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Gilbert John Adam Doehla (Obituary ~ 05/16/12)
Gilbert John Adam Doehla, 96, of Concordia died May 6, 2012, at Western Missouri Med-ical Center in Warrensburg. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Concordia with the Rev. Patrick Niles officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 7:30 p.m. tonight at Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home in Concordia...
Board approves Amanda Eckhoff as Sweet Springs pool manager (Community News ~ 05/16/12)
The following pool employee recommendations were approved Thursday at the regular meeting of the Sweet Springs Board of Aldermen: The following pool admission fees remained the same as last year: Nate Lea, street superintendent, reported repairs made at the pool and around town and the replacing of a storm drain pipe...
Verena Heaper (Obituary ~ 05/16/12)
Verena Heaper, 96, lifelong Emma and Concordia area resident, died May 10, 2012, at the Lutheran Nursing Home in Concordia. Funeral services were held Monday at Holy Cross Lutheran Church at Emma with the Rev. Rick Swanson officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery...
Frederick A. Finkeldei (Obituary ~ 05/16/12)
Frederick A. Finkeldei, 99, of Moberly and formerly of Kansas City, died May 13, 2012, at Ravenwood Terrace Nursing Home at Moberly. Funeral services are scheduled for 1 p.m. today at St. Peters United Church of Christ at Kansas City. Burial will be in Green Lawn Cemetery, Kansas City...
Main Street group discusses revitalization strategies (Local News ~ 05/16/12)
Members of the Concordia Main Street board of directors and other interested volunteers spent last Friday morning at teh Concordia Community Center learning more about the non-profit revitalization program and how to implement its strategies in the community...
Motorcycling veterans return next week (Local News ~ 05/16/12)
Just after noon on May 21, hundreds of motorcyclists participating in the cross-country Run for the Wall motorcycle caravan will arrive in Concordia, stopping for lunch as they make their way to Washington, D.C. The riders make the journey from California to the capitol each year to honor veterans of past and current wars...
Food 4 Kids starts in June (Local News ~ 05/16/12)
Starting the first week of June, Food 4 Kids will begin its summer lunch program for all school-age children in the Concordia R-2 School District. The free meals will be served from 11:30 a.m to 12:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, June 4 to Aug. 9, at the Concordia Community Center...
Spring cleaning (Local News ~ 05/16/12)
Students at Saint Paul Lutheran High School spent last Friday afternoon completing landscaping projects around the school's campus. Students (above) distribute new mulch near the front of Baepler Hall. At the school's entrance (right), students pull weeds and remove debris from the flower bed...
Concordia says goodbye to Class of 2012 (Local News ~ 05/16/12)
Members of the Concordia High School (CHS) Class of 2012 bid farewell to their classmates and teachers during the annual commencement ceremony last Friday evening at the Artie Elwell Gymnasium. The Class of 2012 is one of bold personalities and funny antics, said Halli Brackman in her welcoming speech. She said her class has always been defined by its hard work and unique qualities...
Bushman tied for 14th at state (High School Sports ~ 05/16/12)
Concordia senior Josh Bushman put himself in a good position to earn a medal at the Class 1 State Golf Tournament at Fremont Hills Country Club in Nixa. Bushman was sitting in a three-way tie for 14th after the first 18 holes Monday. Bushman shot an 83, tying him with Trevor Mills of Bismarck and Skyler Albans of The Fulton School of St. Albans...
Lady Saints advance to championship game (High School Sports ~ 05/16/12)
Four different Saint Paul Lady Saints scored goals, and Hannah Gillet pitched a shutout in the first round of Class 1, District 10 soccer action at Saint Paul Monday. Molly Rolan got the scoring started for the Lady Saints in the 10th minute. She ran down a loose ball on the left side. The ball was cleared out by Anna Snader...
Katey Peters advances to state meet in four events (High School Sports ~ 05/16/12)
At the end of Saturday's Class 1, Sectional 3 Track and Field Meet, the Santa Fe Lady Chiefs had secured six entries into the Class 1 State Track and Field Meet this Friday and Saturday in Jefferson City. In the same meet at Marshall High School, the Concordia Lady Orioles, Sweet Springs and the Wellington Lady Tigers each had four entrants finish in the top four, qualifying for state...
Lady Saints come up dry at sectional track meet (High School Sports ~ 05/16/12)
Three Saint Paul Lady Saints qualified for five different events, two of them competing at the Class 2, Sectional 4 Track and Field Meet in St. Joseph Saturday. Hadley Rolf had the highest finish among the Lady Saints' entries, finishing sixth in the 800-meter run in 2 minutes, 37.83 seconds...
Peters qualifies for state in two hurdle events (High School Sports ~ 05/16/12)
As MeatLoaf sang: "Two out of three ain't bad." That's how it was for the Saint Paul Saints' Nolan Peters in individual events at the Class 2, Sectional 4 Meet at St. Joseph Saturday. Peters wound up second in the 110- and 300-meter hurdle events, advancing to the Class 2 State Track and Field Meet this Friday and Saturday in Jefferson City...
Orioles breeze to sectional crown by 27 points (High School Sports ~ 05/16/12)
Winning a team championship wasn't the supreme objective when qualifiers for the Class 1, Sectional 3 Track and Field Meet merged Saturday at Marshall High School. The ultimate goal of finishing in the top four of events was the same as it was the week before at the Class 1, District 5 meet...
Greyhounds pound homestanding Kingsville (High School Sports ~ 05/16/12)
Visiting Sweet Springs pounded Kingsville Tigers pitchers for 10 hits and 17 runs in a 17-2 decision May 4. Colby Dohrman led the offensive success with three hits, including a double and a two-run home run. Jeffery Hall had only one hit, but it was a big one. He lashed a grand slam home run in the 13-run first inning...
Lady Orioles fall to Wellington in eight innings (High School Sports ~ 05/16/12)
Rachel Treece, in relief of Katlin Murray, was saddled with a 9-8 loss at Wellington on May 8. The Lady Tigers, trailing 8-7, got back-to-back base hits by Katie Kropp and Kayla Thompson with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning. They both scored on an ensuing error, erasing Concordia's one-run lead...
Lady 'Hounds complete perfect season (High School Sports ~ 05/16/12)
With an 11-4 victory at Kingsville on May 4, the Sweet Springs Lady Greyhounds softball team completed a perfect 10-0 season. The Lady Greyhounds jumped to a 4-1 lead after one inning and led 6-2 through two frames. A five-run third inning gave Kati Viets the cushion she needed to close out the win...
Orioles, Santa Fe advance to semifinals (High School Sports ~ 05/16/12)
At this time of the season, any win is a big one, keeping a team's season alive. The top-seeded Santa Fe Chiefs, and the second-seeded Concordia Orioles did just that with resounding first-round victories in the Class 1, District 15 Baseball Tournament last Wednesday in Sedalia...
Chiefs advance to district title game, Orioles fall to Sacred Heart (High School Sports ~ 05/16/12)
Those wishing for an all-I-70 Conference championship game in the Class 1, District 15 Base-ball Tournament at Sedalia got half of their wish to come true. Top-seeded Santa Fe held up its end of the bargain, holding off a pesky team of Lone Jack Mules, 5-2, in the first semifinal Monday at Centennial Park...
Curry gets out of jams, leads Chiefs to district crown (High School Sports ~ 05/16/12)
Clinging to a 3-1 lead, An-drew Curry pitched into and out of two jams, leading the top-seeded and Class 1's No. 1 Santa Fe Chiefs past third-seeded and host Sacred Heart, 3-1, in the championship game of the Class 1, District 15 Tournament at Sedalia's Centennial Park last Wednesday...
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On this trip, I visited Botswana, Namibia & Zimbabwe between 12-Sep-2011 and 6-Oct-2011 and I travelled with 3 other people.
The whole trip was a superb experience.
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Gallery owner arrested after being filmed hosing homeless woman
Graig Graziosi
The owner of an art gallery in downtown San Francisco was arrested and charged with battery after a video emerged of him spraying a homeless woman with a hose.
Collier Gwin, the owner of the gallery, was taken into custody outside his business, the Foster Gwin Gallery, on Wednesday, according to CBS News.
San Francisco District Attorney Brook Jenkins issued a statement saying "the alleged battery of an unhoused member of our community is completely unacceptable".
"Mr Gwin will face appropriate consequences for his actions," she said.
The video of the incident — which occurred on 9 January — shows Mr Gwin standing next to a building with a hose and spraying a woman seated on the ground with water.
Mr Gwin spoke to CBS San Francisco last week and admitted to being the man in the video.
"What they saw is very regrettable," he told CBS San Francisco last week. "I feel awful, not just because I want to get out of trouble, or something like that, but because I'd put a tremendous amount of effort into helping this woman."
The city's mayor, London Breed, told CBS San Francisco that the images of Mr Gwin spraying the woman reminded her of how civil rights protesters were treated in the 1960's by police.
"When I saw it, all I can think about is what happened during the civil rights movement," Ms Breed said. "This is sadly, at a time when African Americans were fighting for our rights to be considered equal in this country. Even at that time law enforcement and others used water hoses to stop protesters. And it just kind of takes us back, unfortunately, to that time. And no other human being should be able to do that to any other human being, period. As far as I'm concerned, it's assault."
Mr Gwin faces a maximum sentence of six months in prison and a $2,000 fine if he is convicted.
The woman in the video has since been connected with resources from the San Francisco Department of Public Health, according to reporting from CBS San Francisco.

