hope this helps. Get Back to us soon!
Liesl, Marthina, Madri, Annalize, Marguerite, Ronel, Heila, Ansia, Alani, Lizaan, Johanna, Marli, Zanelle, Giada (pronounced Jada).
Elsabe is a medieval Dutch form of Elizabeth, but considered a classic among Afrikaaners.


So I was anticipating this post from the moment Felix Salmon sat down in front of me during Alan Greenspan's talk at today's Aspen Institute/Atlantic conference in Washington. And he doesn't disappoint, particularly on the subject of derivatives. Greenspan said that, yes, there were problems with credit default swaps (basically, insurance on bonds and bundles of mortgage-backed securities--the kind of thing that brought down AIG Financial Products). But he warned us not to get carried away: "I'm saddened by the fact that the problems in CDS have been generalized to all financial derivatives," he said. For example, Greenspan argued that there haven't been any real blow-ups with interest-rate or foreign-exchange derivatives.
Given the extreme measures which have been taken by the world's central banks, and given the fact that global capital imbalances remain enormous, there's clearly a lot of tail risk in the interest-rate and fx [foreign exchange] markets. If volatility there spikes in some unprecedented way — which is entirely possible — then no one knows who could end up becoming spectacularly unstuck in those markets.
That all makes a lot of sense to me. I share his skepticism of regulators' ability to spot problems in advance, and I too prefer that we implement reforms that don't rely on regulators' collective wisdom. But here's the thing: If I were so down on our ability to anticipate the next crisis, or even the source of the next crisis, I'm not sure I'd be so outspoken about the wonders of interest-rate and foreign-exchange derivatives, which, as Salmon says, could easily lead to another global meltdown. To the contrary, I'd be trying to come up with the sorts of "dumb" regulatory changes (dumb in that they don't rely on regulators' omniscience--things like tighter restrictions on leverage, mandatory centralized clearing, etc.) that would make such meltdowns less likely, and less damaging if they arise.
Now, maybe Greenspan supports that stuff, too. But, if so, you could hardly tell from his derivatives boosterism.


What You See Is What You Get, please!
He's suggesting a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor for the forums. Essentially you wouldn't see BBCode, you would only see the actual result. So basically what you were suggesting in your other topic, peace.
WYSIWYG is an official shortcut. You know if you say "too vague" I'd report every topic of yours.
Peace needs an interpreter because of the way he types. You need an interpreter for what you typed. Pretty big difference there.
What Diff is describing sounds useful, but there should be an option to disable it.
I still don't get what wysiwyg is or what the topic is about.
But still idk what it is for.
Look, I gave you that link for a reason. Instead of trying to pretend your cool and testing if I know what I say, go and get some help.
that zoomed in bold and italic buttons explain EVERYTHING. All you had to do is to click a **** link and see what's there.
But obviously you try to prove me stupid.
Failed what? Failed not knowing a thing? Gee didn't know you were that special and perfect. I still don't get it since there is literally an option to make your text bold, italic and so much more already, so what do we need a bold and italic option for? And about you being so perfect, you probably know what you get if you take my birth year, multiply it by 41294 and add my age in milliseconds. No? Guess you don't know everything either.
Okay this has gone a little bit past derailed. Please return to the topic at hand.
If you don't know something, google it, what I gave you - a link to google it.
Can you make, so "Preview" at the top gets automatically updated? This way you can see during coding, when _you_ actually did mistakes. In my case, ive been trying to find a mistake in my post for two hours because the reason was completely wrong.
It's probably me but there's already a preview button and a bold/italics option so I really don't see what you mean. Also I googled it and didn't find anything that made me understand what you mean, so then you googled it for me and the exact same results came as it's the same site with the same keyword.
A WYSIWYG editor isn't the buttons, it's the text area. Instead of [ b]this[/b ] you would see actual bold text while you're writing. Like this.
So what's your response to the suggestion?
I personally think it would be cool to have but not exactly necessary. As I understand it, the standard for forums is to just use BBCode.
I have nightmares about WYSIWYG editors so unless basically the entire site tells me to do it I'm probably not going to.
Why? And do u mean the implementing or using part?


