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Women's Suffrage Exhibit
Alfred University's Herrick Memorial Library is hosting the traveling exhibit, Recognizing Women's Right to Vote in New York State, from now through Friday, March 2.
New York State is celebrating the centennial of women gaining the right to vote in New York State on November 6, 1917—three years before the 19th Amendment was passed and women throughout the United States gained the right to vote. The South Central Regional Library Council and the Empire State Library Network have partnered with the Digital Public Library of America on the exhibit, which looks beyond the traditional Women's Suffrage narrative and explores the history behind the movement that made New York State such an important place in the fight for Women's Suffrage.
The exhibit includes five panels, each showing a different theme:
Woman Suffrage before 1848 – Explores voting in New York State before the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848, including in the colonies and among the Haudenosaunee people.
Women's Rights Activity up to 1848 and the Seneca Falls and Rochester Conventions – Women and men organized to restore the right to vote to women, among other rights.
Pop Culture Suffrage – Suffragists displayed brilliance when it came to promoting their cause, and packaged their message in consumer goods, created songs and theater performances, formed parades and processions, and traveled through rural areas, knocking on doors.
Anti-Suffrage – Most women and men believed that equality for women would lead to the destruction of the state. The Anti-suffrage movement engaged in public debates, created publicity materials to counter those of the suffragists, and argued that support for Women's Suffrage was unpatriotic, especially during World War I.
Race and Diversity – The early Women's Suffrage movement embraced women of all races, but overt racism in the later years led some suffragists to argue for the inclusion of all races winning the right to vote—including those effectively denied their voting rights.
For more information, contact Herrick Library at herricklibrary@alfred.edu.
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The eardrum is required for hearing because it detects sound waves and communicates the vibrations to the brain, but in addition it acts as a shield to seal the inner ear and keep it clear of infection. When your eardrum is fully intact, your inner ear is basically a protected and sterile place; but if it has been torn or perforated, microbes may enter and spark a major infection called otitis media.
The phrases perforated eardrum and ruptured eardrum have the same meaning. They both describe a condition whose medical name is a tympanic membrane perforation where there is a tear or puncture in the thin membrane we know as the eardrum. There are numerous ways that an eardrum may become ruptured, the commonest of which is an ear infection where the buildup of fluid pushes against the eardrum until it tears. Another common cause of punctured eardrums are foreign objects introduced into the ears. For instance, you can puncture your own eardrum with a Q-tip. Another common cause is barotrauma – the situation that occurs when the barometric pressure outside the ear is very different from the pressure inside the ear – which may occur on airplanes or in scuba. Head injuries or acoustic trauma (such as exposure to sudden explosions) may also puncture the eardrum.
The symptoms of a ruptured eardrum include ear pain (including persistent ear pain that suddenly stops, fluid draining from the ear, partial or complete hearing loss in the afflicted ear, tinnitus (ringing in the ears), and vertigo or dizziness. If you encounter any of these warning signs, see a hearing health provider, because if the eardrum is ruptured, timely and correct treatment is essential to avoid infection and hearing damage. What you risk by not having these symptoms addressed are major inner ear infections and cysts, and the potential for permanent loss of hearing.
At your appointment the health care provider will look at the eardrum with an instrument called an otoscope. Because of its internal light, the otoscope gives the specialist a clear view of the eardrum. If your eardrum has been ruptured, in most cases it will heal itself within 2 to 3 months, but during this period you should avoid swimming or diving, avoid certain medications, and attempt to avoid blowing your nose (which puts extra pressure on the eardrum). For holes along the edges of the eardrum, the specialist might want to insert a temporary dam or patch which helps prevent infection. In very rare cases, surgery may be suggested.
Your physician may also order over-the-counter pain medications such as ibuprofen or acetaminophen to deal with any discomfort. The main safety measures you can take to prevent this condition are to 1) avoid putting any foreign objects into your ear canal, even to clean them, and 2) deal with ear infections promptly by seeing a specialist.