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I thought I'd join in on a picture of the week contest that I came across over at "Clever Mamas". So, here's my entry.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. This one is worth that to me. But what do you think it's saying?
I know you all have some great pictures on your hard drive. Let's go over there and help these girls get their contest going.


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The Acer Iconia A1-830 runs on the Android 4.2 Jelly Bean operating system, which puts everything you need for searching, communicating, traveling, shopping and more in the palm of your hand. You can use all the Google apps you know and love, plus there are more than 700,000 apps and games available on in the Google Play library. And with super-low power consumption and up to 7.5 hours of battery life, you can look forward to being entertained even longer when you're on the go.
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Constructive criticism is hard to take. Worst still is the Grade-A, A-hole who will rip you a new one every chance he gets. That's a lot worst. The vile, bitterness that oozes out of his forked tongue stings like a million wasps. Yet, what is he really saying? Is it really a reflection of his insecurity or your screw up? That all depends on how you handle criticism.
Our egos make taking criticism tough. There is just a visceral reaction to someone telling us you screwed up or are wrong. The trick is to contain the reaction and make it positive. Your attitude while taking criticism will not only make it bearable but also shows the critic that you are in control and are confident in your abilities.
The Silent Stare With Inverted Frown: Probably the most useful method since it really makes the other person angry while allowing you to keep your cool. Basically, all you do is stare and smile. Don't say a word. Don't even blink. The stare has to be overt. Look them right in the eye. Follow their eyes wherever they go. Once they finish ranting, then say "are you done?" Then, keep on staring. Repeat until they leave.
Dumbo Columbo: Lieutenant Columbo (Peter Falk) would always catch the bad guy by playing dumb. Dumb in the sense that he would act confused and always say "just one more thing" and always catch someone in a lie. You can do the same thing by asking clarifying questions to stop the momentum of the critic. Columbo was not dumb. He knew that his adversaries view of him as "inferior" would put them off their guard.
Parroting the last sentence: Repeating the last sentence your critic spoke as a question is a great way to derail a rant. Doing it properly takes a bit of skill. You want to change the words enough so that it seems like a real question but not too much that it puts them on another topic. Pretty soon, the critic will get exhausted or forgot why they are ranting.
Critic is a friend: Usually, your friends want what's best for you. Criticism from a friend should be considered constructive unless there is a history of it being caustic. Continued caustic criticism from a friend may be a sign that they are not really a friend.
Critic has nothing to gain: The typical A-hole critic has something to gain by belittling you. Someone giving you suggestions with nothing to gain is truly trying to help. Volunteers fall into this category.
Critic is a paid professional: Advice you pay for is usually good advice. It may be more complementary than negative but a true paid professional will give you their honest opinion. Their good name depends on it.
Thank them: The first thing you should do is thank your critic for taking the time to help you. Any constructive critic will have spend some amount of time reviewing what you have done. They did not have to do this but they did. So, thank them for it.
Listen: While the critic is explaining their arguments, sit back and listen. Don't interrupt until they are done. Resist the urge to defend your decisions until you have heard the entire criticism.
Ask clarifying questions: Always ask follow up questions that dig deeper into the criticism. Don't defend your position. Strive to understand the base where the critic is operating from.
Explain your thinking: Once you understand the criticism, then explain your thinking. This means going through your thought process as to why certain decisions were made. Again, don't argue the point as to why the critic may be wrong. Just explain how you came up with what you came up with. Being defensive or arguing that the critic is wrong is counterproductive. It may feel good at the time but it's a worthless exercise.
Ask how you can improve: A good critic will always have suggestions on how to improve. Ask them for some and then go do it. Good critics are valuable. They tend to want to help you more if you take their advice. This help is a great way to grow beyond where you are today.
Thank them again: Always end your meeting or session on an upbeat note but thanking the critic again for their feedback.
Receiving constructive criticism is all about having the confidence to take it without making it personal. This has a lot to do with your own confidence in your abilities. Self confidence comes from not internalizing the criticism as a personal attack. Rather, take it for what it is — one opinion of many on your work product. Check out this post over at Worlds Strongest Librarian. Kelly Diels has some witty ways to deal with critics.