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Legislative Update for March 5, 2018
Legislative Update for 03/05/2018
If you're a regular reader of this legislative update, you most likely noticed that you have not received an update from me in a few weeks. I've recently returned to the office after being on leave to tend to a personal matter. During my absence, the first funnel came and went, with a large number of education bills remaining active. I will do my best to get you up to speed.
All of the Department of Education sponsored bills survived the first funnel, and their current status is outlined below.
HF 2390 – American Sign Language as a World Language – This bill provides that American Sign Language may count as a World Language for the purposes of offer-and-teach. Whether to offer it as a World Language for that purpose is left to the local district. The bill also changes code references from "foreign language" to "world language." The bill is eligible for debate on the House floor.
SF 2131/HF 2367 – Iowa Learning Online (ILO), Expanded Access - ILO courses, which are developed or vetted by the Department and taught by an Iowa licensed teacher, are currently available to only school districts and accredited nonpublic schools. This bill seeks to expand access to ILO to students receiving independent private instruction, competent private instruction, or attending non-accredited private schools. The parent or guardian of the student would be responsible for paying the cost of the ILO course. SF 2131 passed the Senate and was substituted for HF 2367, which passed the House with an amendment. The amendment states that the Area Education Agencies, in collaboration with the community colleges, and the Department of Education, will convene a working group to identify effective means by which students may access educational instruction and content online and submit a report to the legislature by October 15, 2018. The working group is also tasked with identifying partnerships between existing providers of rigorous and high quality online coursework. If SF 2131 passes the Senate with the amendment and no changes, it will be on its way to the Governor.
HF 2398 – Teacher Leadership and Compensation (TLC), Instructional Rubrics – This bill would require school districts, as a condition of receiving Teacher Leadership and Compensation funds beginning July 1, 2019, to develop, adopt, or retain an instructional rubric, framework, or learning progression that defines effective instructional practice across developmental stages and focuses on student learning and achievement. The bill also tasks the Department of Education with issuing guidance to school districts regarding this process. The bill was amended from requiring schools to use this guidance to simply allowing them to use the guidance as they determine how they will develop, adopt, or retain a rubric. The bill is eligible for debate on the House floor.
SF 2114 – Department of Education Code Corrections and Clarifications – This bill is designed to clean up sections of Iowa Code related to education matters and does not establish any new policies. The bill passed the Senate and was sent to the House, where it passed out of the Education Committee and is eligible for debate on the House floor.
Other Education bills that are on the move are as follows:
HF 2235 – Statewide Assessment - This bill states that the new assessment shall be developed by the Iowa Testing Program located within the University of Iowa College of Education and be administered by the Iowa Testing Program's designee. The bill passed in the House on a 95-3 vote and was sent to the Senate where it passed out of a subcommittee. There have been articles written by the Des Moines Register and Cedar Rapids Gazette on this topic; click here and here to read more. The bill will most likely be considered in the Senate Education Committee this week.
HF 2406 – School Operational Sharing Incentives for Social Workers – This bill makes a master social worker or an independent licensed social worker eligible to be included in shared operational supplemental weighting. The bill passed in the House on a 96-0 vote and has been sent to the Senate.
HF 2438 – SAVE Fund – This bill extends the state penny sales tax for school infrastructure until 2050. This bill has been referred to Ways and Means, which is funnel proof.
HF 2441 – School District Program Funding Flexibility – The bill includes changes to early intervention, at-risk, and dropout prevention programming categorical funds. The bill states that early intervention funds can be used for general fund purposes. Approval to use at-risk and dropout prevention programming funds must be approved by local school boards, and requests for modified supplemental amount (MSA) will be submitted to and reviewed by the School Budget Review Committee (SBRC) rather than the Department. Administrative staff, psychologists, social workers, mental health counselors, and any purpose that directly benefits students in the adopted program are added to the list of specified allowable uses of at-risk and dropout prevention funds. Additionally, the bill removes the five-year limitation on the length of time allowed for a lease of school district property. The bill is eligible for debate on the House floor.
SF 2273 – Physical Education Requirement – This bill authorizes a student to be excused from physical fitness requirements if engaged in a fitness club or club sport approved by the school. The bill passed in the Senate on a 37-11 vote and was sent to the House.
SF 2341 – Civics Test – This bill would require 7th-12th grade students to score at least 60% correct, out of 100 multiple choice questions, on the latest version of the naturalization exam used by the United States Citizenship and Naturalization Services in order to graduate high school or receive a high school equivalency diploma. Alternative assessment measures approved by the Department would be used for students with significant disabilities and students identified as limited English proficient. The bill passed in the Senate on a 38-12 vote and was sent to the House.
SF 2359 – School Diversity Plans – This bill eliminates the implementation of a voluntary diversity plan as a reason to deny open enrollment of a student. There are five Iowa school districts that have voluntary diversity plans: Davenport, Des Moines, Postville, Waterloo, and West Liberty. Currently, a school district that has a voluntary diversity plan or court-ordered desegregation plan may deny a request for open enrollment if the school district believes the enrollment or release of a student would adversely affect their plan. The bill would only authorize open enrollment denials based on court-ordered desegregation plans (there are none currently in Iowa). The bill passed on an 8-7 vote in the Senate Education Committee and is eligible for debate on the Senate floor.
SF 2364 – Security Plans – This bill requires schools to have school security plans for all school buildings. The bill passed unanimously in the Senate Education Committee and is now eligible for debate on the Senate floor.
SF 455 – Transportation and District Cost Per Pupil Equity – This bill adds five dollars to the state cost per pupil, after accounting for regular program supplemental state aid, for the budget year beginning July 1, 2018. Additionally, it establishes a transportation equity fund to provide assistance to districts whose per pupil transportation costs exceed the statewide adjusted average cost per pupil. A one-year appropriation of $11.2 million is provided for this fund. This bill passed both chambers and is on its way to the Governor.
With the second funnel quickly approaching, floor debate will continue to be active. If you are interested in watching the debate of certain bills, here are the links that provide the daily debate calendar and the live chamber video. If you are not available to watch the debate live, the link to the live chamber video also provides daily archive videos. Stay tuned as the next two weeks will be busy with committees and floor debate, and with the current pace, if you miss a day, you may miss a lot.
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A BID to the government for £32m of investment to be spent on improving transportation links in South Yorkshire has passed the first stages.
A business case has to be submitted by the end of December to the Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF) and a decision on who gets the money will be made next June.
Barnsley Coun May Noble said: "This really is excellent news. A few weeks ago we heard South Yorkshire had been awarded £5m from the LSTF key component bid which, in Barnsley, will fund improvements to walking and cycling routes in the Dearne and underpin the new Jobconector bus service which serves the ASOS warehouse site in the Dearne.
"The Large Projects bid is for £32m. It will allow us to promote sustainable modes of transport on a much wider scale and, for Barnsley, would potentially enable delivery of a number of infrastructure projects, such as our safe walking and cycling routes to the new Advanced Learning Centres and within the town centre.
"The Department for Transport (DfT) has asked us to refine the package of schemes in our expression of interest to improve deliverability and submit our full business case in December."
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[Original post published December 2010 - this is the updated recipe] Guacamole is a dip that we all know fairly well. Usually reserved for festive occasions or for slathering on top of a bun to make a Southwestern burger, the avocado mash can be made complicated with varying ingredients but the base make-up is simple. You just mash avocado with some fresh cilantro, red onion, and chile peppers for taste and lime juice for both preservation and some zing. A few years ago, when I made guacamole for the first time, it was with some trepidation because I thought it would be complicated but hurrah, it isn't. Take this easy recipe for a whirl yourself and improvise once you're able to consistently make a good dip!
Slice avocados in half and scoop out into a bowl with a spoon. Mince and chop ingredients but keep Serrano separated; remember to remove its seeds. Mash avocados in a bowl until smooth before adding in onion and cilantro. Squeeze in lime juice.
I say to mix in the Serrano pepper last in case you don't want your guacamole too spicy. One small chile shouldn't be an issue but some people are sensitive. The chile, salt, and pepper are the last to be added and though written above in measurements, are to taste. To prevent guacamole from turning brown on the surface before you serve it, cover the surface directly with plastic wrap to prevent air from touching it.