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Diphoko ends foreigners Orange Phikwe Marathon dominance
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As he wins the men's 42km race
Pockets P25 000 in process
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Local long distance sensation Rapula Diphoko has become the second local athlete to claim the 42.2km of the Orange Phikwe National Marathon ever since the race was adopted by the mobile network company in 2016.
Prior to the race which was held in Selibe Phikwe over the weekend, Kabo Jenamo was the only local athlete to have won the marathon men's 42.2km race under the sponsorship of Orange. He did so in 2016 and this was also the year that Orange started sponsoring the marathon.
Since then, the race was dominated by Zimbabwe's long distance runner in Nkosiyazi Sibanda who won the race in 2017 and 2018. However, the case was not to be for Sibanda this year as he finished in the seventh position only for the marathon to be claimed by Diphoko who finished first in 2: 24:07. He was awarded with P 25 000 for his exploits.
Speaking to Gazette Sport after his race, Diphoko noted that he is happy to have finally won the marathon because he has been struggling to do well over the previous years as he did not know how to prepare for marathons. "I only learnt how to prepare for marathons last year and that is after I finished second in this race," he said. " I then figured out I ought to correct a few things. I started working hard in training by doing long runs and hill training."
He went on to note that he endured a lot of pain in training as he had to at least run 50km a week. " And I also took part in a few half marathons which I think also worked of advantage to me by sharpening my endurance and speed. I came to this race fearing no one; even the foreign athletes. I told my self that they are ordinary athletes just like me," he highlighted.
Further, Diphoko told this publication that he is worried by the fact that in most cases he seems to be the only local athlete who does well in marathons. He urged his compatriots to start working together as that's the only way that they can perform better. " The Kenyans and other international athletes work together and advice each other during the race, " he noted. " That is why they always perform better than us. If we are to end their dominance we have to start working together."
Diphoko was followed by Isaac Kigen in the second position while Lyno Muchena finished in the third position. Monicah Jepkokir on the hand managed to defend her title in the ladies category after finishing first in 3:03:34 with Leena Ekandjo settling for the second position whereas Ottilie Kaunap finished in the third position.
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Mamoru Shinozaki in Syonan-To
by Eric Lim
It was December 1941. The British in Malaya knew that the Japanese invasion was imminent. However, they had a secret plan in place, known as Operation Matador.The plan was to destroy the landing bays at Songkhla and Pattani in Thailand so that the Japanese could not land there. However, that plan failed to be activated.
On 'Blue Monday' 8 December 1941, just after midnight, the Japanese army landed at Kota Bharu and two other towns in Thailand, namely Pattani and Singora (a.k.a Songkhla). Approximately seventy minutes after the landing in Kota Bharu, Japanese warplanes attacked Pearl Harbour. These two attacks marked the start of the Pacific War and World War II in Asia.
Source: The Star Online
Japanese forces took two routes – one from the north at Jitra, making their way down the west coast, and the other from Kota Bharu, taking the east coast. They fought Allied Forces, comprising British, Indian and Australian armies, all the way down to the south, to their final destination 'Fortress Singapore', also nicknamed 'Gibraltar of the East'.
In less than two months, Japanese forces had invaded the whole of the Malay Peninsula and made landfall in Singapore on 7 February 1942. The Battle of Singapore came to a halt after a week of fighting when British Lieutenant General Arthur Percival surrendered the island to the Japanese on 15 February 1942. It came as a great shock to PM Winston Churchill as it is recorded to be the largest British surrender in its history.
Immediately, Japanese Military Administration took over control and, on the very next day, Singapore was renamed Syonan-To (Light of the South). Less than a week later, Japanese forces started Operation Sook Ching (Chinese term meaning 'purge through cleansing'). The Japanese term for the operation was 'Dai Kensho' meaning 'great inspection'. Chinese males aged 18 to 50 were rounded up and brought to screening centres set up around the island. They were inspected by the Kempeitai (Japanese military police) and Imperial Guards Division; those suspected of being anti-Japanese were taken away to killing sites and executed, their bodies thrown into the sea. The operation was initially planned from 21 to 23 February 1942 but it was extended to 4 March 1942.
Mamoru Shinozaki
Mamoru Shinozaki started work in a Japanese news agency and was posted to Shanghai in 1934. Two years later, he joined the Japanese Foreign Office as press attaché. In 1938, he was transferred to the Japanese Consulate General in Singapore and his job was to report on local conditions and British military defence. In September of 1940, he brought two Japanese military officers to various locations on the island as well as in Malaya to survey military installations and study British defence capability.
His activities did not escape the eyes of the Special Branch and he was put on surveillance. On 21 September 1940, Shinozaki was arrested and convicted of espionage and sentenced to three and a half years of rigorous imprisonment. He was incarcerated in Changi prison. With the fall of Singapore, Shinozaki was released and he was appointed Adviser of Defence Headquarters. He was tasked to reassemble the documents of the Japanese Consulate and issue protection cards to diplomats and other foreigners from neutral countries.
It was during the Sook Ching massacre that Shinozaki used his good connection with the Japanese chief and his position to issue personal protection cards to thousands of Chinese thus sparing their lives from execution. One of the men that he saved was Lim Boon Keng. Lim was a medical doctor and a strong advocate of social and educational reforms in Singapore. He was the president of the Xiamen University in China. He co-founded the first locally owned insurance firm in Singapore and the Oversea Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) Bank. He was well known in the Chinese community.
Left : Lim Boon Keng
Right : Lim Boon Keng and Japanese officers in front of Syonan To OCA
Images: from the National Archives of Singapore
In the midst of the Sook Ching operation, Shinozaki had asked Lim to be the leader of the Overseas Chinese Association (OCA). The OCA was the brainchild of Shinozaki; its function was to mediate between the Japanese Military administration and the local Chinese community. After much persuasion, Lim finally accepted the post and, at the same time, Shinozaki became its Adviser. It was formed on 2 March 1942. As soon as OCA was formed, Shinozaki was removed from his post and replaced by Toru Takase who used the Association to demand 50 Million dollars from the Chinese community. It was extremely difficult to meet the demand, even after two extensions. This prompted the Japanese administration to include Chinese communities from the states of Malaya into the Association. After another three extensions, the Association only managed to collect 28 Million dollars. Eventually, Takase allowed the Association to take a loan of 22 Million dollars from the Yokohama Specie Bank. The cheque of 50 Million dollars was presented to the Japanese by Lim and 57 Chinese leaders on 25 June 1942.
With that episode over, Shinozaki returned to OCA in August and again took the post as Adviser. In the same month, he was appointed as the Chief Welfare Officer and he helped in the setting up of the Eurasian Welfare Association (EWA). Similar to the OCA, EWA was the representative of the Eurasian community to the Japanese administration. A prominent surgeon in Singapore at that time, Charles Joseph Pemberton Paglar, was appointed as the President of EWA.
Japanese authorities foresee an eventual shortage of food to feed the island's population of a million people. Hence, they immediately embarked on the promotion of the Grow More Food Campaign. People from all walks of life including school children and Government servants, were encouraged to grow their own food and be self-sufficient. However, the campaign failed to produce results. Moving forward, Japanese authorities took a tougher stance and one of the plans was the setting up of agricultural settlements outside the city. Again, the services of Shinozaki were required and he was tasked to oversee the resettlement project.