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All She Wrote - Coshade
Coshade
All She Wrote
Independent release
All She Wrote, a band with a rare talent. These days true rock music hardly ever surfaces. But we found a genuine rock band here. Alternative hooks, great female vocals and strong lyrics. The quality All She Wrote produces is astonishing, especially if you consider that this is their debut album. Give them a listen, and if you're open for it, they will get to you too.
Distracted starts off with a powerful rock intro and then when Samantha Latino's vocals kick in the song gets going. It's a good opener. The drums are very powerful and the guitar riffs are very tight. The vocals are very good on this track. They bring another dimension to the lyrics. When Samantha sings: "I don't want to be left behind/Why'd you hurt me nothing is free" it's like she's really talking to you. Also the first verse: "Oh long ago, an far away/I fell in love with you, it was to stay/And now here we are, we got nothing to say/Well we've come so far an travelled long/to throw it all away" feels really personal. All She wrote found a way to bring this track to a higher level. Energetic, powerful and personal are the keywords.
The 2nd track of this album sounds fabulous from the start. Samantha's astonishing vocals merge with Tony Esparza's guitar and Paul Wright's steady bass. The excellent drums by A.J. Condosta make this masterpiece complete. One of the best songs on the record this is a genuine rock n' roll song that you can rock out to perfectly. It could be a song to spice up things during a live set but it also is a potential single. With lyrics like: "I can't breath cause you're down on your knees/and my heart can't take the beating you are giving" or "Well we have to choose/Will we win or lose/Cause I can't be yours for eternity/I oh I'm sorry, I'm sorry/…Well I'm sorry" almost anyone can relate to this song.
Rescue Me is a decent song but not the best one on this album. The best thing in this song probably is the guitar. Even though sometimes it gets a little repetitive it builds up to a climax and than breaks down to build up to the next one. The drums/bass are tight too but nothing too special. Samantha's vocals are very clear but don't excel in this song. They lyrics on the other hand are phenomenal. This song is really poetic and that really gives this song more credit. For example: "Sitting alone in my room I am contemplating/Things that I should not, but I'm hesitating/Why should I live, what good am I/Who's gonna miss me when I die/I can't take it anymore" give this song a dark/heavy atmosphere and meaning. You'll have to swallow once or twice when you read stuff like that. It's a sad song and it is a song that can definitely grow on you. The first time I heard it I wasn't convinced by it but every time I listen to it, it gets better, so.
Probably one of my favourite songs on the album. It takes a bit to get going but Believe is a very intelligent song. With lyrics like "Toss it to the wind/And take it through the fire/Believe/Throw it all away/And start over again" it's easy to connect to Believe. Samantha's superb vocals really add to this song as do the guitar effects (especially in the 2nd half of the song). Also the bass and drums are excellent. The energy and emotion in this song are amazing. I won't say too much about it, just listen to it.
Surely
This, I think, is my absolute favourite on the album. The bass excels on this track as does Samantha as a vocalist. The soothing guitar gives a bit of a driving yet laid-back sound to it. You can literally feel the emotion in this song. When Samantha sings "I made you see me cry, cause I wanted you to feel my pain/When the sun doesn't shine my way/Sympathy for me will be the remedy/I'll change you see/Make me a promise that you'll stay…along the way" you just want to lay your arm around her shoulder and tell her it's gonna be alright. This is definitely single material. One of those songs you find once in awhile that hit you the first time you hear them and that you will never let go of. Top class.
Wrong begins with an interesting intro and I think the drums are really good on this track. The guitar also is above average. I don't think the vocals are as good as some of the other tracks on the album. It feels like Samantha is pushing too hard a few times. The bass is steady but nothing really special. Personally I'd say this is the weakest track on the album. The lyrics aren't as poetical as most of the other songs either. I'm not saying this is a bad song but if all songs were like this I wouldn't have bought the album.
One of the better tracks on the album. Exceptional vocals and excellent work from Paul Wright on the bass. Those two elements are the major forces in this song. Personally I think this would be an excellent opener for a live set. Especially with the refreshing guitar effects and the mysterious mood this song sets. And with lyrics such as: "They say/The grass is always greener/On the other side/But I'm just fine/Right here where it has died" you feel that once again a controversial topic is taken to the spotlight.
Liar would be a perfect first single off of this album. Energy-driven guitar riffs, powerful drums and excellent bass work combined with amazing vocal work by Samantha Latino this is a song that has potential to get big in the alternative circuit. It's refreshing, alternative, full of variety and original. Everything a band needs to find in a single. Not one of my personal favourites but I can't deny this song has potential.
A to the D
First of all, I absolutely love the intro of this song. It's magical. And then when the vocals kick in I immediately fell for this song. There's something about it that I can't go around. It's awesome. The drums are out of this world and the guitar & bass fit in nicely. Some synth & keys in it makes the song complete. The full, sometimes even bombastic, sound give this song a different atmosphere. And it fits the song perfectly. To stay faithful to this song: "We must agree to disagree."
Life Preserver
Interesting use of sound effects and well-produced. Life Preserver isn't the best song on the album but it has a lot of interesting choices in it. It also is the longest track on the album. A good choice as last track. At least that's what you think. The guitar in this song is excellent and so are the vocals. The bass and drums keep a good rhythm and this song is a good musical composition. It misses some of the 'specialness' some of the other songs on the album have but it definitely fits right in. With amazing lyrics like "I'm drowning in you/I'm sinking fast/Please don't throw the life preserver in/I don't want to be saved/When you're washing over me like a wave/I'm drowning in you" this song has some lyrics that can be taken either way. Good song.
Back Door
Appearing to be a live recording of Back Door, All She Wrote managed to give us an extra treat on the Coschade album. Great quality. This song seems to have a lot of energy and the drums are really powerful. Vocals are terrific and it seems that this performance was exceptionally great. It's a good track but I think especially live. But you just gotta love it. At least in this version.
A very promising debut from a very promising band. Female fronted rock is alive and kicking. And delivering top quality songs with a passion.


If you're going for a long run, you should follow this guide to prevent dehydration.
That unambiguous adage has become standard advice for runners seeking to avoid dehydration. The thing is, it's wrong.
A growing body of research supports the idea that you can avoid the performance-harming effects of dehydration simply by drinking when you're thirsty, even on long runs in hot weather.
The latest pillar in the drink-to-thirst defence is a study, published in the European Journal of Applied Physiology, in which runners did a series of moderate-pace two-hour runs in different temperatures and with different hydration strategies. There were two key takeaways.
The runners' internal measures of hydration status, such as plasma density, and their perceived exertion were similar among the three runs. In other words, drinking to thirst during each of these runs was an adequate hydration strategy, even in extreme conditions, when the runners had a much higher sweat rate.
A second takeaway was that following a set hydration plan during another series of two-hour runs didn't improve markers such as heart rate and perceived effort, nor did doing so lead to the runners going farther in two hours in 90-degree heat. The set hydration plan of taking in a carbohydrate drink or whey protein drink every 20 minutes, plus as much water as desired, led to less dehydration at the end of these runs (body weight loss of .6 to .7 per cent). But that improved hydration status had no obvious benefit compared to when the runners drank to thirst in the first series of tests.
Of course, too much dehydration is bad because it can raise your core temperature to dangerous levels. Less extreme but still-significant dehydration will make it increasingly difficult to maintain a given pace—and could keep you from hitting that race goal.
And drinking to thirst doesn't mean being lackadaisical. After all, it's hard to drink to thirst if you don't have access to drinks. Having a set hydration plan, such as drinking something at each aid station, can help in situations like a long race, when it can be difficult to drink as much as you want at a given time.
At the same time, lead study author Martin Hoffman, M.D., is among those experts who believe the oft-cited 2-per cent-dehydration threshold isn't relevant in the real world. As Hoffman wrote in 2016, many lab studies finding performance decreases from greater than a 2 per cent loss have serious flaws. Those flaws include not allowing participants to drink before and during exercise and not providing a means of convective cooling (such as the air that moves over your skin when you run outside).
More nuanced studies have supported what has been observed anecdotally in individual runners: It's possible to perform well at hydration losses of greater than 2 per cent. Haile Gebrselassie lost almost 10 per cent of his body weight while winning the 2009 Dubai Marathon. In one study of more than 600 runners at a 2009 marathon, the fastest lost the greatest amount of weight during the race; all of those who broke 3 hours lost more than 3 per cent.
One reason that it's possible to perform at a high level despite seemingly inadequate fluid intake: When you run, your body releases water as carbohydrates and other energy sources are burned. (About three grams of water are stored with every gram of glycogen, the storage form of carbohydrate, a fact that helps explain pre-marathon carboloading bloating.) "This effect adds up to a situation where, under common exercise conditions, the water generated in this manner could replace around 10 per cent of the water lost in sweat," Hoffman wrote in an email.
In Hoffman's new study, there was no apparent benefit when the runners followed a set hydration plan and finished less dehydrated. But is there harm? Other than the rare but dangerous condition of hyponatremia, not really.


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Q: get page contents curl error 404 in recieved html I am trying to get the page contents from an url.
This is the url i am trying to get the content of:

https://www.facebook.com/events/383049449109054/

At the moment i am doing it the following way:
function GetHtmlContents( $url )
{
    $user_agent='Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_11_1) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/71.0.3578.98 Safari/537.36';

    $options = array(

        CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST  =>"GET",        //set request type post or get
        CURLOPT_POST           => false,        //set to GET
        CURLOPT_USERAGENT      => $user_agent, //set user agent
        CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE     =>"cookie.txt", //set cookie file
        CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR      =>"cookie.txt", //set cookie jar
        CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,     // return web page
        CURLOPT_HEADER         => false,    // don't return headers
        CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,     // follow redirects
        CURLOPT_ENCODING       => "",       // handle all encodings
        CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER    => true,     // set referer on redirect
        CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT => 120,      // timeout on connect
        CURLOPT_TIMEOUT        => 120,      // timeout on response
        CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS      => 10,       // stop after 10 redirects
    );

    $ch      = curl_init( $url );
    curl_setopt_array( $ch, $options );
    $content = curl_exec( $ch );
    $err     = curl_errno( $ch );
    $errmsg  = curl_error( $ch );
    $header  = curl_getinfo( $ch );
    curl_close( $ch );

    $header['errno']   = $err;
    $header['errmsg']  = $errmsg;
    $header['content'] = $content;
    return $header;
}

this works great for the most part but in the recieved html there is an 404 error for some content i need:

Network request encountered error HTTP 404 HTTP_CLIENT_ERROR:   404 Not Found  Not Found The requested URL /api/graphql/ was not found on this server.