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Q: DESeq2 - organizing data - count data with more columns than meta data row, remove TCGA IDs that don't match between datasets I am in the process of running a DEA with DESeq2 with some lung squamous cell carcinoma data from Broad firehose.
I have used the RNAseq data, raw counts for the count data, my metadata is generated from Broad firehose data on CNV.
The two datasets are related by TCGA IDs, each data set contains matching IDs, but the raw counts data has several "extra" TCGA IDs that don't match/ exist in the metadata. counts length = 552, meta length = 501
I need to get my metadata and raw counts data in the same order and have the datasets contain the matching TCGA IDs and drop the IDs/ samples that don't match.
I've been trying to work around different ways to do this using, match and %in%, I can identify the positions where the raw count data do not have the same TCGA IDs as the metadata, but can't wrap my head around how to take the raw counts and drop the IDs/samples that do not match the samples in the metadata.
Any ideas would help on how to match up two data sets and eliminate row/ columns that don't match.
colnames(lusc_reads)
  [1] "TCGA-18-3406" "TCGA-18-3407" "TCGA-18-3408" "TCGA-18-3409" "TCGA-18-3410"
rownames(lusc_meta)
  [1] "TCGA-60-2722" "TCGA-43-7657" "TCGA-58-A46N" "TCGA-NC-A5HL" "TCGA-63-A5MB"
match(colnames(lusc_reads), rownames(lusc_meta))
  [1] 318 265 114 372 353 150   8 287 215  57 199 268 239 179 164 249 383  17 274

A: Assuming lusc_reads and lusc_meta are dataframes, this should work:
samples_to_keep <- as.vector(rownames(lusc_meta))
lusc_reads_new <- lusc_reads[colnames(lusc_reads) %in% samples_to_keep]

To put them in the same order as the metadata
lusc_reads_new <- lusc_reads_new[,match(samples_to_keep, colnames(lusc_reads_new))]