Shinozaki turned to the OCA and persuaded them to take up the offer. OCA was coaxed into the plan when Shinozaki made several promises to them – the settlement would be self-governing, the Japanese would not interfere, and the settlement was assured of constant rice supply until they become self-sufficient. With that assurance, a committee was formed and headed by Lim. A team was dispatched to survey a suitable site in Malaya. After much consideration, Endau in Johor was selected as the site for the new settlement. Endau was the choice because of the accessible supply of fresh water and arable land that was ideal for agriculture.
Endau is located on the northern tip of east Johor and close to the border with Pahang. The location of the town was already in the maps published by the British as early as 1793 and 1805. However, it was then known as Blair's Harbour, named after Archibald Blair who was working for the Bombay Marine (Bombay Marine evolved into the Royal Indian Navy of today). He came to the South China Sea, did a survey, and reported that the site of Endau was potentially a 'good harbour'. He did a similar survey of the Andaman Islands during that time and, today, the capital city of Andaman and Nicobar Islands is named after him, Port Blair.
The Endau settlement was also known as the New Syonan Model Farm and it was entirely for the Chinese community. Japanese authorities had targeted to evacuate 300,000 Chinese to the settlement. As the next step, OCA made efforts to raise money for the project and managed to raise one million dollars. This was followed by construction work – clearing the jungle, and building roads and houses. OCA also assigned suitable candidates to head the various departments set up to help the settlers. The departments were agricultural, medical and health, supply, public works, timber mill, and public peace and order. With all these in place, the pioneer settlers arrived in September 1943. The population grew and by the end of the first year, Endau attracted 12,000 settlers. Progressively, the settlement saw the establishment of a bank, school, paper factory, sawmill, and several restaurants. It was becoming a successful self-sufficient scheme and it attracted the attention of anti-Japanese guerrillas in Malaya, the Malayan People Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA). They attacked the settlement and claimed the lives of several settlers. Again, Shinozaki came to the rescue when he managed to enter into a secret pact with the MPAJA guerrillas by offering rice in exchange for peace. The Endau settlement continued until 1945 when the Japanese Occupation ended.
The Eurasian community also wanted to participate in the voluntary migration scheme primarily because the community felt that they were constantly being monitored by the Japanese Military Police and this created fear and insecurity. This prompted the Roman Catholic Bishop, Adrian Devals, and Herman De Souza Sr, a representative of the Eurasian community, to make the trip to Bahau in Negeri Sembilan to assess its suitability. The Eurasian community gave their thumbs up and it was reported to Shinozaki. However, Shinozaki had reservations about the new settlement. It was further away from Singapore and sending support from the island would be difficult – they would have to count on support from the Negeri Sembilan government. Furthermore, it was difficult to clear the vegetation and the land was unsuitable for agriculture.
The plan went ahead and the Japanese named the new settlement Fuji-go, which means Fuji village or 'beautiful village'. The first group to arrive consisted mainly of bachelors. They were selected by the Japanese to help lay the foundation of the new settlement as well as to set up a model farm and transfer farming techniques to the settlers. Between December 1943 and April 1944, some 2,000 Eurasians arrived at Bahau, and they brought with them curtains and pianos to furnish their new homes. Shinozaki and Paglar made frequent visits to Bahau, bringing with them food and medicines for the settlers. Life in the new settlement was no bed of roses, as most of them did have farming knowledge. Many suffered from malnutrition and diseases such as malaria. At the end of the Japanese Occupation, it was reported that the number of settlers was estimated to be around 3,000. Besides the main groups of Eurasian and Chinese Roman Catholics, there were also a small group of European Protestants and neutrals from countries such as Switzerland, Denmark, Romania, and Russia.
Piano brought to Bahau (Photo from The heartlander tourist / Lioncityboyzach)
At the end of Japanese Occupation in August 1945, the settlements were abandoned and the settlers returned to Singapore. Besides Endau and Bahau, the Japanese also created a settlement in Pulau Bintan (largest island in the Riau Province, Indonesia) for the Indians.
When the British returned to Singapore, Mamoru Shinozaki was interned in a Jurong camp but he was freed when the Chinese and Catholic communities petitioned the British for his release. He acted as a witness in a number of post-war trials in Singapore. He died in 1991.
Invasion of Malaya: First shot in the Pacific War – Rouwen Lin / The Star 8 Dec.2016. [https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/people/2016/12/08/invasion-of-malaya-the-japanese-arrive/]
The occupation of Singapore Part 3: The Bahau and Endau Settlements, The Heartlander Tourist, posted by Lioncityboyzach on 18 Feb 2014. [https://heartlandertourist.wordpress.com/2014/02/18/the-occupation-of-singapore-part-3-the-bahau-and-endau-settlements/]
Singapore Infopedia [https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/]:
Mamoru Shinozaki – Chua, Alvin
Operation Sook Ching – Ho, Stephanie
Oversea Chinese Association – Chia, Joshua Yeong Jia
Grow More Food Campaign – Chia, Joshua Yeong Jia
Endau Settlement – Chia, Joshua Yeong Jia
Bahau Settlement – Chia, Joshua Yeong Jia
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2 thoughts on "Mamoru Shinozaki in Syonan-To"
eunicemoss says:
That was most interesting, Eric. I had never heard of Mamoru Shinozaki before.
Eric Lim says:
Thank you Eunice. Please continue to follow this blog to learn more of personalities, events, places etc.
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What is Sherana?
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Our Damara flock
The Indigenous Livestock of Southern Africa
Dawie du Toit, who breeds damaras in South Africa and who is the unofficial unelected President of the "World Damara Federation" recently gave a paper in Paris on The Indigenous Livestock of Southern Africa.He discussed the Ankole cattle of Uganda, the Red Masai sheep of Kenya, Africaner sheep of the Cape, Zulu and Pedi sheep of the Bantu speaking people, and the Sanga cattle and Damara sheep of the Himba people in Northern Namibia. On the front of his report is a picture of a golden ram from the National Museum in Afghanistan which looks just like a damara. He describes the damara as "one of the world's most valuable sheep breeds".
"Damara genes have to a large extent been shaped by natural selection", says Dawie, "The Damara had to survive for many centuries without veterinary support in a hostile environment - the Damara is only one of the few sheep breeds in Southern Africa, that, over millennia, walked all the way down Africa with its African pastoralists".
He also has an interesting history of the Merino, which also came from South Africa, but they did not walk there - they arrived by sea, POSH class, on silk cushions in a golden cage.
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Q: How to prepend only those lines with tabs/spaces in a file, with esc character? Description: The entire line that contains either tab/tabs and/ or space/spaces followed by new line character and no other character needs to be escaped.  There are several such lines scattered in a huge file of data.
To be noted:
Here by space I mean either ( tabs or spaces ) only not blank lines.
The blank lines that only has a new line character should not be prepended (needs to be removed). This removal part may or may not be implemented in the one-liner.
Basically would like to know if possible by using sed/perl/awk one-liners.
Thanks in advance.
My attempt were these without much success...
Tried these without much success..
sed -i 's/\^[\s\+\|\t\+]\+\$\n/\^\\[\s\+\|\t\+]\+\$\n/g' filename