See images below the clarify the problem:
original page when visiting it from a browser as a normal user:

page when requesting it from curl in php:

How do i make sure this content is also returned by the curl request?
If more information is needed let me know so i can clarify!

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I've devoted many a blog post to the negative effects of high-heel wearing, so I'll summarize quickly before moving on: slipping into stilettos on a regular basis can lead to or worsen existing bunions, cause your toes to transform into hammertoes, shorten and/or inflame your Achilles tendon, leading to tendinitis, not to mention throwing off your stability and putting you at risk of sprains and fractures. Phew, what a list!
As if all that weren't bad enough, studies now show that wearing heels actually makes women more reliant on men. Allow me to explain before you start throwing the tomatoes at me.
According to a study, conducted at the Université de Bretagne-Sud in France, men are more likely to help women when they wear high heels.
Lead study author Nicolas Guegen attributed his findings to the fact that the men associated heels with sexual attraction and hoped that, by helping well-heeled women, those women would become physically interested in them.
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1 What are some requirements of NFPA 1500 that relate to firefighter safety and health?
2 What does NFPA 1500 require for firefighters during emergencies?
3 Are NFPA standards mandatory?
4 What is the NFPA Standard for Firefighter Professional Qualifications?
5 What is covered under NFPA 1500?
6 What are the components of a fire department safety and health plan?
7 What is the primary duty of Firefighter 1 level personnel?
8 What is the most common type of fire department organizational structure?
9 Who enforces NFPA?
10 Is NFPA 70E required by law?
11 Is code for fire fighting piping?
12 Are NFPA codes legally binding?
13 What is NFPA JPR?
14 What does NFPA 1001 say?
15 Which are the two levels of NFPA firefighter certification?
What are some requirements of NFPA 1500 that relate to firefighter safety and health?
NFPA 1500 was established to specify minimum fire service criteria in a variety of areas including emergency operations, facility safety, apparatus safety, critical incident stress management, medical/physical requirements, member fitness/wellness, and use of PPE.
What does NFPA 1500 require for firefighters during emergencies?
NFPA 1500 sets requirements for the use of personal alert safety systems (PASS) devices, requiring their use for all emergency operations and testing of the devices on a weekly basis. In addition, criteria are established for the use of life safety rope, eye and face protection devices, and hearing protection.
Are NFPA standards mandatory?
In most cases, compliance with NFPA standards is voluntary. However, in some cases, federal or state Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) agencies have incorporated wording from NFPA standards into regulations. In these cases, complying with the standards is mandatory.
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What is the NFPA Standard for Firefighter Professional Qualifications?
NFPA 1001, Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications identifies the minimum job performance requirements for career and volunteer fire fighters whose duties are primarily structural in nature.
What is covered under NFPA 1500?
NFPA 1500 specifies the minimum requirements for an occupational safety and health program for fire departments or organizations that provide rescue, fire suppression, emergency medical services, hazardous materials mitigation, special operations, and other emergency services.
What are the components of a fire department safety and health plan?
Organization/policy,
Risk management,
Roles and responsibilities,
Accident prevention and investigation,
Health and safety officer functions (NFPA 1521),
Occupational safety and health committee,
Training and education,
Records management and data analysis,
What is the primary duty of Firefighter 1 level personnel?
respond to emergency calls, lay and connect hose, hold nozzles and direct water stream, raise and climb ladders, use extinguishers and other equipment. Extensive knowledge of the operation of all apparatus, equipment and methods used in combating, extinguishing and preventing fires and in rescue work.
What is the most common type of fire department organizational structure?
Municipalities are the most common jurisdiction for fire departments. Whether career, volunteer, or combination, this type of organization operates under the authority of the local government, and receives funding and oversight from that body.
Who enforces NFPA?
So, from this point of view, the NFPA standards are enforced by OSHA and other agencies in various countries. In the end, however, the majority of countries in the Western world follow NFPA standards because they have been proven to be effective.
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Is NFPA 70E required by law?
While NFPA 70E training is NOT required by law except for contractors to the Department of Energy [10CFR 851.23(a)(14)], meeting OSHA requirements for electrical safety training IS required by law.
Is code for fire fighting piping?
LIST OF INDIAN STANDARDS FOR FIRE FIGHTING
Non-percolating flexible fire fighting delivery hose (third revision)
2871: 1983 Branch pipe, universal for fire fighting purposes (first revision)
3589: 1981 Electrically welded steel pipes for water, gas and sewage 150 to 2000 mm nominal size) (first revision)
Are NFPA codes legally binding?
NFPA ® and ICC® codes reference various organizations' standards within their requirements, and, once the code is implemented by the Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ), these referenced standards are a legally enforceable part of the code.
What is NFPA JPR?
Job Performance Requirement. The JPR is the combining of the expected behavior, the description of the tools, equipment and materials, conditions of the performance and the identified outcome.
What does NFPA 1001 say?
NFPA 1001 identifies the minimum job performance requirements (JPRs) for career and volunteer firefighters whose duties are primarily structural in nature.
Which are the two levels of NFPA firefighter certification?
The National Fire Protection Association ( NFPA ) has two levels of firefighter certification. These two levels are called Firefighter One and Firefighter Two certification. Firefighter One Certification is for entry level firefighters. These are firefighters who work under supervision.
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At the beginning of January the IMPaCT Centre for Doctoral Training bid farewell to Professor Graham McCartney, who has decided to retire. Graham is retiring from a long career as a Professor of Materials Processing at the University of Nottingham.
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Efficacy of decalcified freeze-dried bone allograft in the regeneration of small osseous defect: A comparative study
Yashmi Jaiswal, Sanjeev Kumar, Vijay Mishra, Puneet Bansal, Kumar Rakshak Anand, Sukumar Singh
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, I.T.S. Centre for Dental Studies and Research, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Aim: To access the efficacy of decalcified freeze-dried bone allograft (DFDBA) in the regeneration of bone following small osseous defect in minor oral surgery.
Objectives: To evaluate the ability of DFDBA to enhance the rate of wound healing and assess radiographic bone density, pain, and infection preoperatively and postoperatively.
Materials and Methods: Twenty patients with cysts were assessed. Ten patients were filled with DFDBA (Group 1) and ten without bone graft (Group 2), respectively. Radiographic bone density was assessed on preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative radiographs on 1st day, 3rd month, and at 6th month using Adobe Photoshop CS6 - Grayscale histogram.
Results: Bone density in Group 1 was found to be significantly higher than in Group 2 on 3rd and 6th month postoperatively with a P = 0.024 and P = 0.016 which was statistically significant. The percentage increase in bone density between both the group was determined and yielded no difference over a period of time, but the difference in percentage increase was markedly higher in Group 1 compared to Group 2 at all the time intervals.
Conclusion: Bone formed as depicted by bone density is significantly higher when DFDBA is used in small bony defects.
Keywords: Allograft, osseous defect, periapical pathology
Jaiswal Y, Kumar S, Mishra V, Bansal P, Anand KR, Singh S. Efficacy of decalcified freeze-dried bone allograft in the regeneration of small osseous defect: A comparative study. Natl J Maxillofac Surg 2017;8:143-8
Jaiswal Y, Kumar S, Mishra V, Bansal P, Anand KR, Singh S. Efficacy of decalcified freeze-dried bone allograft in the regeneration of small osseous defect: A comparative study. Natl J Maxillofac Surg [serial online] 2017 [cited 2022 Jan 19];8:143-8. Available from: https://www.njms.in/text.asp?2017/8/2/143/221714
Bony surgeries for treatment of pathologies leave behind bony defects ranging from simple one-wall defects to composite defects. Their dimensions may vary from few millimeters to few centimeters. With the progression of time, maxillofacial surgeons have got a variety of bone grafting options ranging from alloplastic material to vascularized bone graft.
Carious lesions leading to bacterial invasion of pulp tissue, leading to necrosis of the pulp are the common causes of periapical pathology.[1] Bacteria in the periapical region lead to periapical abscess, granuloma, or periapical cyst. Destruction in the periapical region leads to destruction of bone known as an "osseous defect."[1]
Decalcified freeze-dried bone allograft (DFDBA) was first used in dentistry and medicine in 1965, but for the treatment of periodontal defects in humans, it was utilized in 1975 for the first time. DFDBA provides osteoconductive and osteoinductive factors. It induces the host undifferentiated mesenchymal cell to differentiate into osteoblasts with subsequent formation of new bone. It contains bone morphogenic proteins (BMPs) such as BMP 2, 4, and 7, which help stimulate osteoinduction.
The advantages of allogeneic grafts include availability in adequate quantities, predictable results, and the elimination of an additional donor site surgery. The disadvantages of allografts include host incompatibility, potentially contaminated specimens resulting in recipient site infections, and potential transmission of disease from donor to recipient of the allograft and impractical or biologically ineffective usefulness.
There is currently no evidence to indicate which of these materials promote greater bone growth in the osseous defect healing.[2] This study is undertaken to evaluate the efficacy of locally available DFDBA (TATA Tissue Bank, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) in the healing of small periapical osseous defects so that the prognosis of the affected teeth can be improved by increasing bony support by regenerative procedures. While the dimensions of the ridge are crucial for subsequent implant placement, intuitively the quantity of vital bone that forms in the healing extraction socket is also important. Therefore, DFDBA has been taken as material in this study due to its osteoconductive as well as osteoinductive properties.
This study was conducted in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Oral Implantology, I.T.S. Centre for Dental Studies and Research, Muradnagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Sample sizes of twenty patients were signed and divided into two groups. Group 1: ten patients in which bone graft was used (DFDBA) and Group 2: ten patients in which bone graft was not used.