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Butler CC Grizzly Junior Day
Juniors: Wednesday, April 24 from 9:30-12pm is Junior Day. To register go to butlercc.edu/junior-day or call 316-322-3382 by April 22.
Kansas Army National Guard
Students interested in the Ks Army National Guard can attend an Open House Thursday, April 11, from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm at the Heartland Preparedness Center, 2808 N New York St, Wichita, Ks. Questions can be directed to Staff Sergeant Steven McBryde at 785-646-6056 or steven.r.mcbryde.mil@mail.mil.
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K-State Engineering Day will be held on Friday, April 5, 2019. We invite interested freshmen, sophomore, and junior students in high school to register to attend. To register click Engineering Day!
Engineering Day will benefit students who have not yet visited K-State or who want to learn more about engineering. In addition to giving these guests an in-depth look at the Carl R. Ice College of Engineering, we will be discussing career opportunities and the latest challenges in the field of engineering – energy, environmental protection, computing, information technology, robotics, construction, biotechnology, manufacturing, water, biomedical, etc.
Goals for the event are as follows:
Explore engineering career options
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Juniors can begin exploring college options and attend a Junior Day at K-State! Students can visit with academic representatives, learn about campus living options and how to pay for college, and experience the atmosphere of K-State's Manhattan campus. There are several Junior Days held throughout the spring, and you can register by going to http://www.k-state.edu/visit.
Understanding Your Financial Aid Award Letter
On Thursday, February 21st at 6 p.m. Kansas State University will be hosting a Facebook and Instagram Live with the Office of Student Financial Assistance to go into detail about understanding students' financial aid award letters. The video will remain on Kansas State University's Facebook page if viewers can't watch it in real time.
Students can still access both the application and the contract at http://www.housing.ksu.edu to reserve a spot on campus. There is no deadline for contract completion, but selection is based on the date the contract was received so students are encouraged to submit as soon as possible. Here in the coming weeks, students should be encouraged to log into their K-State e-mail account as Housing and Dining will be communicating with them what their selection date is! Further questions regarding room selections can be directed to myself or their main phone line, 785-532-6453.
Kansas State: Just For Juniors
The K-State Alumni Association and Student Alumni Board host four Just for Juniors programs through the fall and spring in the Kansas towns of Manhattan, Topeka, Wichita and Kansas City. Just for Juniors introduces high school juniors to K-State in a small setting close to home. This event comes at just the right time as students begin to think about where to go after high school graduation.
• Meet K-State students, who will share what it's like to be a college student at K-State.
• Explore career choices and get advice from current students. Also, learn about the more than 250 degree programs K-State has to offer.
• Parents can talk with university representatives, who will share information about the admissions process, scholarships and financial aid.
• Register for a chance to win one of three $100 scholarships to K-State!
• Wichita - Monday, February 11
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OCTOBER 15 - Admissions Application Deadline for participation in DSI, Barton, Klose, Wallace, Koch, and McGregor Scholarship Competitions
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Well hey there bucket list, a visit to Macchu Picchu is begging to be scrawled at the top of you. In capital letters, with a big star right next to it.
This Incan citadel was built in the 15th century, then abandoned in the early 16th century. To this day, even the smartest historical brains aren't sure how the site was used, but it's an incredible display of ancient archaeology.
How to get there? Well, you could take the train. But for a truly once-in-a-lifetime experience (unless you love it so very much you do it again, obviously), get those hiking boots ready and travel on foot along the breathtaking Inca Trail. We spoke to previous Trekker Jess to hear first hand all about this amazing experience...
What was it that inspired you to hike the Inca Trail?
If you haven't heard of the Inca Trail before, it doesn't take long to find out about it once you begin your research on Peru and how to get to Machu Picchu. For me, there was no other way to get there. The train just paled in comparison and I wanted to feel that sense of achievement, reaching the Sun Gate on my own two feet.
Did you have any favourite parts of the trail along the way?
The Inca Ruins of Sayacmarca and Phuyupatamarca are spectacular. You don't get to see them unless you are on the trail so it's definitely an added privilege. There were only a few of us in the group which was great, as it meant you got more time to ask the guide questions and concentrate on yourself.
Do you have a particular unforgettable moment that stands out from it?
Definitely the meals that we had. I couldn't believe the quality and quantity of the food that we received. Three course meals made from scratch and all so delicious! Being woken up each morning with a cup of hot coca tea and warm water to wash your face and hands in was also a lovely added touch. But I will also never forget that moment where we reached the Sun Gate and first got a glimpse of Machu Picchu.
What was the hardest part of trekking the Inca Trail and how did you deal with it?
Day two. Those dreaded Inca Steps on the way up to Dead Woman's Pass. With every step, it feels like your heart will burst out of your chest and your legs are already aching from the day before. At the time, it felt worse than how everyone describes it - but once you get to the top of the pass, its downhill to your campsite where you have the whole afternoon to relax. The worst part of each day was definitely those first few steps, as your legs are already so shaky.
How would you describe the feeling of arriving at Macchu Pichu?
Just amazing. I couldn't really believe I was there having seen so many photos and videos before. It was all a bit surreal. But the sense of achievement was like nothing else and you definitely feel like you deserve to be there far more than everyone else.
What kind of people did you meet when hiking the trail?
The Inca Trail is busy and there are hundreds of other hikers and porters. You can meet and chat to many of the porters who carry heavy loads so quickly up those Inca steps, you end up wondering whether they are even human! You also get talking to lots of other people who have always wanted to hike the trail just like you. And of course, there is your fantastic guide!
As well as the trail itself, what else did you get up to on your trip?
We spent a few nights in the Amazon Jungle which was hot and steamy. The jungle lodge we stayed in was so rustic and beautiful, in the middle of nowhere. On the walks and boat rides we went on, the guide would point out all sorts of wildlife we would never had spotted on our own.
What advice would you give to any Trekkers thinking of heading out on the Inca Trail?
Firstly, make sure you book your Inca Trail Trek in plenty of advance - permits are strictly limited and may sell out several months in advance (the lovely TrekAmerica sales team can help you with this!). And when you're on the Trail, buy a plastic poncho in the markets beforehand, either in Cuzco or Puerto Maldonado. Before going to sleep each night in your tent, wrap your things in the poncho just in case it rains overnight. That way, your clothes and valuables will definitely stay dry.
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Rikke Friis, who has worked for the Danish Refugee Council for almost 25 years, is taking over as International Director after Ann Mary Olsen.
There's no need for the grand tour when 50-year-old Rikke Friis takes the reins as international director of the Danish Refugee Council on March 20th. As someone who has worked for the organization since her student years, Rikke knows the place better than most people.
Rikke Friis began her impressive career at the Danish Refugee Council after completing her Masters in Social Sciences from Roskilde University in 1996. She has held several key positions in the organization – both in Denmark and abroad. Over the past seven years she has headed the organization's Operations and Policy Support Unit and served as deputy head of the International Department.
"I am pleased that Rikke Friis will take over the position of International Director. Throughout the past 25 years she has played a major role in the Danish Refugee Council's development and I am confident that she will continue to do so for many years to come" says Secretary General of the Danish Refugee Council, Andreas Kamm.
"Naturally, I am both honored and grateful for the trust that the organization has shown me. Currently, an ever growing number of people are being forced to flee their homes and this puts an enormous pressure on organizations like the Danish Refugee Council that are helping them lead a more dignified life" says the newly appointed international director, Rikke Friis.
She adds a big thank you to her predecessor, Ann Mary Olsen, who has decided to retire.
"The Danish Refugee Council wouldn't be the organization it is today if it hadn't been for Ann Mary. She's played a crucial role in making our organization one of the UN's preferred partners when providing assistance to millions of people annually. Her vision and experience will be truly missed." says Rikke Friis.
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Мург () е 80,2 km дълга река в северен Шварцвалд, Баден-Вюртемберг, Германия, десен приток на Рейн.