perl -i -ne 'chomp; print \"\\\$_\n\" if (\$_ eq \"\")' filename

perl -pi -ne 's/\S\+/\\\S\+/g if (\$_ eq \"\")' filename

sed -i 's/\^[:space:]\+\$\n/\^\\[:space:]\+\$\n/g' filename

A: perl -i.bak -nle 's~^(\s++)$~\\$1~; /\S/ and print' file.txt

A: To prepend lines that only contain whitespace with a backslash you can do :
awk 'NF==0 && length($0){$0="\\" $0}1' file

To also remove blank lines, you can do:
awk 'NF==0 && length($0){$0="\\" $0}length($0)' file

A: You are going to use the posix character classes:
sed -r 's/^([[:space:]]+)$/\\\1/;/^$/d' yourfile

This preserves the spaces in your lines containing spaces, just prepending the backslash. Note that instead of [:space:] you could also use [:blank:], with the former matching all whitespace characters (equivalent to [ \t\r\n\v\f]), while the latter matches only strictly spaces and tabs (equivalent to [ \t]).
EDIT: I have also added the command to remove lines that are totally empty (after the semicolon in the sed command).

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Facebook's encryption plans will make it harder to catch child sex abusers, governments warn
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Facebook is changing how its messages are encrypted.Rafael Henrique/Getty Images
End-to-end encryption, which Facebook plans for its Messenger service, makes it harder to catch child abusers, seven governments have warned.
Officials in the US, UK, Australia, Canada, India, Japan, and New Zealand warned Monday that this encryption undermines a tech company's ability to respond to child sexual exploitation content.
The UK's National Crime Agency said that if Facebook goes ahead with end-to-end encryption, it would make it harder to identify both victims and abusers.
Facebook announced end-to-end encryption in its Messenger app in March 2019.
It said Monday that it has "led the industry in developing new ways to prevent, detect, and respond to abuse while maintaining high security, and we will continue to do so."
Facebook's plans to begin encrypting messages sent on its social media platform will make it harder to catch people that are sexually abusing children, according to a joint statement from the UK, Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, and the US.
The US tech giant announced in March 2019 that it would introduce end-to-end encryption in its Messenger app, meaning only the sender and recipient can read the messages sent on the chat. WhatsApp, owned by Facebook, already includes end-to-end encryption.
The governments jointly signed a statement on Monday arguing that end-to-end encryption posed a public safety risk, including to sexually exploited children.
End-to-end encryption "severely" undermined any tech company's ability to respond to "the most serious illegal content and activity on its platform, including child sexual exploitation and abuse," the report said.
End-to-end encryption would also stop law enforcement accessing content "in limited circumstances where necessary and proportionate to investigate serious crimes," it said.
It did not specifically name Facebook in this portion of the report — however, it later pointed out that in 2018, Facebook Messenger was responsible for nearly 12 million of the 18.4 million worldwide reports of child sexual abuse material to the US National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).
It also said that "concern about these risks has been brought into sharp focus by proposals to apply end-to-end encryption across major messaging services."
It called on tech companies to work with governments to find solutions to ensure public safety, without stripping away user privacy or cyber security.
UK crime agency: Abuse image reports could dry up
Robert Jones, the UK's National Crime Agency director responsible for tackling child sexual abuse, told Sky News on Monday that if Facebook goes ahead with end-to-end encryption, it would make it harder to identify both victims and abusers.
The NCA would also potentially receive fewer reports of images of abuse, he said.
"The lights go out, the door gets slammed, and we lose all of that insight," he said.
"What we risk losing with these changes is the content, which gives us the intelligence leads to pursue those offenders and rescue those children."
In a statement to Sky News, a Facebook spokesman said:"We've long argued that end-to-end encryption is necessary to protect people's most private information.
"In all of these countries, people prefer end-to-end encrypted messaging on various apps because it keeps their messages safe from hackers, criminals, and foreign interference.
"Facebook has led the industry in developing new ways to prevent, detect, and respond to abuse while maintaining high security, and we will continue to do so."
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Progressive Jackpot Explained
Published on March 07, 2017, 4:56 am
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If you close your eyes and imagine the glamour and excitement of a Las Vegas casino, what do you see? Is it the suspense of the roulette wheel, everyone holding their breath as they wait for the ball to fall? Or maybe you will picture a sharp-suited card sharp cleaning up while wearing his best poker face.
And while it is true that these games, along with blackjack and craps, account for some of the most popular casino games, it may surprise you to know that one other game beats the rest hands-down when it comes to the number of people playing them. Yes, this honour belongs to the humble slot machine.
Admittedly, I never used to understand the allure of the slot game, but it turns out that even back then the slot machines were one of the best bets to win big-league in a casino. The reason for this is the existence of progressive jackpots, introduced in the 1980's and since then responsible for some of the biggest gambling wins of all time. When casino operators such as Royal Vegas had the stroke of genius to link up the machines and pool the stakes of all the slot players, the potential payouts became astronomical.
The rise of online casino games has opened up a world of possibilities for those of us who do not have the chance to visit Vegas or even our local casino, except as maybe a novelty treat once in a while. And it might be fun to play some hands of poker or try some roulette, but the online world is where slot games really shine – in fact you could say that slot games and the progressive jackpot only really came into their own when we went virtual.
What is a progressive jackpot?
So, how exactly do progressive jackpot slots work, and why are online gaming sites the perfect place to play them? The first and most important feature is the potentially colossal winnings, which can be bagged with even the lowest of stakes. One story which is almost too incredible to believe (except it actually happened, look it up!) is that of the Finnish player who in 2013 wagered only twenty five cents on Mega Fortune from NetEnt, and walked away with a record-breaking €17.8 million.