Pathology was assessed clinically, and investigations were undertaken such as routine blood investigation and radiograph intraoral periapical (radiovisiography [RVG]) of standard values (70 kV, 8 mA, 0.8 exposure time). All healthy persons between the age group of 18–70 years with no contraindication for surgery were included with small osseous defects at the maximum dimension of approximately <1 cm.
All the patients were operated under local anesthesia. During the surgery, intraoperative defect details and size of the defect at its maximum dimension, and depth was noted using a caliper. Surgery procedure was dependent on the type of defect of each group [Figure 1] and [Figure 2].
Figure 1: Periapical cyst affecting a 19-year-old female, treated by enucleation and bone grafting. (a) Preoperative picture. (b) After flap reflection and curettage of periapical soft tissue lesion. (c) Defect filled using decalcified freeze-dried bone allograft. (d) Sutures given
Figure 2: Periapical cyst affecting a 20-year-old male, treated by enucleation and without bone grafting. (a) Preoperative picture. (b) After flap reflection and curettage of periapical soft tissue lesion. (c) Root-end resection. (d) Sutures given
The graft material used in Group 1 was DFDBA (TATA Tissue Bank, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India), with a particle size of 1000 μm. The graft material was mixed with autologous blood of the same patient then carefully packed with light pressure into the defect; sutured was placed to ensure complete soft tissue coverage of the graft [Figure 1]c and [Figure 1]d.
All patients in the study routinely received a postoperative dose of oral antibiotics in the form of capsule Cloxam 500 mg and tablet metronidazole 400 mg three times daily for 5 days and analgesics in a combination of tablet ibuprofen 400 mg and paracetamol 325 mg three times daily for 3 days.
Clinical evaluation was done for pain (visual analog scale [VAS]) and sign of infection (pus discharge and persistent postoperative swelling) on preoperative and postoperative 1st day, 1st week, 3rd month, and 6th month.
Radiographic bone density was assessed on preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative radiographs on the 1st day, 3rd month, and at 6th month [Figure 3] and [Figure 4]. Radiograph was taken with the help of RVG and analyzed using Adobe Photoshop CS6 - Grayscale histogram (ITS Dental College, Ghaziabad, U.P., India) [Figure 5].
Figure 3: (a) Intraoperative radiograph (radiovisiography). (b) 3rd month radiograph. (c) 6th month radiograph of a patient treated with decalcified freeze-dried bone allograft
Figure 4: (a) Intraoperative radiograph (radiovisiography). (b) 3rd month radiogragh. (c) 6th month radiograph of a patient treated without bone graft
Figure 5: Adobe Photoshop CS6 software
The intergroup comparison of pain intensity as measured in VAS was statistically analyzed using independent sample test, and P values were found to be statistically not significant, thereby implicating that there was no difference in the intensity of pain in both group either preoperative or postoperative periods.
When Chi-square tests were applied to find the statistical significance of infection in both the group, it was found to be not significant.
Bone density analysis
As the bone graft and blood clot due to its inherent calcium content produce a certain amount of radio-opacity. For all practical purposes, we took into consideration values between 1st postoperative days to postoperative 90 days, 1st postoperative day to postoperative 180 days, and postoperative 90 days to postoperative 180 days for analyzing the increase in bone density.
The difference between the mean gray scale histogram values was synthesized between the gray scale values corresponding to day 1 subtracted (−) day 90 value, day 1 subtracted (−) day 180 value, and day 90 subtracted (−) day 180 value. When the values were subjected to statistical analysis using Bonferroni method, the resultant P = 0.007, 0.001, and 0.002. All were found to be statistically significant, thereby implicating there was a significant amount of increase in bone density, which was measured by the increase in gray scale histogram values [Table 1].
Table 1: Intragroup comparison of mean gray scale histogram values at different time intervals of Group 1
Differential mean gray scale histogram values between the various time intervals when subjected to Greenhouse-Geisser test that showed P = 0.000 thereby showing statistically significant increase in bone density with time.
Similarly, when the values were subjected to statistical analysis using Bonferroni method, the resultant P = 0.038, 0.040, and 0.387. All were found to be statistically significant except from day 90 to day 180, thereby implicating there was a significant amount of increase in bone density till day 90, which was measured by the increase in gray scale histogram values [Table 2].
When statistical analysis was done using independent sample test at various time intervals such as preoperative and postoperative (day 1, day 90, and day 180), the P value obtained were 0.16, 0.024, and 0.016, respectively. Out of which, the P value at day 90 and day 180 which was 0.024 and 0.016 and it was found to be statistically significant thereby implicating there was a significant amount of increase in bone density in Group 1 as compared to Group 2 at time interval of postoperative day 90 and day 180 [Table 3].
Table 3: Intergroup comparison of mean logarithm gray scale histogram values
To determine the percentage increase in the mean gray scale histogram values in Group 1 and Group 2 individually between various time intervals, formula: Days 180–90 = (Day 180–Day 90) × 100/Day 90, Day 190 = (Day 90–Day 1) × 100/Day 1, and Days 180–1 = (Day 180–Day 1) × 100/Day 1 was applied. These values were subjected to statistical analysis using Mann–Whitney test and P value of days 1–90, days 1–180, and days 90–180 was derived and none were statistically significant [Table 4] thereby implicating the percentage difference in the increase of bone density in both the groups between various time intervals was not significant enough [Graph 1] and [Graph 2].
Table 4: Median and P value obtained using Mann–Whitney test
This study was undertaken to evaluate the efficacy of locally available DFDBA (TATA Tissue Bank, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) in the healing assessment of periapical osseous defects.
A study done by Arenaz-Búa et al.[3] compared mandibular bone regeneration by applying autologous bone, platelet-rich plasma, and two biomaterials (synthetic calcium hydroxyapatite and demineralized bone matrix), and Mishra et al.,[4] in 2010, evaluated decalcified freeze-dried allograft or hydroxyapatite and a combination of both as bone autograft substitutes in the healing of osseous jaw defects. Both evaluated pain and infection in relation to allograft and did not find any significant difference. In our study, pain intensity was not found to be significant thereby implicating that there was no difference in the intensity of pain between both the groups either preoperatively or postoperatively.
Similarly, the rate of infection in the study was not significant thereby implicating that there was no difference in the rate of infection between both the groups. Thus, it can be concluded that DFDBA though being allograft does not lead to increase in infection rate.
Various modalities have been used to analyze bone density such as DentaScan, bone scintigraphy,[4] and Adobe Photoshop CS6-Gray scale histogram used by Ezoddini-Ardakanil et al.[5] in 2011 on socket repair after dental extraction. In our study, we too used Adobe Photoshop CS6-Gray scale histogram for analyzing bone density.
Guillemin et al.[6] assessed radiographic changes in alveolar bone density and revealed that placement of DFDBA into defects produced in itself significant increase in radiographic density. On evaluating the bone density in this study, we too found that there was a significant increase in bone density over a period of time and as early at 90 days and continues to significant increase between 90 and 180 days in grafted site, whereas in nongrafted site, there is increase in bone density as early at 90 days but exhibits no significant increase from 90 to 180 days.
Bodner [7] evaluated radiographically, the changes that occur in jaw defects after enucleation of cysts and either grafting with demineralized freeze-dried bone allograft (DFDBA) or packing with absorbable gelatin sponge (Gelfoam) in 32 patients divided into two groups and concluded that density in DFDBA group was significantly (P< 0.05 to P < 0.01) greater than nongrafted group at 6 and 12 months.
Similarly, in our study, bone density in Group 1 was found to be significantly higher than in Group 2 on 90th day and 180th day, thereby implicating the quality of bone formed as depicted by bone density is significantly higher when DFDBA is used in small bony defects as compared to nongrafted small bony defect. The percentage increase in bone density between both the group was determined and yielded no difference over a period of time, but the difference in percentage increase was markedly higher in Group 1 compared to Group 2 at all the time intervals.
Various authors have compared DFDBA with other bone grafts such as hydroxyapatite,[4] bioactive glass [8] where DFDBA showed better radiographic results. DFBDA when compared with FDBA [9] showed no significant difference, whereas in a study by Wood and Mealey [10] showed significantly greater new bone formation with DFDBA than FDBA.
The osteoinductive potential of DFDBA is related to the amount of BMPs although FDBA has the same BMP content in its organic matrix; it does not have this same osteoinductive capability. Demineralization by osteoclasts is necessary to release BMPs from the mineralized matrix, and since there are no osteoclasts in extraskeletal sites, the BMPs remain trapped in the mineralized particles; thus, no ectopic bone formation is induced, thereby proving that DFDBA is a good graft material. Although possibilities of disease transfer, immunogenicity exits but no cases have been reported till yet.[10]
DFDBA can be used in certain scenario where early bone formation is desired such as immediate implant, sinus lift procedure either with immediate implant or delayed implant placement which can lead to functional rehabilitation. In cases where limited time is required between third molar extraction and performing sagittal split ramus osteotomy and also in socket preservation cases.
This study attempted to use DFDBA to promote osseous regeneration in osseous defects. Demineralized freeze-dried bone allograft by virtue of its osteoinductive and osteoconductive properties supports the formation of new bone. The osteoinductive property has been attributed to the exposure of the BMPs and growth factors following the acid demineralization process of the allograft. These BMPs and growth factors permit rapid revascularization and hard tissue in growth in the osseous defects thereby promoting regeneration.
Management of osseous defects remains a challenge to the clinician. Therefore, the study has been concerned with clinical and radiographic observation using DFDBA, and the study states a significant increase in bone density over a period of time as early at 90 days. Future studies can be done using advanced digital imaging facilities available.
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Der Sack ist in der Heraldik eine sehr selten verwendete Wappenfigur.