В Мург при Ращат се влива река Оос и до Щайнмауерн тя се влива в Рейн.

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A slight variation on the normal information security theme as we approach Christmas.
At Nexor we have a tradition of a Christmas card competition for all the young Nexor children. They are invited to design a Christmas card and the theme this year was "Christmas animals".
We had some fantastic entries – see below. Our winner was from Grace (aged 11), daughter of our Compliance Manager. In lieu of sending out postal cards we will be making a donation to our chosen charity "Help for Heroes".


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Two consortiums clash for rehabilitation of Bucharest national stadium
Miercuri, 20 decembrie 2006, 0:00
Photo: lumeanoastra.com
The main stadium in Romania, which became decrepit over the past decade, will be demolished and rebuilt. Only two consortiums of the 20 firms that bough the task papers for the project have submitted offers to start works at the Lia Manoliu National Stadium in Bucharest. The winner of the tender be announced in spring next year.
The groups entering the tender are a consortium formed of Astaldi Spa and JV Max Bogl, and Aline Mayreder Bau GMbH. The first consortium submitted two offers of 542 and 411 million RON respectively with deadlines of 32 months. Alpine, on the other hand, says it is ready to complete the works in 29 months for 450 million RON.
Astaldi Spa is one of the construction works companies known for its high number of state contracts. The latest of these is a contract with Metrorex, the administrator of the Bucharest subway, for 268 million RON. The company is also part of works at a passage way in north Bucharest.
Max Bogl has also been involved in several contracts with the Romanian state for works on several national roads. And Alpine Mayreder became a majority shareholder in Romanian companies Granitul SA-Bucharest and Scaep-Giurgiu Port in 1999, while also participating in works at the National Road 1, the main gate to Bucharest.


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July 09, 2013 By Traci Beach
Abington Senior High School - Student Success Story
Julia Glassman, Abington Senior High School
FEATURED SAT Student: Julia Glassman, Abington Senior High School
220 Point SAT Score Increase
Julia Glassman is not your typical junior in high school. From her highly organized schedule to her people skills, she has a lot of traits that will contribute to her success in the future, according to her A+ Test Prep tutors, John Ambrose and Pam Carroll.
Both describe her as a highly motivated young woman who was easy to work with and ready to learn. John said, "She had a great attitude towards the material, towards me, towards the future and towards taking the test."
"One of the things I found delightful about her was that she asked so many great questions," Pam shared. "Most people are terrified of acknowledging they've made a mistake and admitting they have no idea why," Pam said. This wasn't the case with Julia. She was always ready to figure out what she could do to improve.
John, who works as an executive recruiter during the day, immediately noticed Julia's people skills. "Academic or book learning is an important part of success, but people skills are just as important," John said. "The way Julia connects with people will serve her well in the future."
Perhaps one of the things that's helped her develop her outgoing attitude is the work she is doing in hopes of achieving the Congressional Award, awarded by the U.S. Congress, to young people who demonstrate initiative, achievement and service.
Julia is also very good at managing her schedule. "I have so much stuff going on that I have to be organized. I put myself on a schedule," she said. Julia is in her ninth year of karate, plays trombone in the Abington Senior High School Band, serves as a board member for the Jewish teen leadership organization BBYO, teaches Hebrew school, and has a full schedule of honors classes.
Pam was impressed by Julia's organizational skills. "She would prioritize what was important so no other activities suffered" as she was preparing for the test, Pam said.
Julia found that Pam and John "understood what I needed help on and didn't waste time on the rest." "They worked on what would help me the most, and did not take the same approach as they would with another student," she said.
John helped Julia determine the optimal number of questions to answer on each math section, based upon her skill level and the total amount of time available.
To help Julia with the vocabulary portion of the SAT, Pam used stories and nursery rhymes to assist with memorization. "I have her voice engraved in my brain when I go to answer different questions," Julia said.
Her work on SAT vocabulary has changed the way she looks at words, Julia said. "I look at vocabulary differently. I'm thinking, 'What is this related to? What's the root word?'"
Walking in to her SAT, Julia felt pumped up. With a pep talk from Pam the night before, Julia was thinking, "Yea, let's do this," she said. Her preparation and positive attitude helped her improve her SAT score 220 points.
Excited to share the news of her improvement, she called both of her tutors after getting her score. "It made me feel like the work I did was valuable," John said. This was one more example of her fantastic people skills, he said.
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I trusted all your words and clinged to all your promises . I gave you my heart which was kept locked . I wanted you to protect it as it was part of you . But , you were selfish to hurt me and use me and when i demanded my heart back , you kept squeezing it till it hurt and pain was covered in tears . What happened to that promise of yours ? What happened for me being the only one in your life ?
Time has passed but the wound you gave me is still in my heart . It will never will be healed and every single memory still haunts my mind . I loved you with every corner of my heart and soul and will probably never let you go , but all i can do now is to bury you in the deep dark corners of my heart as i know it will be safe there . I was never enough of your love and no matter what i needed you with me every single minute .
But it was never enough for you . You kept asking more and more ....every thing i gave and felt was not enough to make you complete. I keep asking my self what else i could have done and these feelings and thoughts piled with unanswered questions still haunt my mind day and night . I want these feelings to go away and i want to be free from your memory but will i ever be ?
When i felt that i cannot hang on to you i finally let you go but the memories of our togetherness still wander through my mind . I'm still confuse , why was i not enough but it will remain unanswered for ever . All i ask is teach me how to forget and move on like you did ? To leave that beautiful memory behind .....I can't forget you and i never will, i'm only trying to lock that part of my life that it will not disturbed me again .
Nice expression and very true story...I always heard that at least in our society, love is always a man's call game. At one time a women is good enough for him, but at the any other moment she is nothing and doesn't 'worth him.'Although these are the rules of the games but truly hurting for a person who can't forget someone for so long and finding herself not good enough for anyone else again.
Beautifully done with feelings of a lost love. Not just women but men also feel the same amount of pain and would like you to write on men behalf as well.
Thank you for your comment . Letting go of some one you loved is hard but once you realize that it's you who suffer , you slowly begin to find your way back to happiness.
Thank you for your wonderful words , much appreciated .
Thank you for your wonderful comment . i think it is Asian women who go through this as they are still not much exposed to the world and the up bringing of a girl in this society make her naive. In this part of world man play a vital role and women are still used to satisfy their desire and once they are tired of a girl /woman they simply search for another .