How is this possible? Well, as it turns out, quite easily. Online casinos are the perfect platform for progressive jackpots, as all the money from all players' stakes is pooled into a single jackpot fund. The more players there are, the higher the jackpot can reach, and players have a choice between playing a local or a networked progressive slot. Local progressive slots are when the stakes are pooled from the players of a slot game on one particular online casino, which means lower jackpots (although they can still be life-altering amounts of cash) with higher odds of winning. The biggest money to be had – remember our lucky Finn? – are in the networked progressive jackpot slots. In this case, the stakes are pooled from any one slot game which is played across multiple online casino platforms. The odds may be somewhat less in your favour, but with a possible payout in the millions, who could resist taking a spin?
The biggest names
Of course the other great thing about the move to online platforms is that we have finally seen slot games reach their full potential. Games developers have really gone to town, letting their creative skills and imaginations run wild. The array of themed slots on the market is positively dizzying, and there truly is something for everyone out there, whether you like a classic-look slot game or something more unusual. The graphics in most of these games are also seriously stunning, and with technology improving and rival developers constantly trying to outdo each other, they are improving at swift rate. Recently there has been the new generation of 3D slots, with graphics and sound effects which make for a playing experience more real than a "real" casino. If you are not sure where to start, check out Microgaming's popular Mega Moolah group of slots, or NetEnt's Mega Fortune. Both developers also have themed progressive jackpot slots available, from medieval (Microgaming's King Cashalot) to anime (NetEnt's Geisha Wonders).
I should of course end with a small disclaimer. My love of the slots came a bit later, but once I saw the range and scale of the online games available, I never looked back. However, in the interest of full disclosure, there are some alternative progressive jackpot games out there, and if online poker is more your thing there are plenty online gaming options available. Still, in my opinion, when it comes to progressive jackpots, nothing beats the wins you can achieve with luck.
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China has been expanding the growing area of many kinds of farm produce and has gradually reduced imports from Vietnam.
Vietnamese paper makers are worried they will lack raw material for production if mixed paper waste import is banned.
Vietnam appears poised for a surge of investment following the country's move to lift restrictions on foreign ownership of companies, as Asian multinationals realize the benefits of having a presence in one of the region's fastest-growing economies.
Vietnam said on Wednesday (Oct 31) it has set up a web monitoring unit that can scan up to 100 million news items per day for "false information", in a move that tightens its grip on internet freedom.
By the end of 2020, the ratio of cash transactions is expected to be reduced to below 10% and at least 300,000 point of sales (POS) are installed nationwide.
The 2018 Vietnam Digital Economy Forum (VDEF), themed 'Challenges and Strategic Solutions for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the Fourth Industrial Revolution', took place in Ho Chi Minh City on November 1.
Obstacles to the valuation of the land use rights of State-owned enterprises (SOEs), especially those with multiple land lots in different parts of the country, have slowed the equitization of SOEs, said Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung at a question-and-answer session before the National Assembly (NA) today, October 31.
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has suggested that Samsung expands its scale to make Vietnam the group's largest strategic base.
As the world's leading producer of coffee, it is important to promote branding, value-added increases and global value chain participation for Vietnamese coffee, experts have suggested.
The signing of the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade Voluntary Partnership Agreement (FLEGT-VPA) between Viet Nam and the European Union is expected to have a positive impact on the country's economy and environment.
Thousands of cafes have opened in the last three years serving 'clean coffee' or '100 percent pure coffee'.
At the current market price of VND30,350 (US$1.3) per share, the planned shares of Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) issued to KEB Hana Bank are worth VND18.3 trillion (US$735 million).
Vi?t Nam, with its open and internationally integrated economy, had been enjoying a 'golden population' period with a high number of working-age people. However, the quality of the labour force was not 'golden', experts said at a conference yesterday in Hà N?i.
Vietcombank has made a significant step in becoming the first Vietnamese bank to open a representative office in the United States, it said on Wednesday.
Local companies complain they are caught in the crossfire of new regulations against transfer pricing abuse by foreign firms.
Lack of attention to registering brand names and geographical indications is causing difficulties to Vietnamese agricultural products, which are sometimes shut out of other markets after their names are usurped by others, heard a recent seminar.
Almost four months after being detained by Vietnamese police, U.S. citizen Michael Nguyen is still being held in unclear circumstances with no charges filed against him, according to family members and congressional representatives working for his release.
Tran Thanh Nam, deputy minister, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam, said that the Asian nation was looking for transfer of technology from India to strengthen its food processing and crop protection base. It was also keen on harnessing India's strength and developing a mechanism for organic food production in Vietnam.
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Three episodes in, and I'm already ready to call this Norwegian political thriller the best thing on television right now.
The scene — the near future. The US has become self-sufficient in energy, and has withdrawn from NATO. Norway has elected a Green Party PM, who decides to immediately shut down Norway's oil industry in favor of an unproven alternative. The EU is not amused, and looks the other way when the Russians move in, ostensibly to "offer their assistance" in restarting the Norwegian oil industry. That's pretty much the first 10 minutes.
The rest of the show is devoted to how various people react to the "non-occupation occupation." We see things from three characters' viewpoints — the PM's; a member of the PM's security team who by virtue of his position sees and hears a lot more than he should; and a journalist who smells a rat. There are a bunch of minor characters who are interesting too.
A stereotyped version of Scandinavia is a feature of our political discourse, on both sides of the aisle. It's nice to see a more nuanced version which is probably closer to what Norwegian society is actually like. My favorite scene along these lines — a senior Justice Department official, female, wants the security guy to undertake a special mission. She tracks him down in the security team's locker room, where guys are in various stages of undress and there are no curtains on the showers. Nobody bats an eye. Well, maybe 1/2 an eye.
Currently only available on Netflix streaming; hopefully will become more broadly accessible at some point.