Dargestellt im Wappenschild wird ein beutelförmiges Behältnis mit der Öffnung zum Schildhaupt. Bei mehreren Säcken zeigen diese mit den Öffnungen nach innen zur Schildmitte. Alle heraldische Farben sind möglich. Bekannt ist die Wappenfigur aus den adligen Familien Sack, die mit dieser Figur ihre redenden Wappen schufen.

Die schlesische Adelsfamilie hatte im roten Schild vier silberne Säcke in Schragenstellung.
Das markbrandenburgische Adelsgeschlecht hatte eine gekrönte Jungfrau, die aus einem Sack hervorkam im Wappen.

Auch in den Kommunalwappen, wie zum Beispiel von Alt-Mölln, Pieniężno, und Großjedlersdorf ist die Wappenfigur vertreten. Im Wappen von Maulbronn trägt der Esel den goldenen Sack. Im redenden Wappen von Bad Säckingen handelt es sich um einen Säckel (Geldbeutel).

Siehe auch
 Sack (Adelsgeschlechter)

Literatur
 Gert Oswald: Lexikon der Heraldik. Bibliographisches Institut, Mannheim u. a. 1985, ISBN 3-411-02149-7, S. 339.
 Ernst Heinrich Kneschke: Neues allgemeines deutsches Adels-Lexicon, Band 8, Verlag Friedrich Voigt's Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1868, S. 8.
 Johann Siebmacher: J. Siebmacher's grosses und allgemeines Wappenbuch. Band 7, Teile 2–3,Verlag Bauer und Raspe,  Nürnberg 1866, S. 13.
 Johann Siebmacher: Grosses und allgemeines Wappenbuch. Einleitungsband. Abt. A, B., Bauer und Raspe, Nürnberg 1890, S. 145.

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The world lost a great musician and an entertainer in Oliver 'Tuku' Mtukudzi, but children within the Southern and Eastern parts of Africa lost a voice that spoke on their behalf, a selfless advocate who stood for their rights, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), has said.
Mtukudzi was UNICEF goodwill ambassador since 2011, until the time of his death.
Less privileged children across 20 countries that make the Eastern and Southern region of Africa hold testimonies on how the late music icon made an impact in protecting their rights and educating them about HIV and Aids.
As the UNICEF goodwill ambassador he achieved notable successes in protecting children's rights.
In all these years, through his powerful lyrics, the late Zimbabwean national hero made an impact in developing young children and teaching them about HIV and Aids.
His songs such as "Todii", "Street Kid" and "Haasati Akura", to mention just a few, are true testimonies of how much he questioned society's response to HIV and Aids.
Tuku, as he was fondly referred to by his legion of fans, made great strides in protecting children's rights.
Leila Gharagozloo-Pakkala, UNICEF regional director in Southern and Eastern Africa, said it was not only the region that had lost a champion in children's rights, but the entire world.
"UNICEF joins the people of Zimbabwe and music lovers worldwide in mourning the loss of celebrated singer and songwriter Oliver 'Tuku' Mtukudzi, who was a UNICEF regional goodwill ambassador for Eastern and Southern Africa.
"Following his appointment in June 2011, UNICEF had the pleasure of working with Oliver Mtukudzi on issues relating to young people's development and HIV and Aids prevention in the Eastern and Southern parts of Africa.
"He used the power of music and impactful lyrics to speak out against stigma, discrimination and abuse of children, and inspired people at all levels of society to take action on behalf of children.
"He was committed to his role as our goodwill ambassador," she said.
Gharagozloo-Pakkala said Mtukudzi had left a void that will take time to replace.
"His contribution within the UNICEF set up will surely be missed and Oliver Mtukudzi gave his life for a social cause, we appreciate his contributions. He will be greatly missed.
"We honour his memory as a champion for children's rights," she added.
Tuku is among other prominent figures to assume a humanitarian role with UNICEF.
According to UNICEF, in Zimbabwe, the growing population of children living on the streets is a reflection of the high orphan population in the country. One in four children in Zimbabwe has lost one or both parents, most of them as a result of HIV and Aids.
Many of these young people face immense challenges and deprivation and struggle to access even the most basic social services, forcing them into undesirable situations such as living on the streets and Mtukudzi was a father figure in the lives of these children.
Mtukudzi's advocacy for children and women's rights did not only start with UNICEF, but it dates back to 1993 when he played a role in the movie, Neria, that advocates for women's rights.
The musician died on January 23 at the Avenues Clinic in Harare after succumbing to diabetes and through his good works, he was accorded the country's national hero status, becoming the first musician to receive such an honour.
He was buried on January 27, at his rural home in Madziva district in Mashonaland Central province.