Sorry about that. Had to take a swig to wet the warblemeat.
…until Leve took a chance and took his foot back. The floor snapped shut, and Leve had timed it so that the beam ports only flickered open, then shut again as I hit the floor. Apparently, the trigger zone of the trap didn't extend for the entire length of the trap. I was alive, but my underthings were a lot less tidy.
I clung to the wall again, and Leve tested the trigger zone to see how far along the floor it went. A challenging jump… for someone who isn't me. I sailed over with little effort. Leve made the first jump on his end with no difficulty, but he misjudged the distance of the second jump. The floor opened, and he just barely grabbed the ledge with his fingertips. Hawmett and I dove to the edge of the pit just in time to catch Leve's arms as he lost his grip. Once we were all safe on the other side of the trap, we took a deep breath, smiled, and carried on into the black.
Ben had the Jumping skill, the difficulty 5 (challenging) jump was reduced to 4 (difficult). He rolled an 18, and got past the trigger zone with ease. Leve's player rolled a 17, then a 16 to get past the trap triggers. I was actually surprised that he didn't spend effort on one or both of the jumps, against advice from the other players. I used an intervention to make the situation more interesting on the second jump, and Leve's player gave Ben's player the second XP. Leve succeeded in clearing the distance, but I complicated things by saying he only got far enough to grab the ledge with his fingertips. His compatriots had to succeed on a 2 (standard) Speed task to get to their friend before he fell, which they did.
It wasn't long until the hallway opened into a cavernous room. It was large enough that our torch's light couldn't illuminate to the ceiling, or distant walls. I took a glow globe out of my pack, and rolled it as far as I could. The floor had no obstructions to impede its progress, so when it hit the gargantuan three-hoofed, tentacled giant, we all gasped in fear and almost ran the other way, but we realized quickly that it didn't move… just a statue. We made our way toward the colossal effigy, and about halfway there we noticed that the scuttling noises weren't intermittent anymore. They were constant, and getting closer. Fast.
Running proved not to be an option. They were coming at us from all sides, and they were a lot quicker than us. It was fight, or die.
Leve powered up and blasted the first with an esoteric wave that he calls "Onslaught", throwing it back. At that moment, all of the creatures appeared to change direction and vector straight toward him. Hawmett took a mighty swing at the first to reach us, smashing it to the side with his sword. We heard the clang of metal-on-metal, but also the splatter of blood and viscera. The three that made it past Hawmett leapt at Leve. Leve managed to dodge two of them, but one latched on to him, so I bashed it off of him with my mace. As it came free, it tore off chunks of Leve's flesh and clothing.
Leve blasted one before it could set itself to jump again, taking off a couple of its legs and denting its body. Hawmett crumpled the one he was fighting with a powerful blow, spraying its pseudo-organic juice and innards in an arc. The two wounded Skitterclaws (as I called them afterward in my research notes) missed Leve, but the third, undamaged one latched on. I swung, but Leve was thrashing around, screaming, panicked, so I missed my mark.
The preceding battle was with a group of four Skitterclaws (stats below). The players succeeded a difficult check against fear, then combat went pretty straightforward, with the players rolling exceptionally well most times, and using experience to re-roll when necessary. Since this was a one-shot, they were liberal with its use. In future, I'm going to separate the two types of experience into two types: Session, which are gained through intervention and spent on rerolls, cancelling interventions, and whatnot; and Story, which are given after the session to be used for character advancement.
Designing creatures for Numenera is easier than in any other system I've ever played. You decide on a level for that creature, and that gives you a base number of hit points and how difficult it is to hit. Decide how hard the creature hits, if it has any cool abilities, how it behaves in combat, and what it's primary motivation in life is, and presto! Instant creature. The system is so simple that you can even do it on the fly with very little effort. Again, a boon for GMs who like to improvise.
Skitterclaws are a twisted creation of biomechanics that resemble giant, metallic, daddy long legs spiders that have too many legs that growing out of all the wrong places. Even more disturbing is the face, frozen in a rictus of pain and terror, on its thorax. They move with a jittery, unnatural, skittering motion, and their legs bend at unnatural angles. The wrongness of their movement is so disturbing to witness that it triggers phobia-like behaviour. This gets the victim to turn its back to run, which proves futile against this lightning fast abomination. The Skitterclaw can then latch itself onto the unprotected back of its quarry, and inject its larvae into it. The moment the host dies, fleshy Skitterclaw nymphs with faces resembling the victim's, erupt from the host body and disperse into the wild.
Environment: Anywhere, but mostly in ruins specific to one specific prior civilization in particular.
Combat: Skitterclaws move into their victim's line of sight, moving in a way that causes fear in their quarry. They then move into melee as fast as possible, and attempt to latch onto a target. If they are latched on, they inject their target automatically without a roll, then scurry off to hide, and replenish their genetic material.