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Jim Oris
If you asked Jim what he wanted to be when he grew up, he would always say "Jacques Cousteau". Most of his activities in his childhood and adolescent years revolved around being in or under the water. Becoming a marine biologist was not easy growing up in Ohio, so in college he pursued freshwater ecology. Jim Oris became interested in the effects of oil spills and fossil fuels in freshwater and marine systems after the Amaco Cadiz oil spill occurred off the coast of France in 1977.
In graduate school at the University of Georgia and Michigan State University, Jim studied a newly uncovered interaction between the ultraviolet rays in sunshine and certain chemicals found in oil, coal, and fossil fuel combustion products. The phenomenon, called photo-induced toxicity, occurs when aquatic organisms are exposed simultaneously to both fossil fuel chemicals and sunlight. His research shattered the notion that, in the absence of slicks, oil or fossil fuel combustion products were not toxic at environmentally relevant concentrations.
Jim received his PhD in Environmental Toxicology from Michigan State University and has been a faculty member in the Department of Biology at Miami University (Ohio) since 1986. He currently is a University Distinguished Professor and serves as the university's chief research officer and dean of the graduate school. He studied the long-term impacts of oil from the Exxon-Valdez and the Deepwater Horizon oil spills, and his work at Lake Tahoe in the late 1990's resulted in a policy prohibiting 2-cycle engines in motorized water craft.
Jim is an internationally known expert in environmental toxicology and has published over 130 scientific papers and has nearly 300 scientific presentations. He has served on editorial or review boards of 8 journals, 6 books and 9 granting agencies. He was elected as President of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America. He served as a member of the Ecological Processes and Effects committee of the U.S. EPA's Science Advisory Board and was a member of the National Academies of Science Committee on Human and Environmental Exposure Science in the 21st Century.
Jim and his wife Lori (also a PhD research scientist) have a son and daughter and twin granddaughters. In his spare time, he loves to travel, backpack in the Sierra Mountains, Scuba dive, and shoot nature photography.
Get your wetsuit on and dive with JIm Oris in Ladder Bay to analyze the effects that oil spills can have on our marine ecosystem! UV light from the sun can harm our marine species (not just humans) when oil is present in the water. Learn more at Sea & Learn this year!
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#### Problem Description:

Given two words (*start* and *end*), and a dictionary, find all shortest transformation sequence(s) from *start* to *end*, such that:

  1. Only one letter can be changed at a time
  2. Each intermediate word must exist in the dictionary

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*start* = `"hit"`
*end* = `"cog"`
*dict* = `["hot","dot","dog","lot","log"]`

Return

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**Note:**

  * All words have the same length.
  * All words contain only lowercase alphabetic characters.

#### Solution and **Precautions**:

Essentially, this could be solved by using BFS, now each node have three status: discovered, undiscovered, processed, for those discovered (but not processed nodes), we need to test whether the distance is equal to the distance of the current node (popped out node by BFS) plus 1, if it is equal, then this current node should be added into the discovered node’s parent list. After BFS, one could use DFS from the end to the start, to print all the paths.

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A native of Pensacola, Florida, cradle Episcopalian, and lifelong Southerner, Kara is currently finishing her PhD in Christian theology and ethics with research interests that include Karl Barth, Søren Kierkegaard, the ethics of science and technology, and medical ethics. She earned the BSE, MS, and PhD in mechanical engineering and materials science at Duke's Pratt School of Engineering, and then joined the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as a research engineer and test manager for a variety of civilian and military projects. She returned to Duke in 2009 as a student in the Divinity School, and stayed on for her second doctorate. Kara has served on the pastoral staff of the Anglican Episcopal House of Studies at Duke Divinity School, as well as in suburban and rural parishes in North Carolina and Alabama. As a seminarian, she completed an internship at Bellevue Hospital Center in Manhattan, where she was a chaplain for the adult psychiatry and palliative care units. She also serves as vice-chair of the Society of Scholar-Priests. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, hiking, cheering for Duke basketball, and exploring historic churches. Kara also serves part-time with the Episcopal chaplaincy to Princeton, and is a Fellow of Rockefeller College. She lives in Procter House with her dog, Deacon.