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Radicalization is the process by which a given group of individuals may as a result of their inferiority complex become violent towards a given group or nation. In the United States of America, radicalization report to be the root of terrorist attacks made to them also worldwide. In New York, terrorist attacks are quite a threat. Research proved that the threat of radicalism has its roots in the Western side of the United States. From the Islamic tradition, it is right for a Muslim to kill another person in the pursuit of making converts. They do it out of "goodwill" since making many converts will make them have a high reward in heaven. Some of the youth use this as an excuse to become terrorists to expand their territory. This movement, known as Jihad, uses both men and women to engage in war, in their settlement countries.
The report on radicalization as a factor of terrorism used case studies to form a report. It mainly focuses on the Al Qaeda, who are a large number of Muslims that support Jihad. It uses the cases from the London, Madrid and Casablanca, where there were attacks caused by people from the respective countries. The study of the different Al Qaeda attacks showed that the four stages of radicalization process were inclusive. Many of those who become terrorists did this to have an identity, especially in nations such as Europe, where the recognition in the economic and social activities does not occur. Radicalization spreads through places such as the internet, where young people spend their time (Oliver, 2008).
Some of the limitations in this report are that the generalization used in Jihadism may be force. Some of the Muslims are political leaders and scholars, who totally disagree with the nature of jihads. This report mainly got its research material from the police department and the intelligence agencies. This was through the collection of first hand information from people around the world as asserted by Silber & Arvin, 2007.
The right wing extremists are a group of persons who join hands due to a viable reason triggered by dislike or hate. The connecting factor to hate may be race, religion or ethnicity. These people fight for what they believe in with passion, such as protection of human right to live, even for the unborn children. They may also be people who oppose the reigning government in a nation through joining hands with the local authorities. The right wing uses the fear of the abandoned people to obtain followers. High rates of unemployment and inflated economies also catalyze the process. An instance of their efforts is through the election of a black man in the United States of America to be president. This comes as a huge step of growth for them as their aim would be to utilize it to get into positions of power.
The right wing report reviews existing incidences collected by use of qualitative approaches. Cases such as the new rule by a, black American, president show how it is an opportunity to them for expansion in a governing body. Studies show that these activists use social media such as the internet to stir people up to join in these groups. The fear brought in by poverty is one of the reasons for the increased expansion of right wing groups, making them turn into violence and terrorism. Idleness, brought in by high unemployment rates gives the affected time to generate ideas of radicalization to be recognized in society (Hainsworth, 2000).
The issue of immigrants also stirs up the increment for right wing extremists. They believe that illegal immigrants will work at extremely lower wages than normal, thus rendering the residents jobless. The Federal Bureau of Independence did the research on rightwing extremism.
The research that led to the writing of conclusion reports on human behavior, with regard to the Western part of United States was by the urge to make peace and security amongst citizens. The police department, together with the intelligence division came up with reasons for war and terrorism. These protection bodies used the understanding of human psychology to come up with its report. The study focuses on human behavior, in the state governance areas of interest, to explain people's behaviors. Case studies for this research refer to the real parties involved. These procedures relate to qualitative techniques for collecting data.
In both reports, the internet use makes it a hotspot for recruitment of new members for radicalization. This is because most youth, who are vulnerable to being inferior in society, seek comfort through the internet. The radicals and right wing extremists thus have an excellent chance to share and spur up the need to fight for their rights. In both reports, a process has to be followed in order to form radicals. These stages involve transformation from a light urge to fight, to being the strong will to acquire a right. The radicalization process involves the radicalization, self-identification, and indoctrination and jihadist transformation stages for it to take place (Silber & Arvin, 2007).
In any terrorist zone, the power of influence by people with a strong will to fight over a belief presents itself. These government analysis shows that radicalization and right wing extremism are both driven by people of similar behavior. It shows that no one can exclude themselves from the possibility of becoming a radical or terrorist. In both reports, law enforcing bodies collect the facts presented; that is the New York Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The FBI uses better techniques to gather their information. This is because they engage in indulging themselves into the lives of the extremist groups, thus have an experience.


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Q: Set notation: 'exclusively divisible by' What is the best way to write 'exclusively divisible by' a given number in terms of set notation? eg: the set of natural numbers that are divisible by $2$ and only $2$; the set of natural numbers that are divisible by $3$ and only $3$; $\dots 5$, $7\dots$ etc.

A: Given a prime natural number $p,$ it seems that the set (let's call it $\Bbb D_p$) of natural numbers "exclusively divisible by $p$" (according to your description) would be:
$$\Bbb D_p=\left\{n\in\Bbb N:\exists k\in\Bbb N\left(n=p^k\right)\right\}$$
For example, $$\begin{align}\Bbb D_2 &= \left\{n\in\Bbb N:\exists k\in\Bbb N\left(n=2^k\right)\right\}\\ &= \left\{2^1,2^2,2^3,2^4,\dots\right\}\\ &= \{2,4,8,16,\dots\}.\end{align}$$
Nota Bene: I assume in this answer that your natural numbers do not include $0.$ If $0$ is a natural number by your definition, then we will need to alter the definition of $\Bbb D_p$ above, since while $1=p^0,$ we certainly can't say that $1$ is divisible by $p.$ Instead, we will say:
$$\Bbb D_p=\left\{n\in\Bbb N:\exists k\in\Bbb N\left[\left(n=p^k\right)\wedge(k\ne0)\right]\right\}$$

A: The natural numbers are an example of a " Euclidean Ring". A ring is almost a "field" but doesn't have a multiplicative inverse, and the Euclidean property as applied to natural numbers means that any number a can be written as a = q.b + r. The Euclidean property has a corresponding but slightly more complicated definition for rings in general.
In any ring an "ideal" is a subset of the ring which is closed wrt addition, and  "strongly closed" wrt multiplication, i.e. any element of the ideal multiplied by any element of the ring is an element of the ideal.
A property of ideals in Euclidean rings is that all the elements of an ideal have a greatest common divisor (GCD).
So, the numbers in N which are all divisible by 2 (or 3 ,..) are "ideals" of the "Euclidean ring" of natural numbers of the form 2N, 3N, etc where 2N is the set of all numbers of the form 2 (= GCD) x n in N.