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Buzz LDS News Sister Barbara Ballard, Wife of M. Russell Ballard, Passes Away
Sister Barbara Ballard, Wife of M. Russell Ballard, Passes Away
LDS News
Amy Carpenter
Early today, October 1, 2018, Barbara Bowen Ballard passed away peacefully at home in Salt Lake City at the age of 86.
Sister Ballard, wife of Elder Russell M. Ballard, acting president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, had faced many health issues prior to her passing. Mormon Newsroom reports that she suffered from Alzheimer's "with her characteristic grace and sense of humor."
Sister Ballard, born in Salt Lake City in 1932, was three years her husband's junior. She and Elder Ballard met at the University of Utah, where she was studying English, and the two married in the Salt Lake City temple in 1951.
Elder Ballard said of his courtship with Sister Ballard, "I met her at the University of Utah 'Hello Day Dance.' A friend of mine thought I ought to meet her, so he tagged in to dance with her, danced over to where I was, introduced me, and I danced with her thirty seconds before I was tagged out. That was the beginning of a courtship of eleven months.
Barbara and Russ Ballard
"I knew from the beginning that I wanted to marry her, but she didn't share the same feelings. It was a little hard convincing her. I kid her now that getting her to agree to marry me was the greatest sales job I ever did."
From there, the couple had seven children and eventually 43 grandchildren and 90 great-grandchildren, whom she remained close with throughout her life.
Funeral services for Sister Barbara Bowen Ballard will be held on Monday, October 8, 2018 (which is also M. Russell Ballard's birthday) at noon at the Monument Park Stake Center.
For additional information on Sister Barbara Ballard, as well as her funeral details, please visit Mormon Newsroom.
The Temple Square Lights and Other Holiday Magic to See From Your Couch
How to Greet Returned Missionaries COVID-19 Style
Mormon Newsroom
https://amykeim.wordpress.com/
Amy Carpenter is the site manager and editor for LDSBlogs.com. She served a full-time mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Denver, Colorado, where she learned to love mountains and despise snow. She has a passion for peanut butter, dancing badly, and most of all, the gospel.


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var github = require('octonode');
var express = require('express');
var router = express.Router();
var path = require('path');
var User = require('sivart-data/User');
var myHook = 'http://github.xci.pub/github';

router.get('/hasgithubhook/:username/:repo', function(req, res) {
  if (!req.user) {
    // Ya gotta login!
    res.json({error: 'Must be logged in'});
  } else {
    var username = req.params.username;
    var repo = req.params.repo;
    var repoName = path.join(username, repo);

    var client = github.client(req.user.accessToken);
    var ghrepo = client.repo(repoName);

    ghrepo.hooks(function(err, data) {
      if (err) {
        err = "You do not have permission to list webhooks for this repo - nice try!  Talk to someone who does!!!";
        res.json({err: err});
      } else {
        var found = data.filter(function(hook) {
          return hook.config.url === myHook;
        });

        res.json({ hook: found.length });
      }
    });
  }
});

router.get('/addgithubhook/:username/:repo', function(req, res) {
  if (!req.user) {
    // Ya gotta login!
    res.render('index', { message: 'You must log in to do this!' });
  } else {
    var username = req.params.username;
    var repo = req.params.repo;
    var repoName = path.join(username, repo);

    var client = github.client(req.user.accessToken);
    var ghrepo = client.repo(repoName);
    var args = { repoName: repoName };