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France's Meyer new director of La Scala in Milan
Milan (AFP)
France's Dominique Meyer, currently the director of the Vienna Opera, was appointed Friday to direct Italy's famous La Scala Theatre in Milan, the city's mayor said.
Meyer, 64, previously director of the Paris and Lausanne Operas, will take over from current Scala director Alexander Pereira.
There will be a year or so of overlap: Meyer will take up the post from "mid-2020", while Pereira will stay on until mid-2021, according to Giuseppe Sala, mayor of Milan and president of the Scala Foundation.
At the head of the prestigious Vienna Staatsoper since 2010, Meyer achieved high attendance figures, with some 610,000 spectators per season.
He also successfully developed live paid broadcasts and brought in former French star dancer Manuel Legris as ballet director.
Critics accused him however of timidity in his programming and poor staff management, with French conductor Bertrand de Billy quitting in 2014, followed the same year by Austrian music director Franz Welser-Moest.
The Vienna State Opera's prestigious ballet academy is also under investigation after allegations that students were subjected to physical, mental and sexual abuse by two teachers.
One of the teachers was dismissed in January.
Meyer was also accused by some of failing to bring in big enough international talent.
Pereira, 71, has been director of La Scala since September 2014.
The former director of the Zurich Opera House and the Salzburg Festival saw his Milan mandate tarnished in March by a controversy over the possible use of Saudi funds to finance La Scala.
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A British soldier, Harry Richard Page (HRP), killed an Egyptian national in Egypt and was convicted of murder of an Egyptian national by a court-martial. HRP was convicted under section 9 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861 (1861 Act) which stated that where a British national commits murder of a person of any nationality, and commits it anywhere outside of the United Kingdom, whether within the Queen's dominions or not, the offence can be dealt with in any place where that person is apprehended or in custody, as if it had been committed in England. This act was applied by a court-martial under section 41 of the Army Act 1881 (1881 Act), which allows trial by court-martial of a person subject to military law who commits murder. HRP appealed against his conviction.
HRP claimed that a court-martial did not have jurisdiction to try and convict a British solider of murder where the murder was not on British soil or the victim was not British.
The conviction was upheld. There is a general rule of English law that offences committed by British nationals outside of England are not punishable by the English criminal law. However, the combined effect of section 9 of the 1861 Act and section 41 of the 1881 Act was that where a person is subject to military law, they can be tried abroad by a court-martial for any offence, wherever committed and whatever nationality the victim, which would be an offence against the law of England, including murder.
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Warner Robins is a city located in Houston County, Georgia. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 48,804.
The city was originally named Welston, which was nothing more than a train stop for local farmers. Later it was renamed after General Warner Robins. It was founded in the late 1940s and survived a direct strike from an F4 tornado in April 1953. The city is nicknamed the "International City"; this comes from the number of people that live here from all over the world brought together by nearby Robins AFB.
Warner Robins is located at 32°36'31" North, 83°38'17" West (32.608720, -83.638027)1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 59.2 km² (22.9 mi²). 58.9 km² (22.8 mi²) of it is land and 0.2 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.39% water.
As of the census of 2000, there are 48,804 people, 19,550 households, and 13,078 families residing in the city. The population density is 827.9/km² (2,143.9/mi²). There are 21,688 housing units at an average density of 367.9/km² (952.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 62.50% White, 32.09% African American, 0.30% Native American, 1.79% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 1.24% from other races, and 2.00% from two or more races. 3.80% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There are 19,550 households out of which 34.3% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.3% are married couples living together, 16.6% have a female householder with no husband present, and 33.1% are non-families. 28.1% of all households are made up of individuals and 7.5% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.48 and the average family size is 3.03.
In the city the population is spread out with 27.5% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 31.9% from 25 to 44, 20.2% from 45 to 64, and 10.8% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 33 years. For every 100 females there are 94.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 90.1 males.
The median income for a household in the city is $38,401, and the median income for a family is $44,217. Males have a median income of $33,030 versus $24,855 for females. The per capita income for the city is $18,121. 13.2% of the population and 11.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 20.5% are under the age of 18 and 8.6% are 65 or older.
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What majors are eligible to participate in the Program?
Students from all majors are welcome, with a priority given to STEM majors, including social and behavioral sciences majors. This priority is to help meet a national need in these areas for future scientists and researchers. Also, some majors very seldom get Ph.D.'s.
These are master's degrees that are seen as an end in themselves. In most cases, a master's is seen as a step to a Ph.D., but in other cases, it is considered the end of a student' educational training in a field.
Some business students do not go beyond an M.B.A. While academic track master's degrees (such as those in sociology, psychology, mathematics, physics, etc.) are just another step towards a Ph.D., practical track (or terminal) master's degrees are seen as the final step towards joining a profession.
If you eventually want to pursue only M.B.A. or an M.F.A. or another terminal program, and are planning to obtain a Ph.D., you are unlikely to qualify for our program.
It's important to start the process as early as possible, as references from faculty are needed. We recommend speaking with us during your freshmen and first semester of your sophomore year and starting the application process no later than second semester of your sophomore year (though we do accept in junior and senior years). Applications are accepted throughout the year for the fall, though the yearly application deadline is mid- to late October.
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Can I start, save and complete my application at a later time?
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Please see the checklist for specific prompt information. You are encouraged to have multiple readers provide you with feedback on your statement prior to submission.