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Find a Food Bank
The Hunger in America study series is the nation's largest and most comprehensive insight into charitable food distribution in the United States.
Conducted quadrennially by Feeding America since 1993, the Hunger Studies provide statistically-valid data on our food distribution network and the people Feeding America serves. This, in turn, helps charitable feeding organizations develop programs that best support individuals facing hunger. The results also inform the public policy discourse so that federal nutrition programs can better serve those in need.
Hunger in America 2014 is the latest version to have been released. This iteration of the study is the most comprehensive to date and includes a variety of features that were included for the very first time:
Data was collected from clients electronically using a touchscreen tablet.
The client survey was available in 5 languages: English, Spanish, Mandarin, Russian and Vietnamese.
Clients were also asked about their health, veteran status and any coping strategies they may use.
The study was expanded to include all agencies and programs, not solely emergency feeding programs like pantries, shelters and kitchens. This will give us additional insight into supplemental feeding programs, such as those for seniors and children.
More than 34,000 agencies provided information about their services and programs, including food distribution and non-food, referral or outreach services.
To increase the accuracy and diversity of the findings, over 12,500 programs were visited to survey clients. This is more than twice as many programs as were visited in the previous study released in 2010.
More than 60,000 clients shared information about their stories and circumstances.
Read Feeding America's Hunger in America 2014 full executive summary here.
Click each question for more information about Feeding the Carolinas.
How is the food distributed?
After food has been received, sorted and inspected at the food bank warehouse (regional distribution center), it's ready for distribution to community partners. There are three main methods of food distribution: Agencies may pick-up the food at the warehouse, the food bank may deliver the food to the community organization or pantry, or the food bank may conduct a Mobile Pantry or direct distribution. Mobile Pantries or direct distributions are an innovative way of working with partner agencies to increase the quality and quantity of food they can distribute. Many agencies cannot afford adequate coolers to safely distribute products that require freezing or refrigeration. To help build community capacity, the food bank will use its refrigerated trucks to distribute perishable foods alongside the partner agency. By using our trucks, we help them to provide greater amounts of nutritious foods to the people they serve. Some areas have pockets of need, but no agencies to help. In those cases, the food bank may operate a Mobile Pantry to provide direct distribution to people in need.
Where can I get food?
Most food banks don't distribute directly to the public. Instead, we work through community-based organizations and churches to help identify people with the greatest need. In the two Carolinas, we work through more than 3,700 agencies. To find an agency near you, visit your food bank website or contact your regional food bank and ask about local food distributions. Find your regional food bank here.
What's most helpful to donate: food or money?
Don't let your food go to waste, donate it! Donated food is always welcome; however, money goes much further. Leveraging the power of our network, we can turn one dollar into approximately $7 worth of food. Receiving your donated funds also allows us to purchase food that fills the nutritional gap of donated foods.
What does Feeding the Carolinas do?
Feeding the Carolina works in partnership with ten Feeding America affiliated food banks (regional distribution centers) to create a hunger-free North and South Carolina. Our members focus on serving and developing resources in their local community, while Feeding the Carolinas works across two states to leverage resources, both funds and food, to our regional food banks.
Our fresh produce program, "Farm to Food Banks," partners with the agriculture industry to rescue millions of pounds of fresh produce each year.
Feeding the Carolinas unites the voices of the largest hunger-relief network in North and South Carolina for advocacy in Raleigh and Columbia.
What is the difference between a Food Bank and a Food Pantry?
Food Banks are non-profit organizations that collect, purchase and rescue donated food in order to feed food insecure individuals through their community partners. The Food Bank is a warehouse where the food is gathered, sorted, inspected for safety and then made available to the community partners or Food Pantries. Food Pantries are the partner agencies and churches that distribute food directly to their communities.
Where does the food come from?
Food comes from many sources including donations, purchase and USDA commodities:
Grocery items are donated from food drives, major retail stores and distribution centers, manufacturers, farms and packing houses.
To supplement donations and to provide specific food for a program or to help partner agencies save money on food they may not receive through donations, Food Banks leverage our national network and relationships to purchase food at the lowest possible price, often saving our partners up to 60% on food they would normally purchase at a wholesale warehouse-shopping club.
USDA Commodities
Commodities are foods that are purchased by the US Department of Agriculture and provided to food banks for distribution to qualified community and non-profit organizations. These products range from canned and boxed, shelf stable foods to fresh produce and frozen meats.
What's the big deal with Feeding America?
Like our members, we take great pride in our affiliation with Feeding America because it means we have met the highest levels of operational excellence, transparency and ethics. The father of food banking, John van Hengel, originally founded Feeding America as Second Harvest in 1976 after successfully developing the first food bank in 1967. That concept has been a model for the world and the concept that he originated is now the Feeding America and Global Food Banking Network's legacy. Feeding America is the nation's leading hunger-relief organization with more than 200 member Food Banks that serve every county and parish in every state of the nation.
Why do we need Food Banks? Don't people already get Food Stamps?
Food Stamps, known as SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) were designed to supplement a low-income family's ability to purchase groceries. Many families fall into a category of working poor – they earn too much for SNAP but don't earn enough to afford adequate meals. Elderly or disabled people on fixed incomes sometimes must choose between paying for medicine and buying nutritious food. Food banks can help. Supplemental food from the food bank means a person can reallocate a portion of their grocery money towards rent, utilities, medicine or transportation.
"Food Insecurity" refers to the lack of access to enough nutritious food to fully meet basic needs because of a lack of financial resources.
North and South Carolina's Overall Food Insecurity rate is approximately 14.2% or 2,253,790 individuals
North and South Carolina's Child Food Insecurity rate is approximately 20.1% or 687,060 children
Your dollars make a difference. Every dollar you donate helps feed hungry children, families, seniors and veterans.
Our multi-state network unites ten member food banks to feed every community, every day.
Programs can vary by Food Bank or individual community.
Feeding the Carolinas,
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Will They Blend? Experiments in Data & Tool Blending. Today: YouTube Metadata meet WebLog Files. What will it be tonight – a movie or a book?
Today: YouTube Metadata meet WebLog Files. What will it be tonight – a movie or a book?
We now subject the comments to some text processing! Text processing includes language recognition, classical text clean up, bag of word creation, and frequency calculation - all contained in the metanode named "Text-Preprocessing".
Note. Language recognition is performed by means of the Tika Language Detector node. Given a text, this node produces a language hypothesis and a confidence measure. We take only comments in English with confidence above 0.8.
The plurality of languages shows how widely KNIME is used around the world. However, we limited ourselves to English just for comprehension reasons.
However, you can find an example workflow for the WebLog Reader node on the EXAMPLES server under 01_Data_Access/07_WebLog_Files/01_Example_for_Apache_Logfile_Analysis01_Data_Access/07_WebLog_Files/01_Example_for_Apache_Logfile_Analysis*.
The upper part of this workflow can be found on the EXAMPLES server under 01_Data_Access/05_REST_Web_Services/03_Access_YouTube_REST_API01_Data_Access/05_REST_Web_Services/03_Access_YouTube_REST_API*, without the key API information. You will need to get your own key API, enabled for the YouTube REST API, from the Google API Console.
In general, we have more views on the YouTube videos than on the blog post. It is also true that the KNIME TV channel started4 years ago, while the KNIME blog only 2 years ago. Since we have not set any time limits, the number of views are counted from each video/post uploading date. So, it is hard to conclude the proportion of KNIME users who prefer watching videos over reading posts.
Summarizing, in this experiment we tried to blend data from a weblog file with metadata from YouTube videos. Again, the most important conclusion is: Yes, they blend!
News! If you are a video watcher type, we have a new treat for you. A full e-learning course to introduce new and old users to the secrets of KNIME Analytics Platform is now available on the KNIME web site.
So, if you are looking for something fun to do this evening, you can start exploring this new e-learning course. The intro page has a lot of information.
We're looking forward to the next challenge. There we will find out if we can blend two different SQL dialects: Spark SQL and Hive SQL. Will they blend?


All the different colors I've liked over the past months.
I used to believe I had trouble making up my mind until the day I read a magazine article about men who are commitment phobic. The article was accompanied by a checklist of sneaky symptoms to determine if your potential mate has closet commitment issues. Questions like "Does it take your man 15 minutes or longer to order from a restaurant menu that contains more than 10 items" or "Does your man change jobs suddenly and often because he loses interest" helped me to learn that my man is fine, but I've got some major commitment issues.
We did end up married, very happily married in fact. Once I make up my mind, I don't have regrets and I don't look back but getting to that point is a whole different story.
The two colors I like this week.
This leads me to the 8.5 month indecision over what color to paint the house. What is a commitment phobe to do?
Heather I like the one on the left. I know exactly how you are about decisions… I'm the same way. I had been talking about digging up the strip of weeds and straggling Bermuda grass between my driveway and sidewalk and sodding with St. Augustine (the rest of my yard is St. Augustine). I dug up the weeds and Bermuda… and then my boyfriend stepped in and offered to help lay the sod. Right as we were finishing laying the sod I decided that the purple fountain grass and fringe flower I saw at the nursery would really look striking planted on both sides of the driveway.
My boyfriends just never understand why I'm content to have a patch of color painted on a wall for months. They confuse it with procrastination… I'm just a slow decision maker. It never fails, if I rush a decision, I regret it.
I am having the same problem! I want to know the 8 colors you had on your house, in the first photo because they all look similar to ones I am debating over!


Crude-oil prices haven't been this low in nearly 6 1/2 years, but motorists in some parts of the country have seen a significant rise in prices at the gas pump this week.
Drivers can thank refinery troubles for that puzzling development.
The median price for gasoline in the U.S. Friday stood at $2.559 a gallon, up 6 cents from a week ago but down from $2.699 a month ago, according to retail fuel data site Gasbuddy.com The Chicago region has seen the biggest regional rise, with prices rising more than 60 cents from last week's average to $3.372 a gallon.
While there have been some signs of moderation, in some places it has been brutal: Prices rose above $5 a gallon in California earlier this week, according to news reports.