    // maybe already there??
    ghrepo.hooks(function(err, data) {
      if (err) {
        args.err = "You do not have permission to list (let alone add!) a webhook to this repo - nice try!  Talk to someone who does!!!";
        res.render("addgithubhook", args);
      } else {
        console.log(data);
        var found = data.filter(function(hook) {
          return hook.config.url === myHook;
        });
        if (!found.length) {
          ghrepo.hook({
            name: 'web',
            active: true,
            events: ['push', 'pull_request'],
            config: {
              url: myHook,
              content_type: 'json'
            }
          }, function(err, data, headers) {
            if (err) {
              args.err = "You do not have permission to add a hook to the repo " + repoName;
            }
            // Add keys for this repo
            var createRepoKeys = require('sivart-slave/CreateRepoKeys');
            createRepoKeys(repoName, function(err) {
              if (err) {
                args.err = err;
              }
              res.render("addgithubhook", args);
            });
          });
        } else {
          res.render("addgithubhook", args);
        }
      }
    });
  }
});

module.exports = router;


This 36" wide aluminum rake comes with a two piece, 11' long, rustproof, powder coated aluminum handle, detachable polyethylene float and 20' of rope. Use it to skim floating aquatic vegetation and algae from the pond surface or remove float to use on pond bottom. The Lake Rake can be thrown and retrieved using the attached rope or can be used with its two piece 11' handle.


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Q: javax.crypto.IllegalBlockSizeException upon decryption the current decryption algorithm I wrote goes as follows,
    public String decrypt(String enc) throws Exception
    {
        Key key = k;
        Cipher crypt = Cipher.getInstance("AES");
        crypt.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE,key);
        byte[] decrypt = crypt.doFinal(enc.getBytes());
        return new String(decrypt);
    }

The error that I get is at the line
 byte[] decrypt = crypt.doFinal(enc.getBytes());

I have seen similar questions as this posted, but I am using a 128 bit key, so I am pretty certain there is no padding.
This is how I generate the key
  public static SecretKey getKey() throws Exception
  {
    KeyGenerator keyGen = KeyGenerator.getInstance("AES");
    keyGen.init(128);
    return keyGen.generateKey();
  }

Additionally, decoding using base64 gives the same exact error
    public String decrypt(String enc) throws Exception
    {
        Key key = k;
        Cipher crypt = Cipher.getInstance("AES");
        crypt.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE,key);
        byte[] decrypt = crypt.doFinal(Base64.getMimeDecoder().decode(enc));
        return new String(decrypt);
    }

A: public String decrypt(String enc)

The problem has already happened by the time you get here. The problem is that you are passing around ciphertext in a String. String isn't a container for binary data. Use a byte[].


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Q: FileSystemWatcher Fails to access network drive I am trying to run a file watcher over some server path using windows service.
I am using my windows login credential to run the service, and am able to access this "someServerPath" from my login.
But when I do that from the FileSystemWatcher it throws:

The directory name \someServerPath is invalid" exception.

var fileWatcher = new FileSystemWatcher(GetServerPath())
    {
        NotifyFilter=(NotifyFilters.LastWrite|NotifyFilters.FileName),
        EnableRaisingEvents=true,
        IncludeSubdirectories=true
    };

public static string GetServerPath()
{
    return string.Format(@"\\{0}", FileServer1);
}

Can anyone please help me with this?

A: I have projects using the FileSystemWatcher object monitoring UNC paths without any issues.
My guess from looking at your code example may be that you are pointing the watcher at the root share of the server (//servername/) which may not be a valid file system share? I know it returns things like printers, scheduled tasks, etc. in windows explorer.
Try pointing the watcher to a share beneath the root - something like //servername/c$/ would be a good test example if you have remote administrative rights on the server.

A: With regards to the updated question, I agree that you probably need to specify a valid share, rather than just the remote server name.
[Update] Fixed previous question about the exception with this:
specify the name as @"\\someServerPath"
The \ is being escaped as a single \
When you prefix the string with an @ symbol, it doesn't process the escape sequences.

A: I was just asked this question in regards to FileSystemWatcher code running as a service and the issue is permissions. I searched and found this question and answer but unfortunately none of the answers here solved the problem. Anyway, I just solved it, so I thought I would throw in the solution here for next guy who searches and find this question.
The drive was mapped as a logged in user but the service was running as LocalSystem. LocalSystem is a different account and does not have access to drives mapped by a user.
The fix is to either:

*

*Authenticate first (I use a C# Class to establish a network connection with credentials)

*Run your service as a user that has access to the share.

You can test LocalSystem authentication by using a LocalSystem command prompt, see How to open a command prompt running as Local System?

A: Even though this is already answered I thought I would put in my two cents worth becaus eyou can see this same error even if you supply valid paths.
You will get the same error when the process running the watcher does not have access to the remote share.  This will happen if the watcher is in a service running under the System account and the share is created by a user.  System does not have access to that share and wont recognize it, you will need to impersonate the user to get access to it.

A: although you can use a FileWatcher over the network, you will have to account for other factors, like disconnection of the network share. If your connection to the share is terminated (maintenance, lag, equipment reset, etc) you will no longer have a valid handle on the share in your filewatcher

A: You can't use directory watches over network shares, this is a limitation of the OS, not of .NET.