Your letter writers should be able to speak to your academic accomplishments, work ethic, and potential for success in graduate school. Faculty, Instructors, professional staff, and others who have served in a supervisory capacity for you may be individuals you ask to write a letter on your behalf. Letters from family members, roommates, or peers will not be considered.
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I'm a sophomore. Is it too early to become a McNair scholar?
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What if I'm interested in a professional degree (JD, MD, MBA, etc.) and I still want to participate?
The mission of the McNair Scholars Program is to diversify faculty in U.S. institutions of higher education by reducing the barriers to the Ph.D. for underrepresented individuals in graduate education. The McNair program recognizes that first-generation/low-income undergraduates and undergraduates of color have a number of career possibilities to consider outside of academia.
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I am considering a joint Ph.D.-M.D. degree, or Joint Ph.D. + J.D. degree, can I apply?
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I am graduating soon. Am I still eligible to apply?
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Seniors are not eligible to apply to the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program, a student must be a rising sophomore or junior to be eligible to apply to the program.
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Will I be allowed to work and/or take classes if necessary during the summer?
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Do I get any academic credit for being a Scholar?
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Heavy Metal from Japan: NECRONOMIDOL – "Voidhymn"
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NECRONOMIDOL – "Voidhymn"
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The queens of dark idol metal are back with their third album to date!
Considered one of the most hard-working independent bands in Japan, Necronomidol teams up again with Specific Recordings for the vinyl release of Voidhymn, an opus maximus that sees the band pushing the boundaries of its music even further than before.
Hot on the heels of two european tours as well as two US tours (both coasts + selected festivals), the girls have asked none other than Dan Terminus (famous synthwave producer), Kazuma Hashida (from You'll Melt More fame) or Mr. Perkele (from the Japanese punk band Poikkeus) to write and produce ten unforgettable songs that definitely puts Necronomidol at the forefront of the evergrowing idol metal scene.
2019 will see the band broadens its stage appetite with bigger European, Asian and US tours planned as more souls will gather to see the band plays worldwide.
Risaki Kakizaki (vocals)
Rei Imaizumi (vocals)
Himari Tsukishiro (vocals)
Hina Yotsuyu (vocals)
Sari (vocals)
Sari and Hina have since been replaced by Michelle and Kunogi (early 2019); those latter two do not appear on this recording but will be present on the forthcoming third european tour.
Genre: Heavy Metal / Darkwave / Idol Music
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Reinventing Cutting-Edge Vedic Technology
Reinventing Cutting-Edge Vedic Technologyvishnu2020-06-29T11:18:44+05:30
Our Masters used inner powers and outer technology and achieved tons of comforts and luxuries for human beings. I want to create a laboratory where we will bring out the science of flying machines from thousands of years ago and batteries created with just Ayurvedic herbs as done by Sage Agastya. We will create a large laboratory where all this knowledge is applied and assembled to demonstrate the vedic technologies to the world.
– Research institutes and laboratories (metallurgy and other vedic sciences) will be built for vedic reinventions involving experiments, decoding vedic texts, testing and demonstrating the vedic technology and sharing it with the world.
A glimpse of the Vedic Age technology
The ancient masters or seers of Vedic India were the most advanced and prodigious beings. From their enlightened minds and compassionate hearts came forth the perfect, cutting-edge vedic technologies and inventions making extraordinary living comforts into ordinary lifestyle. For example, in the Vedic Times, it was a normal lifestyle to:
Fly in vimanas, flying machines with multi-storied flights and in rathas, aerial chariots propelled by mantras (sound), wind and current and lightening power. Other travel machines could go deep underwater as sub-marines and also travel on earth at super speeds.
Master the science of creating power and light through harnessing forces of Nature and developing advanced electric batteries.
Why reinvent the Vedic technology?
Vedic scriptures declare that Cosmos functions on the principle of intelligence, abundance and bliss, rooted in oneness with everything that exists. When these powers are reinvented, the infinite natural resources such as power of sound, wind, fire and light, etc. will be applied for everyday living. The irreparable damages being done to bhudevi, mother earth, depleting her natural resources such as water, fuels, forests, metals, animal species adding the carbon footprints and hazardous toxic wastes will come to an end. The delicate divine balance of the cosmos with the earth, nature and living species will be restored just as it flourished in the rich, intelligent, and peaceful vedic era.
sa na indraḥ śivaḥ sakhaśvavad gomadvavama urudhārev dohate |
That very electric power may be our peaceful friend, providing us with horse-power to drive our machines, light to light up our houses, and power to produce grains in the fields. Let it bring on prosperity and well-being for us by flowing into numerous currents.
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Founded and organized by Dr. Welson Tremura in 2001, the University of Florida's Brazilian Music Institute (BMI) serves as a training ground for Brazilian music. Combining classical and popular styles of music, each year the BMI brings outstanding artists for a weeklong event designed to extend the experience and expand the possibilities of learning and performing Brazilian music. Through daily rehearsals and group lessons in Brazilian music with guest artists, the BMI offers a challenging and exciting atmosphere in addition to an aesthetically and socially rewarding activity for all participants. The Brazilian Music Institute is a genuine Brazilian musical experience in the United States.
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Final Concert: May 17, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.
The University of Florida's Brazilian Music Institute (BMI), now in its nineteenth year, will gather outstanding Brazilian musicians for an intensive week of instruction May 13-17, 2019. This year's BMI, taking place at NWSA, provides unique opportunities for singers, guitarists, percussionists, drummers, pianists and other instrumentalists to study with exceptional musicians such as: Vadim Arsky, Tabajara Belo, Aaron Colverson, Larry Crook, Jim Gasior, Beatriz Malnic and Welson Tremura. BMI features daily rehearsals and group lessons in Brazilian instrumental music as well as a concluding concert on Friday, May 17, 2019 in the MDC Live Arts Space at Miami Dade College titled Saudades do Brasil: Longing for Brazil. The concert will feature the guest artists and selected BMI participants. We hope you will join us for a week of some of the best of Brazilian music.
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